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I just btt my old leupold manifesto 🤓😔😃 when my scope went "wonky" (love that term). All you that got leupold scopes and love em and they work great i am happy for ya. My trust is gone in em is all I have to say,,,, and many others are experiencing the same loss of trust in em.
Confidence in gear that works is a huge thing to all of us. If ya have confidence in your gear use it, if ya don't then it's time to move on to something else that has been proven to work for ya.

Thanks Battue.

Personally, ive never had any issues with them.

I must be fairly lucky with Leupolds after reading some of these posts.....I have dozens of them (along with many other brands) and have yet to have an "issue". I have them on hunting rifles, slug guns and pistols, target rifles and pistols, and just casual "plinkers". The target rifles include several silhouette guns and long range rifles that require constant elevation tuning. Certainly not saying things can't happen with any product and I'm sure that I do not shoot as many rounds as some here but I am happy with my experiences with Leupolds both old and new.

PennDog

Looks the Leupold fans are starting to outnumber the naysayers.

Just tired of beating a dead horse. It has all been said.

Doesn't look that way.

I've got one I was using as a toilet plunger handle I'll sell cheap.

It's mint condition.

Just the handle. How much?

Sorry, I didn't mean to say "mint," what I meant was "minty."

Sani-Fresh Spearmint, I think.

No problem. They will do a refurb for free. How much and ship it hazmat.

I believe Renegade has put the finger on the pulse here.

The same thing happened with American car industry back in late '60s and early '70s QC quit mattering. Foreign competition forced the execs to bring back some QC to make more reliable products and after several decades American car brands have become better than they were but not quite as competitive as they should be. My fellow consumers, I have not yet experienced owning a Leupold that tracked well enough to trust turning turrets on a hunt, but I have only owned less than a dozen.

Your right, I talked with my buddy at leupold, he just laffed, so did I.... haha

You fuucking donkeys think this shiit matters, look at tasco... Burris... Simmons... weaver... on and on and on...

Leupold will always be 10 steps ahead of the aforementioned, and they even sell slots glass...

This has been an interesting read. I have 1 Zeiss, 1 Swarovski and over 20 Leupolds. The Swarovski 3-9x36 is a lovely little scope but it costs about double a VX3i 2.5-8x36. Is it double the scope? No it's not. It is a tad brighter but the Loopy holds it's own considering it is half the price.

I have only ever had to return one Leupold scope for warranty work. It was a 20 year old M8 6x36 that had a slightly loose front lens. It would move about half a millimetre under my thumb. It was returned looking like new. I've had no other issues in all my other Leupolds ranging from Varix ll and lll, VXlll, VX3 and VX3i. In fact the last new scope I put on a rifle was a VX3i in 2.5-8x36. I never bore sight but start shooting at 25m and then move out to 100m. The scope adjustments were so accurate it took two shots at 25m and three shots at 100m to get the bullet shooting 2 1/2 inches high. I'd only shoot one shot and adjust. The rifle was a very accurate .257 Roberts so there was no need to shoot three shot groups.

I am a set and forget scope hunter. I check POI every year on my guns and may have to adjust one or two clicks occasionally but not sure if this is the scope losing hold or the wood stocks moving over the summer/winter temperature changes. I am at a loss to explain the high rate of failures others have experienced with their Leupold scopes. About a third of my scopes are either VX3 or VX3i which I understand are the models some are having issues with. These are the ones that have been the easiest to sight in and adjust as I explained above. They are more precise than the old friction adjustments. I simply cannot fault them and can't understand the high rate of failures others have experienced. I will continue to support them as I have found them a sturdy, accurate, reliable scope for a reasonable financial outlay for over 20 years.

After reading all the posts in this tread, I now understand why I was able to purchase a new in the box Mark 4 6.5x20 FFP, mil dot reticle and 50 mm objective from Cabela's in Yakima for only 402.00.

Bargain Cave?

They’re really that bad! I’ll put my tasco pronghorn up against em!!!!



Funny thing is I’ve drug that RAR Mag around Washington Idaho and Montana and never touched it!! Haha
Killed 6 coons with it last week, all right betwixed the runnin lights....

All Leupolds are being discounted. VX-1's and 2's are being discontinued. I've ran across two websites that say the VX-3i is being discontinued.

I can buy new VX-1 2-7's and 3-9's Duplex for $155, LRD for $190. TYD

New VX-2's 2-7's and 3-9's Duplex for $190 and LRD for $240. TYD

New VX-3i''s 2.5-8's and 3.5-10's Duplex for $310 and B&C for $390. TYD

Just watched a new VX-1 3-9 LRD sell for $156 w/free shipping on ebay yesterday.

Just have to look around.....

The funny thing is used Leupolds on the Classifieds are selling for almost as much as new, sometimes more.