Leupold reticle is crooked

[K9kodi]

I do have a funny ass story about the theory.

Sighting in muzzleloaders, my buddies are the guys to buy new shit and set it up, I dunno, say half our before the hunt. He goes to sight in his new muzzleloader with a scope from another rifle from someplace like Walmart. It was dialed to about 4” from center at 50 yards. He says that’s good enough, another friend says just shoot “one more time”, adjust the scope and have at it. He adjusts the scope, then my other buddy says you gotta tap on the scope to set it. So he does, he brings the rifle up and the crosshairs now make an “x” in the lower left corner of the view box hahahaha. Tap on it

 

[journeyman713]

Yall have no sense of humor whatsoever..

Me all?

 

[Walker6]

Me all?

Well I stand corrected, as that was kinda funny.

You’s guys never tapped on your turrets to help settle in the adjustments?

 

[Coopsdaddy]

I had a new 4x rimfire scope the reticle was crooked.
Sent it in and they repaired it.

 

[K9kodi]

Well I stand corrected, as that was kinda funny.

You’s guys never tapped on your turrets to help settle in the adjustments?

Read my last post.

It’s so hard not to now a days, I know better, I truly do, but I still wann!

 

[grfox92]

Man.... for scopes that so many guys on here defend to the death that they are reliable......there sure seems to be a lot of them going back to the factory.

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[K9kodi]

Possibly bc there’s a lot more sold due to price point, maybe? Law of averages? I love my leupolds, havnt sent one back yet. But if I could afford a swaro or Trijicon or nightforce, I would. But when I can get into a vx3hd for 500 bucks, hard for me to beat that. I also like the affordable simplicity, I don’t want big adjustable turrets and adjustable parallax, sometimes it’s hard to find that in upper higher end designer scopes

 

[KHntr]

I think part of the problem is that a guy thinks he’s getting $1000 of value for $500 when he buys a Leupold, instead of the $200 value he paid &500 for….

 

[K9kodi]

Well that’s your opinion. I’ve yet to meet anyone who thinks they are getting a 1000 dollar value for 500 bucks because it’s a Leupold. Surely you aren’t speaking about me. If you find em let me know and I’ll help you convince him his 500 dollar Leupold is most def not a 1k dollar zeiss. But I also don’t believe a 200 dollar scope is even comparable to a vx3hd. But hey, we all have opinions. It should be noted when life changes and I can swing a nice zeiss or swaro or a high end Leupold, if I can find the features in the zeiss or swaro , I’ll get one. Until then, my 500 dollar vx3hd does what I need and hasn’t let me down yet. Until then

 

[Billy Goat]

Well that’s your opinion. I’ve yet to meet anyone who thinks they are getting a 1000 dollar value for 500 bucks because it’s a Leupold. Surely you aren’t speaking about me. If you find em let me know and I’ll help you convince him his 500 dollar Leupold is most def not a 1k dollar zeiss. But I also don’t believe a 200 dollar scope is even comparable to a vx3hd. But hey, we all have opinions. It should be noted when life changes and I can swing a nice zeiss or swaro or a high end Leupold, if I can find the features in the zeiss or swaro , I’ll get one. Until then, my 500 dollar vx3hd does what I need and hasn’t let me down yet. Until then

Just to go ahead and put it out there, price doesn't reflect holding zero.

You might get better glass, but it's all over the map on price and actually holding zero.





This coming from someone who owns multiple scopes of what you mentioned.

 

[rookieforever33]

I've always been a big Leupold supporter dating back to the early 90's. I've never had an issue. Bought a VX5 a couple years ago and I always felt the reticle was crooked. Scope level would be dead center but it just felt off to me. Finally put a plumb bob up and yep it's crooked! Will be sending it off.

No matter what scope it is, I always level off of the reticle, then verify clicks follow that straight line. If the clicks dont follow you have a problem.

 

[journeyman713]

No matter what scope it is, I always level off of the reticle, then verify clicks follow that straight line. If the clicks dont follow you have a problem.

The op seriously has no idea what he's doing.
Instead of asking, he's just trying to fit in with the Leopold bashing guys.
What a sad club.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Possibly bc there’s a lot more sold due to price point, maybe? Law of averages? I love my leupolds, havnt sent one back yet. But if I could afford a swaro or Trijicon or nightforce, I would. But when I can get into a vx3hd for 500 bucks, hard for me to beat that. I also like the affordable simplicity, I don’t want big adjustable turrets and adjustable parallax, sometimes it’s hard to find that in upper higher end designer scopes

You can get a triji or a Swfa for 500 or less…

 

[toddh]

The op seriously has no idea what he's doing.
Instead of asking, he's just trying to fit in with the Leopold bashing guys.
What a sad club.

I'm the OP brother and yes I know what I'm doing. All I stated was the reticle is crooked. Love Leupold. Have well over a dozen of them. However this one is being sent back.

 

[journeyman713]

I'm the OP brother and yes I know what I'm doing. All I stated was the reticle is crooked. Love Leupold. Have well over a dozen of them. However this one is being sent back.

It's obvious you do not know how to level a scope properly, it makes no difference how many you own.
Leveling the reticle to plumb-bob, is the final step. You don't skip that step, and trash the brand.

 

[toddh]

It's obvious you do not know how to level a scope properly, it makes no difference how many you own.
Leveling the reticle to plumb-bob, is the final step. You don't skip that step, and trash the brand.

You use levels on the rifle and turrets.

 

[toddh]

 

[KenLee]

Well I stand corrected, as that was kinda funny.

You’s guys never tapped on your turrets to help settle in the adjustments?

I usta beat those puppies like they owed me $.

 

[nortac]

My last 5 Leupolds had crooked reticles.....2 vx6's, 2 vx6hd Gen 2, 1 Mark 4hd. Expecting the 6th, Mark 4, back today from Leupold they have had for a little over 2 months. The reticle in it was having issues although not canted. I still have 5 other Leupolds but pretty much done with them until they get their shit together.....At this point they may not.

 

[Matt5266]

Two guys at work had to send theirs back. One was slightly crooked out of the box. The other guy was hunting and pulled his rifle up to shoot an elk and saw his reticle was at a 45 degree angle LOL.