Good scope but diminishing returns per dollar - Leupold VX-3 4.5-14x40mm Rifle Scope

This is a Leupold scope and is well constructed as are all Leupolds.
Comparing this against a Leupold VX-1 it replaced, the clarity and resolution is better but not stunningly so. Compared against a VX-2 very little difference. That probably says as much about the lower-priced Leupolds as it does about the VX-3. For low-light use all of them are usable down to most legal shooting hours anyway.

You do get the twin-bias erector assembly and that is a good thing especially for heavy-recoiling calibers.

The scope cover provided with the VX-3 is cheesy. Gets in the way cleaning and picks up solvents. I much prefer the simple bikini covers that come with the other lines.

Got the CDS option for this. I suppose it will be useful. But I have been trying to contact Leupold to get a dial and I refuse to spend an hour on hold. Why they can't provide a simple Web-based order-entry form is a mystery. It's not rocket science it's just ballistics. If you buy this scope in September to hunt with it in October good luck. First you have to get customer support then wait 6 weeks to get the dial. There must be some little old guy with a jewelers' lope tuck in his eye engraving the dials.