I have several newer Leupold scopes like 2-4 years old. I only looked at two, one a VX-2 4-12x40 and one a VX-3i 3.5-10x40. I checked and they have O-rings. Are you looking inside the cap for the O-ring or gasket? Mine are around the turret itself at the base of the turret just above where the turret meets the turret housing. It sounded like you were looking inside the cap, but I wasn't sure. As I said, my scopes are from 2 to 4 years old so they may have discontinued putting the O-rings on them since then. Maybe they decided they aren't needed seeing the threads on the caps are pretty fine. You know bean counters. But I think you'd have to submerge the scope in water to get any liquid inside. However, I still prefer O-Rings or some sort of gasket. The possibility of dropping the rifle in water is slim but not that slim.
Last edited by Filaman; 08/16/20.
