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You will be disappointed.

Why is that?

Cause he won't have as much range time, using two boxes of core-lokt's to get on bullseye at 50 yds with the Leupy's

Just my opinion. I purchased one and to me it is nothing more than a $150 scope. Is it a decent scope for $150? Yes. Is it better than a similar leupold, No in my opinion.

What is better than a Chevy Vega?...

Now there is something that the Burris beats hands down.

Having owned and used many FFIIs and Leupolds, including doing a side-by-side optical low-light comparison between a FFII 3-9x40, Conquest 3-9x40, and a VXIII 2.5-8x, the optical differences were subtle and IMO all three are very usable, optically. I have, however, seen a better mechanical track record from the FFII and Conquest.

Eyeballs are different... the difference between a 3-9x40 Conquest and a 2.5-8 Leupold isn’t subtle to mine, mostly talking in low light light here. It’s the color balance as it relates to perceived resolution, is my hypothesis. The more blue-white tilt to the color balance that the Conquest has works a lot better for my eyes. The Leup gets blurry in low light well before the Conquest to my eyes.

I’m in my mid-50’s. Hate to be a downer, but younger folks- prepare for your eyes to go to [bleep]. It’s a thing.

Agree with the mechanical assessment.

I recently parted with my last Leupold, a VX-III 2.5-8x36, because I found it insufficient in low light. I found it similar in low light as my Weaver Classic 3-9x38, but at double the price. Not sure yet what I’ll replace that Leupold with. A second generation Grand Slam with a 50mm objective would be great, but not easy to find.

Don’t remember if I said this to the OP or just thought it, haha... but jeez, not only are riflescopes mission-critical, they are super cool man-gadgets <grin> to play around with. I think some of you should up your budget, live a little. I know a guy can kill deer all day long with $200 scopes, but.... doesn’t mean you HAVE to.

Leupold fan here but not a big fan of the vx1 or 2. The freedom has better glass to my eyes. The 1s and 2s suck a low light for me. Ive tried them many times and always found them to be lacking. A bushnell 4200 or 4500 is where i would point you and that would keep you under budget. Great glass and handle big recoil very well

I asked a similar question about $500 scope earlier & got several decent suggestions Sightron, Meopta that I have and like the Burris FF2 looks better to me than vx2 glass. Doug at cameralandNY always has great suggestions & deals but if I need to buy another hunting scope I’d use on expensive hunts it would likely be a Zeiss V4 3-12 or 4-16. If I wanted something new might try a Tract but I know that so like Zeiss & the V4 on my creedmore is terrific making hits at 1100 yards with cheap ammo possible.

Yeah, its a loaded question. Op must like them. He has a chidt load of them. I agree with you though.

Nothing wrong with that. IF its tongue and cheek, you should try one. You may be more than fn surprised..

Yeah, it's not a joke, if you sold him a scope like that for that price. I sell there too and you can make some money. Especially on the silver leupolds. Guys go fn ape chidt over those there. I wouldn't be dissing on ebay though, if you are a seller there and making money, like you state.... Just sayin.

Ha ha.. Only an idiot wouldn't believe how much money he's making there. Just sayin.

They have been discontinued
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