Leupold scopes love or hate em?

[noharleyyet]

There used to be a poster here named JB that sported these fine German riflescopes...He called em Schpidt & Bendover.

I like simple & fast for hunting. Take that and the best glass and turrets on earth, you get this. Light years past anything leupold, but way more expensive.
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[Redmt]

There used to be a poster here named JB that sported these fine German riflescopes...He called em Schpidt & Bendover.

Wow what a coincidence! That's the name of our governor.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Did my duties as a local range share holder last weekend at public rifle sight in days. There were 4 scopes that just didn't adjust POA appropriately when turrets were clicked. 2 of them were leupolds. We put 7 MOA of up adjustment into one of them and it refused to adjust up. The other one wouldn't adjust until after recoil or the ol tap the turret with brass trick. Didn't take apart these guys whole mounting system and verify ring torque or anything so that could have been a contributing issue. I think the other two that didn't adjust properly were cheap vortex (crossfire). I dont think this is just a Leupold issue but rather a common thing with most any lightly constructed rifle scope as has been traditionally used on hunting rifles.

 

[noharleyyet]

The one negative happenstance I've had with Lupe & Stevens was totally my fault. If so equipped, ''check your turret set allens". Hopefully the Gen 2 turret camlock feature will trickle down

 

[Cwestberry20]

I've used both night force, Vortex and Leupold; all of them perform well and have good backing. has anyone had any experience with Osprey Global?

 

[MS 9x56]

Count me a Leopold lover, but then I love my Meopta, 2 Burris, a redfield, weaver, and several older tasco’s. Honestly the only scope I ever had an issue with was a Vortex that wouldn’t hold focus.

 

[psinclair]

I like simple & fast for hunting. Take that and the best glass and turrets on earth, you get this. Light years past anything leupold, but way more expensive.
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[psinclair]

I see you went with those Hawkins Hybrid 25 MOA rings on your .223.

Good call.....

I changed out all of my Leupolds about 20 years ago. Most of them served me well over the years.

I'm currently using S&B PMII's and Tangent Theta 3-15X50M's on all of my centerfire rifles. MIL/Mil. P3's in the S&B's, GenII reticles in the TT's.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

The Hawkins are on my 7-08. That Schmidt Klassic doesn’t have enough travel for the 25moa rings. I had to get a custom 10moa rail for the .223 (top).

 

[Wind Gypsy]

The Hawkins are on my 7-08. That Schmidt Klassic doesn’t have enough travel for the 25moa rings. I had to get a custom 10moa rail for the .223 (top).

That's the one downside of that scope. Has enough elevation travel for any shot i'd take at game but I want to shoot further than that on steel without swapping scopes.

 

[Switchback00]

Seem to work just fine

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

That's the one downside of that scope. Has enough elevation travel for any shot i'd take at game but I want to shoot further than that on steel without swapping scopes.

It’s a .223 so that was taken into account. I figured 700 yards with a .223 would be fine.

 

[Ballistic]

I don't hate them, there's just so many options I don't need to compromise.

 

[slatebuilder]

On 2 different rifles, firing multiple 10 shot groups with Leupolds and then again firing multiple 10 shot groups with a Night Force on one rifle and an SWFA on the other, the Leupolds are back in the box.

On a third rifle using an old late 80’s vintage 3-9 Leupold, I have fired a dozen or so 10 shot groups over the last 18 months. I going to leave this set up alone, it works pretty good.

 

[MNfarmer]

I’ve got 7 of them. My newest and most used are a VX-2 3-9x40, a VX-2 4-12x40, and a VX3i 3.5-10x40. Havnt had any issues with any of them. All 3 of these havnt needed any adjustment since getting initially dialed in on preferred factory load. The VX3i is on my main deer rifle, a Tikka T3x 6.5 creed and shoots several factory loads to same 100 yard zero. The other 2 are on a pair of .243’s.

 

[brockel]

I wish the Leupold vx3hd 3.5-10x40 was a bullet proof scope. The last couple I’ve had I haven’t had any issues with but my trust still isn’t there.

 

[slatebuilder]

There is an old, mid 90’s vintage 3-9 on my featherweight model 70 270 win. I use this rifle to mostly hunt <150 yard type of stuff. On June 28th a 12 shot load development group showed 2.5” at 100 yards. Not great, but acceptable for my shooting abilities with a light, hard to shoot rifle and intent with this rifle. After testing that load, the scope was moved to the right, verified, and the rifle put in the safe.



A zero check on 9/28 showed impact slightly to the right, but still within the cone of fire. On 11/26, after 4 days of hunting in bear season, a zero check showed basically the same as the 9/28 zero check, though one of the shots was pretty far right.



A zero check on 12/14, after 5 full days and several partial days of deer hunting showed impact to be 3” left of the last 2 zero checks. Again probably sufficient for hunting here, but that shift should not happen.

The rifle was always cased in a hard case whenever traveling in a vehicle. While hunting, surprisingly, my clumsy ass took no falls. The rifle was handled with care at all times, and never dropped or bumped while hunting.

This rifle was my first rifle. It is a classic looking rifle with the gloss 3-9 on it. I would love nothing more than to keep the rifle intact the way it is. At this point point though I would like to figure out whether the rifle, the scope, or my shooting abilities caused the shift. I have my suspicions.

 

[Redmt]

There is an old, mid 90’s vintage 3-9 on my featherweight model 70 270 win. I use this rifle to mostly hunt <150 yard type of stuff. On June 28th a 12 shot load development group showed 2.5” at 100 yards. Not great, but acceptable for my shooting abilities with a light, hard to shoot rifle and intent with this rifle. After testing that load, the scope was moved to the right, verified, and the rifle put in the safe.

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A zero check on 9/28 showed impact slightly to the right, but still within the cone of fire. On 11/26, after 4 days of hunting in bear season, a zero check showed basically the same as the 9/28 zero check, though one of the shots was pretty far right.

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A zero check on 12/14, after 5 full days and several partial days of deer hunting showed impact to be 3” left of the last 2 zero checks. Again probably sufficient for hunting here, but that shift should not happen.
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The rifle was always cased in a hard case whenever traveling in a vehicle. While hunting, surprisingly, my clumsy ass took no falls. The rifle was handled with care at all times, and never dropped or bumped while hunting.

This rifle was my first rifle. It is a classic looking rifle with the gloss 3-9 on it. I would love nothing more than to keep the rifle intact the way it is. At this point point though I would like to figure out whether the rifle, the scope, or my shooting abilities caused the shift. I have my suspicions.

Steady rest off of the bench with a few different loads with no scope corrections or adjustments. That will give you a little clearer picture of what is going on.

 

[mtmuley]

I wish the Leupold vx3hd 3.5-10x40 was a bullet proof scope. The last couple I’ve had I haven’t had any issues with but my trust still isn’t there.

Maybe I'm lucky but all my VX-2's are solid. One even living on top of a RUM for 25 years. But they are older versions. One of them I had to have the Custom Shop add a MOA turret. I keep my eyes out for older used ones. mtmuley

 

[Forkyfinder]

Maybe I'm lucky but all my VX-2's are solid. One even living on top of a RUM for 25 years. But they are older versions. One of them I had to have the Custom Shop add a MOA turret. I keep my eyes out for older used ones. mtmuley

Ever use a vx3hd?