For sure “rate” of failure needs numbers and objective verification. Ive personally had 3 out of 4 leupy scopes fail to reliably hold zero, the most recent one verified and repaired by leupold this past summer. For me, from only the Leupold scopes Ive personally owned, the failure rate was 75%, which is why I gave up on them.
Curious in the cost thing though that you wouldnt spend nightforce $. For me a nightforce shv is no more $ than a vx5, and a nx8 is comparable to a vx6. A trijicon credo 3-9 (which has done reasonably well under the testing here for whatever its worth) at street price is comparable to a vx3. Sonfor me I have good options that are +\- the same price at every level. Are prices so different in canada?
You know, I just received my first failed leupold (vxiii 2.5-8x36) bought second hand, it showed up with the reticle off kilter. I do not know the life it lived before I got it though.
Optics are a lot spendier up here for sure, then add 12% tax and usually crazy shipping costs (thanks to Trudy’s carbon tax). The only brand that I can see cheaper in the states is leupold ( on average, I could save upward of $500 on a used vx5 compared to buying used in Canada), any other brand seems to have a lot more value added to it over here.
The shv would be a great candidate, and have looked at them a bit, they can be had for a bit cheaper then the vx5hd, but lacks in a couple places for my personal preference, clarity, reticle, capped turrets. To jump into a nxs or nx8, puts it over the vx5 by a ways, plus added weight. The new model leicas, I have not seen up here yet, but am curious to see once they do show up. The swfa’s, we don’t see either, I wish we did.
Iv bought 1 vx5 ($2500 cad), which was pushing my budget on a scope by a lot. I personally don’t think I would spend that much again, only because I see the no added value for my uses.