I get the opportunity to try a bunch of them, and have owned and used several, as well. Leupold makes scopes that do some things well (lightweight, hold zero once adjusted, etc), but I stand by what I said about the NF 2.5-10...
Have you tried the mark 6 3-18? I have buddies who use the nxs 2.5-10 and while a fine scope indeed my mark 6 hasn't given anything up. Yes it is a few hundred dollars more unless you get mil/Leo price as I do. But I also shoot in mils and ffp which limits what compact NF scopes/reticle I can use.
