Having been an Leupold man for YEARS, they're still great scopes as long as you stick with vx2, or better yet, vx3. However, the zeiss conquest 3x-9x-40mm at about 450$ and has the best optics I've ever seen (even better than Leupold) unless you go with MEGABUCK scopes. The cheapest scopes I've tried that I would even put on an hunting rifle is the Nikon prostaff 3x-9x-40mm for about 150$. Burris fullfield 2 and bushnell elite 3200 are both good choices as well for about 200$.
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