I have never had one minutes trouble with any of the Elite series of scopes I have owned. I also live Leupold very much. I own a couple of Leupold VX3 scopes and they are even better (by a small margin) than the Elites. The VX1 is not the same as the VX3 scope.
A place on Little River in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, is the lowest elevation of the state, rising to only 298 feet above sea level.
This elevation map of Oklahoma illustrates the number of feet or meters the state rises above sea level. Averaging 1,300 feet above sea level, Oklahoma is a land of flat, fertile plains and low hills.