I can only reiterate my two recent brand new Leupold scope purchases and both broke right out of the gate. One was a fixed power 4x (reticle broke) and the other was a VX2 4-12 x 40 who's erector was all out of whack and had to be sent back twice to correct the problem. Small sample you say....? Well yes, but a poor one for quality as well.
Again, OQ has already been cited, so my small sample as far as holding zero is with 2 Leupold variables getting knocked off zero considerably after airline travel. On several trips to Sask, my rifles would be knocked off anywhere from 1-3 inches and that was on targets that were slightly less than 100 yrds away (about 75 yrds IIRC).
