Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Leupold VX 5 HD CDS - tracking reliability?

Leupold scopes are inconsistent when dialed. SWFA or Nightforce (shv or compact) are much better confidence builders and will fit on a mountain rifle very nicely. I just carried a NF compact on a NULA for 11 days in Alaska. Most of the time it’s strapped to your pack and a couple ounces is nothing. Many other areas to cut weight.

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Here is the best endorsement for a scope . aalf probably shoots more then most here could even dream about.

Absolutely. Those who claim they don't track might want to search aalf's posts .
Nothing much to add that except that my VX5 works like a champ and is my favorite scope.

VX5 is the best scope for the money on the market.

In a lot of ways, I agree. It’s frustrating to me that the reticles are different in many models between VX-6HD and VX-5HD even though they are called the same thing (many are much wider on the 5HD variant). Excellent glass and seems well built.

Well, I only have some experience with the HD5. Sighted it in with 3 shots for MRD using my Strelok+ app. Immediately dialed for 400yds per whhat the app said...bingo hit. Then dialed 619 per the app...bingo hit. Like detractors say...must be a POS...YMMV.

LOL.

Your scope is broke and you need to send it back post haste.

Or you could just go forth and kill stuff?

Tough choice.

That's a pretty strong endorsement of the VX5 John. I own one, a 2-10x42 CDS-ZL2. Had a dial made for the .270 WSM with 140 grain Accubonds at a realistic velocity and atmospherics for where and when I typically hunt. I'm glad to know it will likely get the job done. I haven't shot a lot with it yet but it sighted in with 2 shots and the glass is fantastic.

A new Leupold VX5HD 3x15x56 scope will not fit in a Rem 700 LA Nightforce direct mount. IMO the Nightforce direct mount is the best available mount ring set up available for a 700 Remington. Kind of pissed me off because Leupold doesn't call the VX5HD a compact scope.

My 3-15 is going on four seasons of backpack hunting abuse and still tracking just fine. Dead on at 300, 400, and 500 last weekend which is all I ask of it.

Only 900 rounds on it though, so from what the internet says it should fail any minute... lol.