Leupold VX-L vs VX-3L

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I am looking at buying a Leupold VX-3L 3.5-10X50mm with a B & C reticle. A friend of mine made me aware of a VX-L with the same specs at a smaller store. I am guessing that the VX-3L is a newer generation of the VX-L.

I have looked at both in the store, but I was hoping someone who has experience in the field with both (or either) would help shed some light on the differences. There is a significant enough price difference that I want to check before deciding.

All comments appreciated!

Thanks!
 
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This may not help much, but when the "3" series first came out I rushed to the store so I check them out. In the store, and at the time I couldn't see any difference worth mentioning. I therefore came to the conclusion that it was much adieu about nothing. Turns out I was wrong.Happens sometimes.;)
Time goes by, and the new becomes the normal. Normally there is a fair trickle of Leupolds coming into the collection all the time, and when doing my range testing with multiple rifles I could easily tell when I picked one of the old ones after putting down a rifle with a new "3" series scope. They are clearer, sharper if you will. Brighter? Maybe,maybe not, but brightness has got to be the most overstated quality of a scope. Would a photograph developed on glossy paper automatically be considered higher quality than one developed on matte paper? I know which one is easier to look at, and it isn't the shiney one. Come nightfall, though, the 3 series pulls away.
I have a VXL3 3.5-10 with illuminated B&C coming, with the hopes of clobbering some nighttime Argentinian pigs and maybe leopard someday. Any improvement in real darkness has got to be good, but mostly I just want have a low mounted big objective scope. Even an old round lens 3-10 x 50 would have been good enough if it were just about light.
How much actual money do you stand to save by buying the old scope? I often find the 2009 production "3" scopes for less than the "special" price of the old stock.
 
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