For all the Leupold Haters

[Tod osier]

I'm not so much a hater as a "won't buy one againer". Good luck with yours! Mine all worked pretty well most of the time.

 

[Jwknutson17]

I'm not so much a hater as a "won't buy one againer". Good luck with yours! Mine all worked pretty well most of the time.

I'm with you here. All 3 mk5s I purchased had to go back at different times. Just cant gamble on if your going to get a good one.

I do run only one leupold now and its a Mk8 CQBSS. I would buy another one of those. Good luck with the new scopes OP. Hope they work well for ya!

 

[elkguide]

To the OP......
I'm so sorry.


Part of the had more than one fail so burn me once.... shame on you. Burn me twice.... shame on me. Not going to try burn me three times!

 

[menhaden_man]

I’ve got one of those from the early 80’s mounted on a .243 right now.
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That’s the exact one!!!

 

[Alienx]

As long as those don't get wasted on top of a Tikka, I say good for you man

Why would you say that?

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

What happened?

Elevation turret failure. 2nd time, first was on a VX-5 and then it happened to my VX-6 on that hunt. Common field issue with these scopes. Sent them back to Leupold and they repaired for free and then I sold both scopes.

 

[w squared]

I can't say that I'm a Leupold fanboi....but I own a VX-R, and three FX-II's, and every one of them has delivered sterling service. The VX-R in particular worked like a charm during my Gunsite 270 course, which was 700+ rounds of .308 in one week.

 

[gelton]

I will say their customer service is excellent, the VX3 10x42 CDS that I currently have is because they replaced a vari x iii that was gifted to me and that was at least 20 years old at the time it was replaced.

The spent ammo figuring out that it was the scope and not myself or the rifle would have paid for a new scope.

I wonder how much ammo has been wasted, how many actions have been bedded, and how many barrels have been replaced because one had so much confidence in a brand of riflescope?

 

[Billinsd]

Why would you say that?

Sarcasm

 

[JohnJohnson]

Why would anyone care what you just spent your money on?

 

[Jbehredt]

Why would anyone care what you just spent your money on?

Is this your first time on the internet? Aside from porn it’s mostly used for telling people how stoopid they are for not thinking and acting like you

 

[General RE LEE]

Elevation turret failure. 2nd time, first was on a VX-5 and then it happened to my VX-6 on that hunt. Common field issue with these scopes. Sent them back to Leupold and they repaired for free and then I sold both scopes.

Did you drop the gun?


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[mxgsfmdpx]

Did you drop the gun?


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Nope. Just shot it a lot like all my rifles and scopes. Also the forest service road to get back to the trail head was really bumpy. The rifle and scope were wrapped up in a puffy jacket on the back seat with my sleeping bag underneath. Nothing I haven’t done hundreds of times. The road was extra bumpy that year though. Probably was the last straw for the turret. It was the 2nd failure on a VX line of scopes that I paid over $1,000 for each... I’ve since switched to Meopta and Zeiss and haven’t had any field or home range failure yet.

 

[amassi]

Nope. Just shot it a lot like all my rifles and scopes. Also the forest service road to get back to the trail head was really bumpy. The rifle and scope were wrapped up in a puffy jacket on the back seat with my sleeping bag underneath. Nothing I haven’t done hundreds of times. The road was extra bumpy that year though. Probably was the last straw for the turret. It was the 2nd failure on a VX line of scopes that I paid over $1,000 for each... I’ve since switched to Meopta and Zeiss and haven’t had any field or home range failure yet.

A bumpy road broke your elevation turret?

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[mxgsfmdpx]

A bumpy road broke your elevation turret?

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No. Thousands of shots and hundreds of field hours likely are what broke it. I’m guessing the bumpy road was the last straw since I sighted it in before I left and it was all good. If it was the first time this happened I would have sent it in for repair and kept it, but this was the 2nd VX scope to fail in the field on me.

 

[260madman]

Yes, bumpy roads will rattle the insides and give tracking/holding zero issues. We will see how my Weaver Super Slam Tactical fares. It’s spent a couple of thousand miles bouncing in my truck and camper and I dropped it this past weekend. I won’t be surprised if it gives me issues.

 

[260madman]

Took the Weaver on my Large Frame AR in 308 to the range for a quick check. Perfectly centered and 2” high still at 100 yards. Daughter took a buck with it opening morning at 180 yards. Not bad for a 12yo jerking the trigger on it for the first time.

 

[Deadfall]

Toughest scope made

 

[Deadfall]

Actually shipped off a maybe 35 year old VariX III since it showing its age... they gave me a brand new Vx3i 4-14x40 with the CDS and 30mm tube as a free replacement. Not bad in my book!?

I only have a few Leupold scopes but had no idea they suck until reading Rokslide . Guess I’m not hard enough on my stuff.

after reading this I had to go rummage through old posts about leupold. Come to find out i was 43 years old before finding out leupolds suck....weird...

 

[Shayman]

What am I missing, what is wrong with Leupold?