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The gap is too large to range anything but elephants up close.

Oh it was just a guess, a pretty good one obviously. Cleared some things up for me on your position.

Anyone who thinks the the NXS has better glass than the 5-20HD has never sat behind them side by side.

Seeing the sack, and hitting it, are two different things. What, with that wandering zero and all....

powdr,

Sorry to digress, I get a kick out of these OUTSIDE guys lecturing about hunting/shooting.
Regarding Leupold. Most bear guides I have known use low power older Leupold variables. Some have fixed power older Leupolds. Most start with .375 Winchester/Ruger and move on up from there in terms of foot pounds of recoil. Seldom does anyone gripe about internals and zero-hold issues. And, these guys risk their lives every time they go in the woods. Of course, they do not shoot their .375s thousands of times and don't dial their scopes. Most shots are up close and personal. But, there is no fogging of lenses etc.
Most of the scopes are older Vari X low power variables.

They get a kick out of dealing with their rich clients with their Kahles, Leicas, Swaros and S&B. Virtually, no one shows up with a SWFA or NF.

Am not going to read 12 pages of Leupold anything. Doug, I find your thread pretty peculiar. Don't you think the company that repairs Leupold scopes already knows what fails on them?

This entire thread is a waste of time and nothing but a feel good exercise. If Leupold was interested in making a better scope they have all the feedback they need and then some.

Glass is subjective... A lot of times a guy wants to convince himself a far less expensive scope he bought is as good or better than a scope costing 3x as much...It usually isn’t the case.

I just pulled out my VX6 3-18. NF 5-22 NXS and a SWFA 5-20 HD.

The VX6 had the best clarity. Then the SWFA HD followed by the NF.

The SWFA was close to the VX6 clarity, but it was evident the VX6 was clearer and brighter.

Subjective? Sure...But I’m not trying convince myself which has better glass.

If I need to see the milk plant or sack size on an animal. The Leupold would do that...😎

All they would have to do is run a summer time add showing and saying where they had beefed up the erector system and they have a new #4...a real #4...reticle and say they believed in it so much that they were going back to charging $60 for a reticle instead of $200 and sales would go through the roof. Any guy in his right mind would not balk at paying an extra $10 for a scope w/an upgraded erector system. powdr

I have a marlin .375 Winchester .

Ain't no fugging way I would carry it for big bears ( maybe black bear over bait at the most) if I ever went on a hunt for em.....
A .375 Winchester is about the same as a 35 Remington energy wise.

If I was going after big bears with any rifle I have.
It would be my mod70 ot6 with 168 gr barnes ttsx bullets.

I would have way more confidence in the energy of the ot6 with barnes bullets
Than the energy in a .375 Winchester with 200, 220, or 250 gr bullets.


I think your smoking dope to tell the truth.....

Fireball, i wonder where the Leupold rep is, that we see here from time to time? Ive asked him questions and then dont see or hear from him again for a while.

Id wait until formid put the new scope through its paces and see if it were really better, before i paid any of my hard earned money on one.

Doug, I find your thread pretty peculiar.

Id wait until formid put the new scope through its paces and see if it were really better, before i paid any of my hard earned money on one.