Is it all Leopolds

[roadrunner]

It’s the Rokslide cult mindset.
Hate leupold.
Love Tikka.

It wasn't until I started to read posts on RS that everyone else everywhere else does it wrong....

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

Lol, I thought it was a good ending point regardless of who wants to claim closure... This stuff breaks guys down and gets into a urinary Olympian. We all know what has worked, we all know what is more reliable. Both of them exist at the same time. It's ridiculous to pic nits and play semantics from either side.

I've had Leupolds on my rifles for 30 years, more big game than some hunters have seen in their life has gone in my freezer. However I am not going to lie, I wonder what's up when
I'm needing to tweak each year when verifying zero. Even after a successful hunt the year before, that put the bullet right where I wanted it.

Last spring bought a Meopro 3-9x40 BDC from a member here. I have since mounted it on my main hunting gun. Will do a comparison. If the Meopro scope holds tighter groups over a couple range sessions, then I know there's an answer to the question.

How would the scope hold
Tighter groups? I can shoot a tight group without a scope. Zero shifting…that’s different?
Maybe not.

 

[bmart2622]

Wandering zero

 

[35WhelenAI]

How would the scope hold
Tighter groups? I can shoot a tight group without a scope. Zero shifting…that’s different?
Maybe not.

I get what you're saying. I should have said maintains zero/sight in vs tight groups. Very different things. I was being too casual and using them interchangeably.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

I get what you're saying. I should have said maintains zero/sight in vs tight groups. Very different things. I was being too casual and using them interchangeably.

I won’t hold it against ya. Lol

I do it all the time. Look at my integrity comment. Lol

 

[Duh]

After catching up on 5 pages, I quit reading.

The best and most reliable equipment especially if your man enough is a knife.

No chance of scope failure, no chance of a bad shot. It's the best for the hubting industry!

Unless you order from GOAT knifes and get ghosted

 

[Reburn]

How would the scope hold
Tighter groups? I can shoot a tight group without a scope. Zero shifting…that’s different?
Maybe not.

Its hard to take you seriously when you dont even understand the multiple ways a scope can fail / be bad.

 

[pacoalcracker]

Leupold scopes still sell pretty well here, especially the older none VX5 or VX6 with the dial type scopes, and I see them bringing as much as they sold for new years ago, in some cases decades ago. I like mine although most are the older ones but have 2 of the VX5's and have no issues with them. I have used those older ones in some cases a long time and I hunt and shoot a lot, plus I have at least 6 on pretty hard kicking TC Encore pistols and have not blown one up yet.....and I'm talking 8" barreled 500 S&W and 14" barreled wildcats on a necked down 50 Alaskan case kicking out 400gr slugs@1800fps. I just don't see what the naysayers see, but then I'm not dialing them all over to see how well they track because that does not pertain to my use of the scopes. I set it and forget it. My range limit is about 450 yards.....you can almost always get that close to just about anything anywhere. As for SWFA and Vortex......I myself wouldn't own Japanese/Asian optic anything, but I do have 2 NF scopes I am trying out but I'm not really fond of the MOA reticles for my hunting uses and nowhere near the optical quality of Leupold's...and much heavier too but I'm willing to sacrifice somewhat on the weight since both rifles are ~ 5lbs. out of the box. Hey, you like what you like and I will like what I like. You tell me I'm a bum for using a Leupold and I'm going to call you a bum for using anything other......it's that simple.

 

[C Bow]

Well after reading this I took my Leupold off my rifle and beat it with my hammer and threw it in trash can I am going back to open sights Just would not feel right selling it or giving it to someone would not be able to sleep

 

[35WhelenAI]

Well after reading this I took my Leupold off my rifle and beat it with my hammer and threw it in trash can I am going back to open sights Just would not feel right selling it or giving it to someone would not be able to sleep

That right there is funny.

 

[realunlucky]

Well after reading this I took my Leupold off my rifle and beat it with my hammer and threw it in trash can I am going back to open sights Just would not feel right selling it or giving it to someone would not be able to sleep

Don't lie gun was more accurate afterwards

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[C Bow]

Well I can at least hit trash can now from 10 feet

 

[35WhelenAI]

Lol, like I said in post #281, post #279 was a great closure...

More drama than a math classroom full of middle schoolers. Ask me how I know...

 

[KenLee]

Had the same thing happen last fall with vx6. Confirmed zero before driving to Idaho with 20 rounds. Got to camp after a long highway drive. Gun was in the back seat in padded hard case. Shot to confirm and was off 6” high 2” right.
Then it didn’t want to track to adjust when I tried to re zero.

Gotta beat on it when you adjust zero. You don't carry a sawed off broomstick with your Leupold?

 

[Jake Larsen]

Lol, like I said in post #281, post #279 was a great closure...

More drama than a math classroom full of middle schoolers. Ask me how I know...

This entire dumpster fire could be easily avoided if people just tested their own gear. Watch a video on how to properly mount a scope in order to take that variable out of the equation. Go shoot a tall target test with your gun at 100 yards. That’ll tell you if your turret tracks/returns to zero. If you shoot even once a month, start by checking zero every time. You’ll find out really quickly if your scope is a problem, no matter what brand it is. If yours is working, use it. If it’s not working, try something else.


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[Marbles]

Your logic does make sense if you are telling people the scope won’t hold zero when you sell it. Maybe you did that, but I can’t imagine anyone would pay much for a scope that you advertise as not holding zero.

It was never specified that a scope that failed was being sold. I also never said I sold one.

Be specific, words have meaning. Make vague, self-righteous statements that explicitly say anyone who sold it lacks integrity like the one I was replying to and I will assume you are man enough to say what you mean and mean what you say. There were no caveats in what I replied to.

It is a pathetic sign of dishonesty to assume others are dishonest just because. Prudence is verifying when it directly effects you, but that is not what is being discussed here.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

Its hard to take you seriously when you dont even understand the multiple ways a scope can fail / be bad.

Please Enlighten me.

A tight group is from the ammo/barrel. The scope will be for viewing. Even if it shifts, that group should remain.


Unless it shifts multiple moa after each trigger pull.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

Its hard to take you seriously when you dont even understand the multiple ways a scope can fail / be bad.

Reality is, never take me seriously.

Unless I preface it with…seriously

I don’t let anything pass me without trying to make it a joke. I mean, a cult is what it is. A cult.

 

[Huntin Fool]

I would say the value of used leupolds has tanked. It seems like they go for about 50-60% of new. Swfas go for about 150% of new.

First off I doubt there’s many higher end leupolds selling for half off. Secondly supply and demand, if it’s hard to even find a new one, the used ones will obviously sell higher

 

[bmart2622]

Please Enlighten me.

A tight group is from the ammo/barrel. The scope will be for viewing. Even if it shifts, that group should remain.


Unless it shifts multiple moa after each trigger pull.

Like I said earlier, its called a wandering zero, look it up if you need to. And binos and spotting scopes are for viewing, a scope is an aiming device.