The current consensus is that Leupold is not what they used to be and haven’t been for several years. So my question is what is a good alternative? I am not a long ranges knob twister in any way . All I need is good optics, reliability, decent adjustments without breaking the bank. 2-7, or 3-9, do anything I want. Will spend 500 to 600 bucks for a scope. Not going to put out thousands of dollars for something I don’t need. The wife is really screwed as she was a Nikon freak. One of her old scopes needed repair and she got a voucher toward binoculars. Harder than hell to mount and impossible to sight in.
I’ve only used the Leupold warranty 1 time in 20 years: & that was due to a new scope that had a scratch on the front glass about 18 years ago.
I just bought a VX-R patrol 3-9 with the Fire dot in MilDot, it’s now rebadged as a VX-3HD. That would be my recommendation for you.
Anything else in that ~$500 price point is going to be imported completely.
