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Is the podcast available online (IE not iTunes)?
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Much of this demonstrates that the “Big Stick” nasty virus is spreading.
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Fix the internals.
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It was a good podcast. He answered my question about measuring reticle position while simulating thousands of recoils. But the podcast is a marketing spiel, not a critical discussion. I really enjoy Newburg, but I know I will never hear a critical word about a Leupold from him. Nature of sponsorships. If he has a scope not track I won’t hear about that. I wonder if his scopes even see that much use given he may get new scopes on some recurring basis? Again, not a knock on him or Leupold, just the nature of that business. The same goes for any other sponsored hunter and any other brand. In all likelihood I could take a Leupold hunting after a few hundred shots and it would be fine. I’m worried what happens shooting, or on a hunting trip, a couple years down the line after thousands of shots. That’s one place I was bit.
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Randy's podcast changed my mind. The numerous failures I've experienced mean nothing. I am back in the Leupold camp. Thanks for getting that cleared up Randy.
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I bought a Freedom Rimfire 3-9 about three weeks ago, and it seemed okay at the shop where I bought it, but when I got it mounted and went to the range, I couldn't focus on the crosshairs and target. Parallax was supposed to be set at 60 yards, but it's unusable at 50. It will have to go back. I couldn't have buggered it when mounting, I was using CZ rings on a CZ rifle, and didn't do anything untoward, I didn't overtighten the rings, and those rings were solid on the receiver. They weren't loose,either. I own a few Leupolds for centerfire rifles and have no issues with them, but this is annoying. If Leupold wants to get better, they'd better tighten up the quality BEFORE it leaves Oregon. I'll send it back, whenever I get around to it, but it's sure not going to foster me buying any more Leupolds. I don't think much of the "styling" of the new Leupolds, either, they look cheap and frankly, shoddily done.
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We all bash Leupold for not showing up here to defend themselves......do you guys think Newberg will do so?
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We all bash Leupold for not showing up here to defend themselves......do you guys think Newberg will do so? It's a no win for him.
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I was once a Leupold fan, but the disingenuous manner in which they treated dealers lately with Leupold Connect is simply corporate suicide. Roll out a program to include dealers and give them "exclusive access" to inventory and wholesale pricing, then turn around and send a MAP listing that matches distributor pricing. On top, they informed us that you still have to order through the distributors. Exclusive Access? How so? They never could answer that.
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Randy's podcast changed my mind. The numerous failures I've experienced mean nothing. I am back in the Leupold camp. Thanks for getting that cleared up Randy.
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We all bash Leupold for not showing up here to defend themselves......do you guys think Newberg will do so? It's a no win for him. Agree. The only time we’ll know if this made any difference is if/when they announce new products that address concerns. Not holding my breath.
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Randy's podcast changed my mind. The numerous failures I've experienced mean nothing. I am back in the Leupold camp. Thanks for getting that cleared up Randy. While I appreciate on his hunting videos him showing misses, some of the misses are bad misses from relatively close. I can't help but wonder why that is, the CDS or the shooter as the misses are never discussed on camera... Just thinking out loud as I know my experience with CDS....
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I was once a Leupold fan, but the disingenuous manner in which they treated dealers lately with Leupold Connect is simply corporate suicide. Roll out a program to include dealers and give them "exclusive access" to inventory and wholesale pricing, then turn around and send a MAP listing that matches distributor pricing. On top, they informed us that you still have to order through the distributors. Exclusive Access? How so? They never could answer that. They screwed over a lot of outfitters as well, culling them from the G&O program with this new electronic registration crap. Didn't matter if you made the cut for the previous 20 years, the new electronic system made the program very exclusive.
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While I appreciate on his hunting videos him showing misses, some of the misses are bad misses from relatively close. I can't help but wonder why that is, the CDS or the shooter as the misses are never discussed on camera...
Just thinking out loud as I know my experience with CDS....
I enjoy Randy's show, as it's one of the few good ones out there, but I also recall a miss on camera (kudos for showing it) and I thought it was kind of a "gimme" shot via CDS. I was also wondering if it was a malfunction, as he seems stumped.
Now with even more aplomb
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While I appreciate on his hunting videos him showing misses, some of the misses are bad misses from relatively close. I can't help but wonder why that is, the CDS or the shooter as the misses are never discussed on camera...
Just thinking out loud as I know my experience with CDS....
I enjoy Randy's show, as it's one of the few good ones out there, but I also recall a miss on camera (kudos for showing it) and I thought it was kind of a "gimme" shot via CDS. I was also wondering if it was a malfunction, as he seems stumped. Yep... There's a few of them...
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While I appreciate on his hunting videos him showing misses, some of the misses are bad misses from relatively close. I can't help but wonder why that is, the CDS or the shooter as the misses are never discussed on camera...
Just thinking out loud as I know my experience with CDS....
I enjoy Randy's show, as it's one of the few good ones out there, but I also recall a miss on camera (kudos for showing it) and I thought it was kind of a "gimme" shot via CDS. I was also wondering if it was a malfunction, as he seems stumped. Yep... There's a few of them... I was watching one last week where he was getting ready to take a shot and twisted his CDS turret and then missed. I cringed when he turned the turret. I wouldn't expect him to comment here, Loopy helps pay the bills, if I understand anything I understand that.
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It sounds like we are really getting to the bottom of this...,
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While I appreciate on his hunting videos him showing misses, some of the misses are bad misses from relatively close. I can't help but wonder why that is, the CDS or the shooter as the misses are never discussed on camera...
Just thinking out loud as I know my experience with CDS....
I enjoy Randy's show, as it's one of the few good ones out there, but I also recall a miss on camera (kudos for showing it) and I thought it was kind of a "gimme" shot via CDS. I was also wondering if it was a malfunction, as he seems stumped. Yep... There's a few of them... I was watching one last week where he was getting ready to take a shot and twisted his CDS turret and then missed. I cringed when he turned the turret. I wouldn't expect him to comment here, Loopy helps pay the bills, if I understand anything I understand that. I think we all understand that..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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