Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by Clarkm
Originally Posted by Sheister


I realize you will find this fascinating, but one or two scopes aren't a reliable sample to determine reliability of a manufacturer....


I have (50) Leupolds and only (1) failure. That was my fault for building a cantilevered [diving board] scope base that shook the reticle out. Leupold sent me a new scope.

Compare that to the trouble I have had with my
(1) USO, manufactured wrong, adjustable objective off by 180 degrees in the double pitch threads... they fixed for free
(1) B&L manufactured wrong, the 4x12x40 made with misaligned lenses
(2) Burris, (1) runs down battery
(6) IOR, (1) has a turret failure
(1) Zeiss Conquest has a 12X BCD reticle in a 15X scope, and US customer support that just keeps asking me with weight of my bullet, so they can run their computer program
(5) SWFA (1) manufactured wrong, the 20X made with misaligned lenses...they offered me a trade in. I told them it would be morally wrong to let them to sell it again.



Maybe you just don't know what a failure is.

Or maybe you need to run thousands of rounds through them, carry them in a scabbard on horseback or drag them across mountains, you know, because mountains are harder on scopes than swamps, rocky creek beds, woods and the high desert.



Of course there are those that have failures but have no clue they are experiencing a failure



Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
. I shoot more than a box a year and have never had a failure. Though I doubt I have a round count of over 500 on any of them. I also have some Leupold made Redfields that have been great. None have adjusted precisely getting them zeroed, but have been 100% reliable once there. VX-2 and below.









How dare you insinuate all leupold lovers are too stupid to know when they've had a failure! Most every one of us here have admitted they are a pain to set. By your standards we could say you are too stupid to recognize what we appreciate about them. They're light (Big deal on a rifle you're going to carry in the mountains all day where Oxygen is sparse) and at least one of you has admitted that once set they stay set. Mine do. And you fail to admit that Leupold will give you better low light performance for the money than about any scope out there in its price range. What is your motivation for this constant bashing? Do some of you work for their competitors? (I'm starting to suspect this of Big Stick)And don't tell me I don't shoot enough. What do you do big stick? Shoot in your sleep? If you don't like them don't buy them. We recognize it's your right to have that choice. I own and use several brands of scopes. I have some Vortex, at least one B&L and Weaver. They all work for me but I prefer my Leupolds over all of them. So use what you want but please get off your soap box and quit this bashing campaign. It makes you look kinda one way intolerant.

Last edited by Filaman; 06/12/21.
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