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You could turn 360 degree's from this point and the closest road you will find is 30 miles away to the West.... North , East and South the road is much further...

Yep waiting for him to show me how to hunt

Dick measuring and chest thumping aside, seems to me that no matter where or how one hunts reliability needs to trump good customer service. Things break I get that. Known issues should be taken care of long before customer service is needed.

In my case, three VX-II failures soured me on the brand and I was a fanboy. There is so much I like about Leupold but I can’t see spending my money and having a nagging doubt.

The powers to be at Leupold rested on their laurels and were bypassed. I hope they come back because I certainly would.

That about sums it up.

It's gonna be a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnng summer on the 'fire.

Have you ever been to the Adirondacks??

You mean the Adirondacks aka Rocky Mountains?


The AdiRonckies?

Kind words guys, much appreciated, but I have perfected the art that luck trumps skill any day of the week.

That's rather modest JG, and we've come to expect no less from you.
But Louis Pasteur had it right; chance favors the prepared mind.

I have two postulates to this discussion.

1. The FUBAR behavior of leupolds erector systems is perhaps why novice shooter feel overwhelmed when bore scope and " sighting" in a rifle is attempted . Lord knows I scratched my head 4 days, and ran out of ammo I couldn't afford to replace when I was young and financially challenged!

2. The more civilized and pressured whitetails become/ experience........the more nocturnal they become.

I check in every once in a while just to see if this thread is still going... and it still is.

I am about to kick of a test on another Leupold scope. It is a long range precison scope, so I'l let you know how it tracks.

ILya

I've always found your tests interesting, but never understood how you conduct them. Can you explain it to us please?

JG can kill some bucks no doubt...

Getting in position to be lucky takes skill...

Yes, "lucky" folks kill good critters every now and a again, guys that consistently kill good critters know what's going on..

+2

And, its not the first American sporting goods company to do so, either. I guess slacking off if you can is just human nature, and is what frequently happens when the turnover is slow in upper management. It is hard to stay hungry when you are fat and happy.

Resting on your laurels and corporate arrogance are not at all uncommon. Every business school class on the subject tell you that you have to really double up on innovation while you are still at the top, because once you start sliding down it may be too late. Yet it happens all the time.

I think Leupold is changing its ways and getting better again, but time will tell if it is too little too late or if it is enough to take them back to the top.

Sporting optics market is always changing, so Leupold has to be at the front of it if they want to persist.

ILya

Well, I yanked that chit rifle that crap Leupold is bolted too and shot a 200lb wild boar at 509 yards last Sunday morning, ranged, spun and hit him square in his right shoulder, 208gr a-max exited left rear ribcage, DRT in the grass he lay, I have two more loaded rounds before i'll have to load another new 50 count bag of brass, that's two more dead pigs.

Whoa there Little Doggy...Best R.I.P. that Leprosy scope before you shoot another round.

g5, you always gotta run that razors edge. 😎

Ending on a happy note...A SWFA 5-20x50 hd landed today that I picked up off the Memorial Day Sale after Form gutter balled my Sig Whiskey5 scopes on this thread...

Everything is now “Right as Rain” at Beavs house 😎