I am not sure why you have come up with this conclusion. They are just as good as any of the no dash to -4 as long as you are not shooting 1,000s to 10K of rounds through them. The 2E added the endurance package which is more desirable if you are a silhouette shooter but of not much help for the average plinker ot hunter. Here is an old post that explains the Endurance page addition (post #4) I am assuming and possibly incorrectly that people prefer the 2E and higher for the more rugged gun. But most if not all of that is superfluous. Kind of like buying a performance car to ride back and forth to work.



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