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I like Leupolds and am still using a M7 4x on a Mannlicher-Schoenauer. Why don't I upgrade? Because the new one are so friggin short, extension rings are mandatory and I don't like extension rings.....and it still works.  I have an old M7 4X myself, have never seen another and it has never caused me any problems. In fact it is presently mounted on my 257 Roberts. Do you have any idea when they were made?
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Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths.
"there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser"
"the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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Campfire Greenhorn
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These scopes are my favorite for light hunting rifles. I put one on my 30-30AI Contender carbine, the other may go on my lightest 308 or my Ruger 257 Roberts UL. One thing Leupold does better than anyone is build a light scope. I'm seriously considering a 2.5x20 for a Marlin 1894C, since I'm at the age where my peepers ain't so good anymore.
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It would cost more for them to stock obsolete parts and rebuild one than just scrapping and replacing. Zero labor time involved That is true, but they do stock some of their obsolete parts anyway. If you tell them you really want your old purple scope repaired instead of replaced, they will do it. yes they fixed for me a m8 2.5x20 and a 4x28 but cannot do anything on a m8 3x and another 4x28 so got new scopes for those old ones ... i dealt with the USA as the Canadian Leupold did not want to hear about them ....
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Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2011
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They get beat here on the fire. Only by people who spin dials a lot.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
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Campfire Regular
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"yes they fixed for me a m8 2.5x20 and a 4x28 but cannot do anything on a m8 3x and another 4x28 so got new scopes for those old ones "
I recently had to send back an older M8x4x28 and shortly afterwards an M8x3x20. Leupold repaired the M8x4x and sent it back to me. I haven't heard anything from them on the 3x to date. On the 4x they replaced the broken reticle, reworked the erector, replaced the windage and elevation adjustments. Seems like a lot of work to do on an older scope. No offer of a replacement.
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Campfire Regular
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"yes they fixed for me a m8 2.5x20 and a 4x28 but cannot do anything on a m8 3x and another 4x28 so got new scopes for those old ones "
I recently had to send back an older M8x4x28 and shortly afterwards an M8x3x20. Leupold repaired the M8x4x and sent it back to me. I haven't heard anything from them on the 3x to date. On the 4x they replaced the broken reticle, reworked the erector, replaced the windage and elevation adjustments. Seems like a lot of work to do on an older scope. No offer of a replacement. labman it took them 3 months to built the 3x. it is the custom shop doing it and they will do one when enough request. funny to have your own name on the box of the 3x ...
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They get beat here on the fire. Only by people who spin dials a lot. Nah. The set and forget Leupolds crap out with alarming regularity, too.
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I heard from Leupold on the M8 3x. They won't repair the scope. I was given the choice of a Freedom 1.5x4x or an Fx II 4 or 6 power scope. I opted for the fx II 6x.
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