Sambo,
The new Leupolds will have the M1 knobs for both ele/win as well as the M1 parallax knob. The Leupold ring will be black instead of gold and more importantly they went to a glass etched .2mil round dot reticle.
Of course, the glass, tube, errector and all other non-estetic featured will be identical.
They are the same scope, dressed up a bit to to sell to the guys that have to have tactical in the name to make a sale. If you must have the M1 knobs and mildot reticle, Premier Reticle can replace the ele/win knobs (not the parallax) and put the gen II mildot reticle in, which IMHO is better than the standard Leupold due to the fact it's a magnified reticle and has the .5 moa hash marks.
FatBoy...
[ 01-30-2003: Message edited by: FatBoy... ]