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I’m an equal opportunity scope slut. I will run most anything from Sig Whiskey 5’s,
Schmidt Bender, Sightron, Zeiss, Bushnell, Nightforce and SWFA.

My glass fits the conditions I hunt, and the level of importance of the critter.


The Leupold’s I have left are in no danger of being tripped.

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I got a Steiner for knob twisting, and probably will be buying a Nightforce SHV for one. Quite honestly though, I have put a Burris on one, a Nikon on one my son broke, and a Primary Arms on an AR. There's a time and place for everything.

usually a Leupold of a different power. range...

3-9x's that sell on here for $150 are a steal

leupold for set them and forget them are great but if your a long range knob twister then your leupold will be off your rifle more than it's on back and forth to leupold, after sending my 8.5x25 LRT back so much went to nightforce

I've owned over 50 Leupolds and the only one I ever returned for failure was one that came to me on a swapped rifle....it had been diddled by a previous owner. Leupold replaced it.

In the old days I used Weaver K4s without complaint. I've also owned B&L, Simmons, Zeiss, Sightron, Minox, and SWFA and maybe a few others. The only one remaining now is a SWFA 10x.

When I change something these days it's an upgrade in Leupold. I went from Vari-X IIs through the -3s and am now moving toward VX-5s. The 2-10s are fine for my big game rifles but I think I could live with 3-15s on everything. I still may delve into Nightforce and upper-end Sightrons and maybe something else one day, but it's hard to say. I've been satisfied with Leupold for a long time, but I do not twist turrets. Never know what the future holds, though.

VXIIc is an old skool good’n......


I still wonder how many “pukes” are from stupid schit, misaligned receivers & bases, and ham fisted fasteners.

25# of torque doesn’t “feel” like much.

Anywhoo......

In the past, my search started and stopped with finding the best price on the given Leupold I wanted. I doubt I will replace those that have worked well unless something happens. That said, the last three scopes I have bought have been Sightron and Burris (2) and I have been happy. I'm thinking my next scope will be a Meopta.

I am down to just a few rifles that get shot a lot. The safe queens are almost all gone for me. Nightforce NXS are now on my 3 most used rigs. Eventually may replace the 6x SWFA on my beater 30-06 but really no reason. I only consider two brands at this time and those are them. I hunt in the west exclusively and repeatable dialing is my most important scope feature.

I picked up a vx3i a few years ago and thought I was moving up too. My sons older nikon buckmaster is a clearer scope.

Yep. Good time to get great prices on them.

What's gonna happen to Nikon CS with their scopes?

At least Leupold has great CS. You know they will fix or replace them.

DF

Sent a email to Nikon....they will be honoring there "Life Time Warrantee"

I started using Leupolds in 1964 (12 years old), and have never had one puke.

That being said, I'm not a knob twister.

Presently have 5 Leupolds, and one SWFA SS 10 X 42 on rifles.

Leupold has been good to me.

Virgil B.

The funny thing is that the only scopes I have ever had to regularly have repaired were Leupolds! I did take a fall with a varmint rifle and bend the tube on a higher power Monarch which Nikon replaced once about 15 years ago. Leupold warranty reminds me of the movie Tommy Boy.

Do Nikon's break?

I've always had good luck with them.

I had a nikon monarch break on a 700 mountain synthetic 270. That gone had considerable recoil. Shipped off to nikon and had it back in maybe 3 weeks.

On my wood stocked pre 64 M70 I'm still liking leupolds, but on the customized synthetic M70's I have either swaro or kahles scopes.

I had too many issues so I changed all my scopes out to Zeiss. I went with mid-level Zeiss scopes such as the HD5, V4 and V6.

IMHO, these Zeiss models offer the most value in the market. They are simply fantastic and durable. I don’t see myself going with anything else.

This guy is crazy for using a Leupold. And weaver mounts. And wood. And a Mouser.