When did leupold go down hill?

[omicron1792]

Man I wish leupolds were good. I love everything about them except for the working part.

 

[Woolley Bugger]

Some sort of ammo harlot.

Reminds me of this meme. From the bad old days of 2013-14.
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This morning I lucked out and was able to buy two boxes of ammo. I placed the boxes on the front seat and headed back home, but stopped at a gas station where a drop-dead gorgeous blonde in a short skirt was filling up her car at the next pump.


She glanced at the two boxes of ammo, bent over and leaned in my passenger window, and said in a sexy voice, “I’m a big believer in barter, old fella. Would you trade SEX for ammo?”


I thought for a few seconds and asked, “What kind of ammo ya got?”

 

[Ross]

Not all leupolds are POS like some make them out to be……the dialing version can’t speak to, but I could clog this with no issues success photos for longer than most are aged. My newer version vx3 has shined so far, so no plans to change.

 

[eric1115]

Man, you really hit it on the head here. Ammo is definitely a scarcity mentality with most people. Most of the shooting I do is open public land, but in a spot that other people occasionally show up to. With some of the looks I've gotten when cycling through recoil-control and speed-precision drills with handguns and ARs, you'd think I was some sort of profligate squanderer of a nearly irreplaceable natural resource. Bill Drills and double/triples by the magazine are the worst for this. It seems incomprehensible to them that every single one of those rounds is an accounted-for, aimed shot. Or that 300 rounds of 9mm can be a warm-up in some training evolutions. But it's the moral tone that's so odd - like I'm being unvirtuous. Some sort of ammo harlot.

If you need signatures on a petition to get changed from WKR to Ammo Harlot just let me know and I'll sign.

 

[muledeerchaser]

I still have about 20 Leupold scopes. Some going back 25 years ago. I noticed the quality of the scopes going down about 10 years ago. I have never found the CDs system to track adequately. It seems to take a shot or 2 to go to the designated zero, if at all. So the only Leupold I trust anymore is the non CDs Vx 3 hd Boone and Crocket Reticle 4.5-14 x scope… I am replacing all the other Leupolds with Trigicon Credos or Nightforce SHV scopes……..

 

[bigunit]

Man I wish leupolds were good. I love everything about them except for the working part.

Ya i did a lot of research and looking around and ended up with a vx3hd 4.5-14. I loved the look, the weight and thought the cds dial would be perfect for me as a flatlander. Put it on a tikka 308. The cds dial got me to 600 yards and got hits on steel. I even did my own drop tests at the range one day and everything at 100 yards was hunky dory. I kept it on that 308 for a few years and many trips to the range. Every trip to the range I had to "tweak" the zero. Maybe 1moa left maybe 1moa right, maybe down. I always just thought it was me and maybe my own inconsistencies or maybe it was windier than I thought last time.

Nope. I put a trijicon credo on that 308 and haven't removed the turret caps since I put it on. Lesson learned I guess.

 

[Axlrod]

Ya i did a lot of research and looking around and ended up with a vx3hd 4.5-14. I loved the look, the weight and thought the cds dial would be perfect for me as a flatlander. Put it on a tikka 308. The cds dial got me to 600 yards and got hits on steel. I even did my own drop tests at the range one day and everything at 100 yards was hunky dory. I kept it on that 308 for a few years and many trips to the range. Every trip to the range I had to "tweak" the zero. Maybe 1moa left maybe 1moa right, maybe down. I always just thought it was me and maybe my own inconsistencies or maybe it was windier than I thought last time.

Nope. I put a trijicon credo on that 308 and haven't removed the turret caps since I put it on. Lesson learned I guess.

Your post is what is repeated many many times in real life- except most don't think there is anything wrong with it. I help out at our range as an RO. In the weeks leading up to hunting season, I see the same thing over and over. A lot of the shooters take their scope caps off before fireing a single round. They are conditioned to having to "sight in" every year.