I've been noticing for awhile that great glass makes it down to most price points, the coatings and mechanicals are what set the good scopes apart. I may be needing another glass for Scopekiller soon, wondering about the durability of the VX-II. Can't be any worse than the Redfields it's been beating up...but there's something different about the mechanicals of the Redfield after it's last trip to Oregon.