No. But my SIL has a couple. No issues so far. I also have a couple Sightron scopes. Way overlooked. mtmuley
Leupold scopes love or hate em?
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To your point, 140 Bergers VLD hunting, 145ELDX, 130 federal blue box, and these 150 flat bases all shoot about the same. 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 ten shot groups from this rifle. The targets are here in my notebook.
Edit to add 117 hammers to that list too
We shot 130 nosler balistic tips, 130 hornady interlocks, 130 corelokts, and 130 federal premium partitions in 90’s and early 2000’s. I don’t have those targets, but I’ll bet they would all shoot very similar 10 shot groups.
My concern was not so much the large group size, but that it appears to have shifted 3” left for no apparent reason.
The newer models are more of the problem children but some of the older ones had issues too. Just a confidence thing for me. The vx3 3.5-10x40 is a favorite scope of mine. Just wish I could trust it. Also a great kids scope with its generous eye relief
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The vx3 3.5-10x40 really is a nice scope. We have several on rifles. So far they seem to shoot ok. We just have not shot and used them as hard as a few other scopes that we have.
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I wish the custom shop still did that.
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I don’t know what my deal is, my eyes have just never liked leuopld glass. I know they’re fine scopes, just not my preference
A buddy of mine has a 3-9 on a 7mm that has friction adjustments. He's killed more game with that setup than cwd has. mtmuley
I have had great luck with Leupold rifle scopes. For a hunting scope I think they are great. I won’t say they are the best on the planet but for the price range a very solid scope. Plus they have been good to me with warranty on a couple of old gloss gold rings that are over 25 years old.
If you are doing competition or a bunch of target shooting turning turrets a constantly I’d look at a Nightforce or comparable glass. Otherwise I think a Leupold is hard to beat.
If you are doing competition or a bunch of target shooting turning turrets a constantly I’d look at a Nightforce or comparable glass. Otherwise I think a Leupold is hard to beat.
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My dad is the same way. He’s never adjusted a scope while hunting and can’t imagine any reason why someone would want to.
I sometimes wonder why I ever wanted to. mtmuley
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We also shoot silhouette matches. Adjustment is a must for those matches. Anymore whenever I set a rifle up, it’s dual purpose unless it’s a magnum. Belted magnums are not permitted for those matches.
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I just did a quick count of empty boxes. There's 8 of them. I keep them in case I ever send on back. I sent in one for a bad focus and got it back completely cleaned, focused, and nice and shiny. It took about 3 weeks.
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After doing a deeper dive researching scopes and durability tests I decided to go with a Trijicon Huron 3-12x40 on my current rifle purchase. Everything is still in transit so will be a while to get mounted up and see how I like it. It’s going on a Tikka T3x CTR stainless 6.5 creed. This is going to be a target gun at first but am planning to use it when I start my next in line kids deer hunting in a couple years with the shorter length of pull vs my current Tikka. I baby my guns and always carry in a padded hard case so hopefully my current leupolds keep working. I really like them and the luepold flip caps.
I’ve got a Trijicon Huron that’s sitting on a 223 that’s had a rough ride all winter long. Scope hasn’t moved a bit
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The only scope ive ever had lose zero that im aware of is one that hit me between the eyes. 10 stitches worth.
I’ve never had one completely go like feet off. But I’ve had a few with wandering zeros
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Two feet high after that. That was a nikon. But those scopes have actually been great for the money other than that hiccup. Was having an argument with the wife prior. Showed back up to the house with 10 stitches. She never said a word. Pretty sure she prayed for that.
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Two feet high after that. That was a nikon. But those scopes have actually been great for the money other than that hiccup. Was having an argument with the wife prior. Showed back up to the house with 10 stitches. She never said a word. Pretty sure she prayed for that.
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Only scope I ever had lose zero was a vortex that the horizontal adjustment dial stopped working. It was mounted on a 35 Whelen. Don’t use vortex anymore. I put a 20 year old Leoupold 3x9 on it and it is still on it 5 years later.
