What were the symptoms? Think I've got one acting up.

Not that one but Leupold.

Wouldn’t hold zero. Sent it back.

DF

2 Vx-3i wouldn't hold zero , all over the place trying to sight in on had cds and wouldn't track either.

Just mailed a new one back yesterday...POI would shift with each round fired. Put it on three rifles with same issues. This was a set/forget scope too...Curious to hear what Leupold says....😎

How much would it shift?

Last one I sent back was all over the place.

DF

3.5” was the biggest spread. Would hit high, low, left, right....All over the targets. 😎

I gots a Nightforce, Schmidt Bender and one Zeiss that wont track... I gots to do all's the tracking my self...

wait here.... lemme go to the safe...

"300yd gong
set to 300 yds, it hits 4" low
up a few clicks to ~325yds, now its 8" low,
up a few more clicks to 350yds, its close center....
clicking up moves it down"
that's written the note hanging on the rifle

and another note showing a drawing of a low hit set to 200yds + 4cl and a centered hit set to 200yds +0cl

so clicking up moves the impact down.....

jeez, its dated over a year ago, I really need to get back to the range and do more testing... its just more fun to shoot guns that work than ones that don't.

I want to test it a few more times before I convince myself its not me.... or the No1 it lives on....

but hearing others are having problems.... yeah maybe I need to send mine back too...

Thanks

Poole

I have two targets hung on my target holder. Each target is made from 8 x 10 inch paper. Shoot at one target for a few shoots, trying to get a group at 100 yards. Next thing ya know, it's hitting the target to the right. About a 8-10 inch shift.

That's some crazy stuff.

Edit to note: This was a 2.5 - 8

Send it back. They will fix it.

+1

Or replace it.

Good CS

DF

It would put two shots in a group, then the next two shots are in a tight group,but they a 6 inches from the first two. Never touched adjustment turret. Same thing with two 3i 3.5x10 scopes. One cds. One not. Sent both back to leupold. Fixed and returned. Paper included erector spring repair.

Might be good customer service. Just poor quality control. As my scope was or is new.

Mine was a cds that wouldn’t track. They couldn’t get it right in 2 repair attempts. I’d still buy one but not with the cds. The others have held zero fine once sighted in

I had a vx3i 3-10x40 cds that sounded like a baby rattle when I shook it but the 300 win Nula also destroyed a 4.5-14x40 cds after a dozen shots.

Over and over, if that's your thing.

I've got 4 VX-3i 3.5-10x40s. 3 of them, the one on my 300WBY, the one on my .243, and the one on my .280 all sighted in just fine, the one on my .30-06 was a pain, but finally settled in. I'll watch it and make sure it holds POI.

What the one on my 06 did was I shot a first shot, which was like 8" right. I made one adjustment like 60 clicks left. It was still about 3" right. Then another adjustment 30 clicks or so left, shot it, it was 2" left. Clicked it about 20 clicks right and it was about 2" right. Made about 10 clicks, right on the money. I shot 3 shots and it grouped about 3/4" so I left it alone.

That would inspire confidence

Sounds like you are the stereotypical leupy lover, you really have no idea what your scope is doing, but think it is fine.

Interesting post. Did problems start with the 3i or has anyone had problems with earlier manufactured scopes?

I've used Leupolds for 40 yrs and have never had a problem, and the rifles get used fairly regularly between me, 2 sons, 1 daughterinlaw. So I checked my safe and found I have no 3i scopes in use, I do have one that had never been mounted.

I've got:
2 - VariX both 3-9 compacts with no date code letter
2 - VXIII both 3.5-10x40 date codes 1990 and 1999
1 - VX3 4.5-14x40 date code 2014

So again my question----Is the problems only with the 3i models?

Thanks all! PS--I'm still a Leupold fan

These experiences befuddle me.

You just got to open it up and check the inside...



This was a brand new 3.5-10. Mounted on a 7mm mag, a few zeroing shots, then on the fifth round the windage turret fell onto the bench.

Yeah, next time out, hes going to be asking us why its shooting 3 inches to the right and low and why its now shooting 3" groups at best.

The scope I was talking about in this thread was a new 2.5-8 it had the duplex cross hairs all good. I thought, I needed CDS on this scope. So I sent it back for the CDS install. Mounted it, take it shooting and crapola it's just trash. I also have two other 2.5-8 scopes that need to be shipped back.

I was thinking, (right) if I send my new scope back, to have the CDS installed, they would have it all fine and dandy when it leaves their shop right. Right, I was so wrong.
I gotta tell ya, I don't think I would mount another Leupold scope on a rifle of mine. I have some mounted, and thus far they are working okay. Just not worth all the pain that it seams to produce. Such a waist of time.
So now, I have 3 L. scope that are junk.

I wasn't wanting another Leupold bashing party. Just telling the truth.

Y'all take care.

Thats a good "set and forget" design.

My VX3i 4.5-14 with CDS would dial up fine but upon returning to "zero" on CDS the groups would be about 4" to 5" low and left from where it was set. Not what I would consider returning to zero... Did this every time and after a half dozen shots it would jar itself enough to return to actual zero without touching the knobs.

Exactly my experience as well.

Well I've never had an issue with a VX3i. Never. Stopped buying Leupolds before they came out.

Me too, sold my last leupy quite a few years ago, life is so much simpler now.
They were the best scopes available 30 years ago and basically all I would use
It is really sad that a company that founded its reputation on reliability has been ruined by the bean counters to the point where I trust a philipino made Burris over a USA made Leupold