POS Leuplold…

[left hunter]

Leupolds are like women, I hear of a few good ones out there, but most of them have some kind of issue, broken, junk.

Old guys have had there’s for years and don’t wanna switch.

This needs to be on a t-shirt!

 

[Mr Drysdale]

Leupolds are like women, I hear of a few good ones out there, but most of them have some kind of issue, broken, junk.

Old guys have had there’s for years and don’t wanna switch.

I’m one of the old guys. My son would be middle age. My three grandsons are in their teens. Between the five of us we have 12 Leupolds on rifles. No problems. You couldn’t put all the Whitetails we have killed with these scopes in a 53-102. I won’t change horses while this one is working. Not a fan boy. Just have confidence in what has worked for me. Did buy a used Swarovski that has performed well. Not any better than the Leupolds. Could have bought two new Leupolds for what I paid for it used. WTH was I thinking?
Good Luck to the guys that re being convinced to buy new scopes!

 

[ElPollo]

I’ve had an LHT for 4 years now. It’s killed close to 40 animals from 17 yards to 957 yards, but the local RS expert has convinced everyone it’s junk. At this point I just keep killing shit with it, along with my family and friends.

Oh, still holding a zero from 2021 when it was sighted in new. I think I just don’t hunt hard enough to see a failure…

It is frustrating sometimes, but I’m pretty much over arguing with the “expert”, most of the time.

Never said your vortex was junk or anyone else’s for that matter. Nor did I claim to be an expert. I merely stated that everything has some probability of failure and that denying it is folly.

 

[RobertReed711]

My 2.5-8's and 3.5-10's have consistently held zero for me. Must be lucky.

 

[ElPollo]

Never said your vortex was junk or anyone else’s for that matter. Nor did I claim to be an expert. I merely stated that everything has some probability of failure and that denying it is folly.

I understand your post wasn’t directed at me and I’m glad your LHT is still working as intended.

 

[Choupique]

I keep waiting for the smoking deals on 2.5-8's on here since it bombed the drop test and none to be found

 

[Panhandler80]

I’ve never even seen the RS “Drop test” thread. Does in fact sound pretty random based off description I read in this thread. I wouldn’t put any stock in such a test. Sounds like it might make for some entertaining reading, though.

 

[ElPollo]

I’ve never even seen the RS “Drop test” thread. Does in fact sound pretty random based off description I read in this thread. I wouldn’t put any stock in such a test. Sounds like it might make for some entertaining reading, though.

Scope Field Eval Explanation and Standards

This will be about the “why” of the field evaluations- specifically the drop “tests”. Let’s have a thought experiment. Let’s say you have spotted a buck across a valley, planned and executed a stalk which when you get to the last little knob up ahead, will put you within 400-450 yards of the...

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You should look at it. It’s simple and not excessive. 18-36” drops on a camping pad. It’s all the sort of impacts that could easily happen on a hunt. If a scope passes that it gets shot for 3k rounds and zero get tracked throughout. I’ve personally had scopes lose zero from falling over while leaned against a tire and even just from the vibration of riding in a truck on washboard roads in the desert. I would not say the results invalidate reasons to own a scope, but they do give you a better understanding of what to expect under field conditions when bad stuff happens.

 

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[Cornhusker]

I've taken 2 rifles with Leupold scopes to Africa 3 times, New Zealand, and Canada they've always been on when I shot them at my destination. I've shot Leupold scopes for the last 35 years and never had an issue. I guess I've been luckier than many with them.

 

[Drenalin]

I don't know if the OP knows what he's doing with scopes or not, but he doesn't poses a rudimentary handle on english!

The irony of your post (the bolded and underlined portions above) was not lost on me!

 

[JGRaider]

I've taken 2 rifles with Leupold scopes to Africa 3 times, New Zealand, and Canada they've always been on when I shot them at my destination. I've shot Leupold scopes for the last 35 years and never had an issue. I guess I've been luckier than many with them.

I hear you.....5 trips to Africa, 2 to Sonora MX with my VX6, same results as you. These reports are not welcome here, as they don't fit the drop "test" results.

 

[Antares]

 

[Macintosh]

I hear you.....5 trips to Africa, 2 to Sonora MX with my VX6, same results as you. These reports are not welcome here, as they don't fit the drop "test" results.

For what its worth, I would personally welcome ANYONE to use data to show the drop evals are wrong. That is what WOULD be welcome.
Also, your results dont conflict with the drop eval results, at least not yet. Its an eval designed to see if theres likely to be a frequent problem—nothing more. In no way, shape or form does it say there’s ALWAYS a problem. Individuals may have claimed that, but its not what the eval says or claims to do as far as I can see. Nor does the info we have from you say there ISNT a problem, as theres no documented info provided on a previous zero, handling, and subsequent zero check. I am well aware you have no intention of providing that, just pointing out that without this info I have no way to tell if you have even tracked and checked the zero, or if you are basing your statements on minute of deer results at relatively short range, the way I see virtually everyone do it at the shooting range. Thats not a challenge or questioning you btw, its only to say that the beauty in all of this is that any one of us can easily check this stuff for ourselves without needing to trust any stranger from the interweb. And, if we dont have the item to check ourselves we have not only the documented evals, but also a poll, approaching a decade worth of monthly posts on the topic, AND the people such as you chiming in that theirs are all good. Based on all that we can all make our own decisions. But it sure would be nice if there was something more than unspecific anecdote to show the evals are baseless. Its not that I dont believe you, I do—its just that to a lot of folks anything documented trumps anything that isnt documented.

 

[JGRaider]

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I had my feelings taken out with my tonsils when I was 5, FWIW. I've also failed every sensitivity training I've ever had to do.

 

[Choupique]

Its an eval designed to see if theres likely to be a frequent problem—nothing more

This made me giggle. Today I brought a prototype part in the shop at work, gave it to a mechanic and asked him what he thought.

He dropped it on the ground, kicked it across the floor against a dumpster, picked it up, handed it back to me and said it broke.

 

[Macintosh]

This made me giggle. Today I brought a prototype part in the shop at work, gave it to a mechanic and asked him what he thought.

He dropped it on the ground, kicked it across the floor against a dumpster, picked it up, handed it back to me and said it broke.

Well, sure. Do you have anything to show that his dumpster evaluation isnt predictive of whatever failure he was evaluating for?

 

[ElPollo]

I had my feelings taken out with my tonsils when I was 5, FWIW. I've also failed every sensitivity training I've ever had to do.

But if you have no feelings and lack sensitivity, how is it that I piss you off so much?

 

[JGRaider]

But if you have no feelings and lack sensitivity, how is it that I piss you off so much?

You don't piss me off at all. In fact I don't remember much of anything you've ever said until recently.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I’ve never even seen the RS “Drop test” thread. Does in fact sound pretty random based off description I read in this thread. I wouldn’t put any stock in such a test. Sounds like it might make for some entertaining reading, though.

I dunno give it a read sometime. Really not as random or extreme as you think. Unless you think your rifle tipping over from being leaned up is extreme or dropping from a low ready carry. Seems like it’s a pretty worthwhile look at what happens to the most important aiming device on hunt, under pretty mild conditions. But to each their own.