|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 13,098
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 13,098 |
I've broken quite a few of them, 3 or 4 on my 7 ½ pound 340 Wby.
I've had reticles fall out, dials fall off and just a shifting lens inside somewhere. The AO models are prone to trouble. I have a few still, i like the 2.5-8 for being fairly compact and light. Never broke one of these. I have not had the best luck dialing them but my VX5 seems to dial fine. My 2.5-8 don't dial at all. They are sight in and forget only
NRA Benefactor Member
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 17,527
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 17,527 |
Better off with a $30 Simmons. At least when it schits the bed you don't feel stupid.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 8,743
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 8,743 |
Better off with a $30 Simmons. At least when it schits the bed you don't feel stupid. Your mean..... Dave
![[Linked Image]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Logo_Schmidt_%26_Bender.jpg) Only accurate rifles are interesting.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,108
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,108 |
I got the same email from leupold 5 weeks. Not excited about that. Honestly Leica would probably fix a problem faster. As for leupold being junk. I showed a picture a few weeks back that shows why.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 29,851
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 29,851 |
Third owner of one of the rubber armored spotting scopes that just did not seem up to my expectations. I had lost the objective cover and replaced it with a lid from a racquet ball can. Got the scope back in 5 days with a new sharp as a tack front end and my replacement cover installed. Note said my cover was superior to theirs so they did not bother with a replacement there.
Good products in my book, and I have some seriously heavy kickers.
1Minute
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 415
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Apr 2020
Posts: 415 |
Many would agree that Leupold are a good hunting scope but lets be honest, quite a few scope manufacturers have surpassed them in glass quality & internal parts for less money.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 17,260
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 17,260 |
Failures:
One 3.5x10x40 AO Vari x 3
Two 4.5x14x40mm Mark 4
Three VX6 's
I am done
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,892
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,892 |
VG, you are stand up brother. I'll 2nd that. Well done, VG.
There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 69,342
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 69,342 |
7 or 8 years ago my mother gave my son and his wife a pair of Leupold binocs as a house warming gift as they'd bought a house overlooking a bay. They never worked right and they gave them back to my mother. She had them for several years before I saw them. I took one look through them and immediately saw the problem - the barrels were out of alignment and seeing through them was impossible. I sent them back to Leupold and a month later got a note that that model was out of production. The note was accompanied by a new pair of upgraded binocs. Mom told me to keep them as she'd long since replaced the house warming gift. They aren't expensive binocs but they are decent 10x40 roof prisms.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 19,237
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 19,237 |
Better off with a $30 Simmons. At least when it schits the bed you don't feel stupid. I'm still waiting for a couple of 1970's Tasco's to fail. Don't remember what I paid for them now but I'm sure I've got my money's worth out of them.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 29,851
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 29,851 |
Have 6-24 Tasco on a 22 LR. It's great as long as one never touches the power ring that I have leave at 10X. Crank it up and point of impact will shift 3 inches at 50 yds. Does exactly what I need on ground squirrels. I do have a 6-20 Leupold I took off a 30-378 that is now wearing a Ziess. Might bolt that on the 22 this spring.
1Minute
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,810
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,810 |
VG, you are stand up brother. What other choice did he have...sold them to a fire member and constantly goes on here about Leupold being the best and infallible...he was in a place of his own making...with no way out.. From his frequent gun show table posts...he looks to be more interested in buying and selling used Leupold’s for a side income and is not shy about bragging up his wares..
laissez les bons temps rouler
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 9,112
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 9,112 |
Varmint Guy, quote: "I always try to treat CampFirers with kindness and respect..." Man, you are so full of schidt it's flowing out your mouth. Your irrational hysterical rants that brand EVERY SINGLE California resident as a communist and much worse, fill the archives of Campire for years back as a testimonial to your 'kindness and respect'.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 46,034
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 46,034 |
What's hilarious is, the OP thinks Leupold failures are a rare occurrence.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 17,527
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 17,527 |
If you own 50 chevy vegas, they probably are great when driven only 100 miles a year.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 15,648
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 15,648 |
In full disclosure I post this.
I recently sold a Leupold scope to a fellow CampFirer here on.
The scope was a gloss Leupold 3x9 with adjustable objective. The scope had come to me on a Rifle and I replaced said scope before ever using it.
The scope sat with me for some time (years) until I saw our fellow CampFirer wanted one of these.
We settled on a price and off went the scope to the fellow CampFirer.
Once to him he discovered a problem with one of the windage adjustments and notified me immediately.
I sent back the fellow CampFirers monies PLUS an additional $20.00 for his time and trouble.
When I got the scope back I saw what his complaint was about and immediately (and for the first time in my life!) sent the scope to Leupold & Stevens Company enclosing with the scope the handy downloadable page for information on the scopes problem and my shipping information.
Well this morning the Leupold people sent me an E-mail saying the scope would be repaired and giving the time frame to it being returned to me (within 5 weeks of its receipt last week).
I was hoping the Leupold folks would elaborate on what was wrong /what happened with this scopes adjuster (feels locked up) so I could relay it to the CampFire but they did not - maybe it will be explained with the scopes return?
If so I will let you all know.
So after way more that half a centuries worth of using Leupold scopes (way more than 100 of these!), binoculars, spotting scopes and compass's I have experienced my first "failure".
Long live Leupold & Stevens - a fine American company.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
You're an idiot....
- Greg
Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 10,840
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 10,840 |
In full disclosure I post this.
I recently sold a Leupold scope to a fellow CampFirer here on.
The scope was a gloss Leupold 3x9 with adjustable objective. The scope had come to me on a Rifle and I replaced said scope before ever using it.
The scope sat with me for some time (years) until I saw our fellow CampFirer wanted one of these.
We settled on a price and off went the scope to the fellow CampFirer.
Once to him he discovered a problem with one of the windage adjustments and notified me immediately.
I sent back the fellow CampFirers monies PLUS an additional $20.00 for his time and trouble.
When I got the scope back I saw what his complaint was about and immediately (and for the first time in my life!) sent the scope to Leupold & Stevens Company enclosing with the scope the handy downloadable page for information on the scopes problem and my shipping information.
Well this morning the Leupold people sent me an E-mail saying the scope would be repaired and giving the time frame to it being returned to me (within 5 weeks of its receipt last week).
I was hoping the Leupold folks would elaborate on what was wrong /what happened with this scopes adjuster (feels locked up) so I could relay it to the CampFire but they did not - maybe it will be explained with the scopes return?
If so I will let you all know.
So after way more that half a centuries worth of using Leupold scopes (way more than 100 of these!), binoculars, spotting scopes and compass's I have experienced my first "failure".
Long live Leupold & Stevens - a fine American company.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
You're an idiot.... VarmintIdiot
FUGK CCP
It’s time to WAKE UP
GOD BLESS THE USA
WWG1WGA
THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 10,840
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 10,840 |
Better off with a $30 Simmons. At least when it schits the bed you don't feel stupid. I'm still waiting for a couple of 1970's Tasco's to fail. Don't remember what I paid for them now but I'm sure I've got my money's worth out of them. Take some of your retirement and buy some 22 ammo so you can at least pull one out of the closet once a decade. Those tascos probably have more dust than your old lady’s drawers .
FUGK CCP
It’s time to WAKE UP
GOD BLESS THE USA
WWG1WGA
THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 2,836
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 2,836 |
I have owned 20+ various Leupolds through the years. Never had one fail that wasn't by my own doing. I thought I was going to be sending a vx111 3.5-10 back last fall because tracking was radical. Ran the windage and elevation adjustments all the way from stop to stop and back to center. Had no problem with dialing it in after that. They may not be the best scope on the market,but they have served me well. Maybe one day when I thin the herd to a couple rifles I will buy some "good glass"
Just because you're offended doesn't mean your right.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,828
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,828 |
I'm more interested in solid mechanical performance than the "glass" almost everyone talks about. If my old M8 6x42 Leupolds adjusted like my SWFA 6x42 MQ scopes I'd really have something.
|
|
|
|
|
328 members (204guy, 260Remguy, 1_deuce, 17CalFan, 280ACKIMP, 36 invisible),
2,399
guests, and
1,216
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,191,754
Posts18,476,336
Members73,942
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
