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This is an initial zero and drop evaluation of the Leupold Vari-X II 2-7x33mm scope.
This scope was sent by a forum member for this evaluation. The ammunition used was Federal 308T 168gr that was purchased by Shoot2Hunt for these evals. The 20 round proof group was right at 1.2 moa.
Scope and weight:
The scope is a common SFP, 1” tubed hunting scope.
Turrets:
Are capped, friction (not click) and marked every .5 MOA.
The silver plate with numbers is separate from the turret, and can be spun to index “0” on the turret-
Reticle:
Standard Duplex design-
Zeroing:
Mounting as normal (and per manufacturer instructions)- 20 in-lbs on ring caps, 65 in-lbs on base.
Zeroing surprisingly went without issue.
Boresight- 2 shots, adjusted-3 shots on left, adjusted- 3 shots on middle-
Drop Evaluation and “Tracking”
For an explanation see- Scope Field Eval Explanation and Standards
The “test” consists of three 18” drops on a mat- one left/right/top with a shot to check zero after each drop. Then the exact same thing repeated from 36”. Then three drops on all three sides for nine drops on the last part- 15 drops total. This is not “abuse”. The 18” drops are a joke really. The 36” start showing something. And when a scope make/model consistently goes through the whole thing without losing zero, failures in actual use are almost unheard of.
This one was conducted on 4” of fresh snow, with a 1/2” padded mat on top.
Drop eval-
Shot #4 was the first large shift (36” left side impact). Overall 18” drops did not cause major shifts, but 36” did.
Conclusions:
This scope is probably close to 30 years old and doesn’t even have adjustments that click, and yet I’m just zeroing and the drop eval it did as well or better than almost all the current VX5 and VX6 HD’s do. Yes it lost zero during the drop eval- but I would still rather trust a hunt to this than current VX5/6 HD’s if I had to choose.
This scope was sent by a forum member for this evaluation. The ammunition used was Federal 308T 168gr that was purchased by Shoot2Hunt for these evals. The 20 round proof group was right at 1.2 moa.
Scope and weight:
The scope is a common SFP, 1” tubed hunting scope.
Turrets:
Are capped, friction (not click) and marked every .5 MOA.
The silver plate with numbers is separate from the turret, and can be spun to index “0” on the turret-
Reticle:
Standard Duplex design-
Zeroing:
Mounting as normal (and per manufacturer instructions)- 20 in-lbs on ring caps, 65 in-lbs on base.
Zeroing surprisingly went without issue.
Boresight- 2 shots, adjusted-3 shots on left, adjusted- 3 shots on middle-
Drop Evaluation and “Tracking”
For an explanation see- Scope Field Eval Explanation and Standards
The “test” consists of three 18” drops on a mat- one left/right/top with a shot to check zero after each drop. Then the exact same thing repeated from 36”. Then three drops on all three sides for nine drops on the last part- 15 drops total. This is not “abuse”. The 18” drops are a joke really. The 36” start showing something. And when a scope make/model consistently goes through the whole thing without losing zero, failures in actual use are almost unheard of.
This one was conducted on 4” of fresh snow, with a 1/2” padded mat on top.
Drop eval-
Shot #4 was the first large shift (36” left side impact). Overall 18” drops did not cause major shifts, but 36” did.
Conclusions:
This scope is probably close to 30 years old and doesn’t even have adjustments that click, and yet I’m just zeroing and the drop eval it did as well or better than almost all the current VX5 and VX6 HD’s do. Yes it lost zero during the drop eval- but I would still rather trust a hunt to this than current VX5/6 HD’s if I had to choose.
