Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics For those of you who have moved away from Leupold...

Meopro 3.5 -10x 44mm. I still have an old Leupold Vari X III 4.5-14x 40mm on my Sako but it is 25 years old and I'm thinking of sending it in for work.

The last 3 I bought were Meopta Meopro 3-9x40($70 in the Cabelas Bargain Cave!!!!, Couldn't pass it up.), Meopta Artemis 4x32, and Hawke Vantage 4x32(just for a spare scope). The only problem I have with Leupold right now is YOU HAVE TO SPECIAL ORDER IT TO GET A FIXED POWER MATTE/PLEX OPTIC!!!...I mean, really?

If not leupy's mostly swaro Z3's.

I have three Bushnell LRHS in 4.5-18. Heavy but excellent. I also always thought the Bushnell 4200 had a leg up on the VX3 for tracking and reliability, but again they were longer and heavier by a small margin. Probably have 20 Leupold now, but the % is going down. Love my VX6s for hunting in brush.

Aheider: No "movement" from me. I still buy (bought one last week in fact!) and use a double arm load of Leupold scopes on both my Big Game "Hunting" Rifles and my Varmint & Predator Hunting Rifles.
I "Hunt" more days per year than 99% of all American Hunters and rely completely on Leupold!
And I have done so for well over half a century now.
No need for "movement" here.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Nightforce, S&B, Meopta and Tract Toric.

I still have and use 6x Leupolds on several rifles, but the SWFA bug has bit me, no doubt. Both 6x and 10x.

Really like the 10X, but hate the windage wart.

SWARO Z3 BRH
S & B 6 x 42 A7
2.5 x 10 x 42 NXS Moar
6 x 42 SWFA Moa
4 x 16 X 42 ATACR Moar
10 x 42 Swafa Moa
S & B 6 x 42 P11
S & B 6 x 42 A7
2.5 x 25 x 42 March Di Plex
10 x 42 Swfa Moa

I haven’t tried the Meopta but maybe I should. My go to scopes right now are the ss 3-9 and SHV 3-10. And a few Leupolds sprinkled in.

I have got used to it, but ya, it's ugly and gets in the way.

Some folks have made a ruberized, low profile cap for it, but can't remember the specifics.

Leica Visus
Burris FourX
Kahles Helia C

Still have some Leupolds.

Nightforce
SWFA SS
Bushnell LRHS
Leica ERi
S&B Stratos & Zenith
Swaro PV/PH

How are you guys liking those Tract scopes so far?

I've only used the 2-10x42 Toric. It's been perfect so far and for glass quality I've not found an equal at it's price point.

I've replaced a lot of Leupolds over the last several years. They've been replaced with:

SWFA 6x and 10x....best dialing reliability for the $
Tract Toric 2-10x42....best glass for the $...may be the best hunting scope for the $ all the way around.
NF SHV 3-10 Forceplex, both illuminated and not....prefer the illuminated for the reasons ctsmith mentioned. Probably the toughest for the $.
NF NXS 2.5-10x42....wish they were available with a Forceplex.
NF NX8 1-8
S&B PMII 6x42, Stratos 1.1-5, 6x42 Klassic
LRHS 3-12.....favorite for dialing

Pro's/con's on all of them depending on what you want to use them for and what factors in most heavily on your shooting and/or hunting.

I have the 3X15 Toric and I love it.

Any idea how much "worser" the Tekoa models are?

I have not used that model.

Bushy Elite Tac LRHS 3-12 & SS 6x or 10x, for the most part. The LRHS is still my favorite scope ever, but I like the SS 6x way more than I should, for what it costs.

I still own and like a few Leupolds- a couple 6x36 LRD and a 2.5-8- but don't see myself purchasing any more of them, unless there are major improvements to the erector.

Pretty hard to beat a 3-9 SWFA for multi purpose