Fifteenish years ago when I knew there was a problem a 6x42 went on a light weight 30-06. The word on the street was these fixed powers were more robust. The scope broke on the first shot, literally. That was not the straw that broke the camels back, but it came not long after.
That’s funny Clint, by far my last choice of any leupold, had/has a cult like following. Boy the 6x42 was the campfire darling for alotta years...
They worked great for me for many years.
So what happened? They just mysteriously quit working all the sudden? We’re folks lying then or they lying now? Just curious
I think probably what happened was a few bought and used them, had good results and spread the word so more piled on. Then once M1 dials and such started getting added they started giving up a bit sooner. I had a M1 and plain jane with dotz that started acting weird and wouldn’t group. Replaced them with the X36 variant and the weird shooting guns went back to normal. Leupold rebuilt them, back in the day, quickly and I’ve sold them. I still have an older FX3 that seems fine, but I’m just gun shy with them now.
