At the recent National Small Bore competition in PA, below is a survey of equipment used. I guess most of these guys didn't get the memo on Leupolds....
EQUIPMENT SURVEY LISTING - SMALLBORE HUNTING RIFLE SILHOUETTE
SCOPE MANUFACTURER
BSA 1
BURRIS 1
BUSHNELL 1
EAGLE EYE 0
MEOTPA 0
NIGHTFORCE 0
PREMIER 3
REDFIELD 1
NIKON 1
LEUPOLD 81
SIMMONS 0
SWAROVSKI 0
TASCO 1
VORTEX 3
OTHER 3
SIGHTRON 3
WEAVER 6
Shooting low recoil rimfires at 100 yards or less....
dave
Yes, but many proclaim Leupy's lose zero just sitting in the safe.
JG:
I have had them loose zero sitting in the safe. The other issue I've experienced is wandering zero, wherein you can still shoot a tight group , but it's in a different spot than it was the last time you shot the rig. I used to blame it on wood stocks, hold position/technique, atmosphere, etc, etc. But then I took notice that some wood/blued never did it while some SS/synthetics did it regularly - guess the common denominator. I also noticed it when you'd all of a sudden get a "flyer" 3/4-1<” out and the next group would then be tight around the previous groups' flyer.
