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Also posted in Express rifle section. Not intended to bash Leupold!! A friend has a CZ 416 which he loves and shoots often. He has had a Leupold Vari X lll 1.5 x 5 fail for the second time. He has it mounted in Alaska Arms QD rings. The Tech at Leupold questioned the rings and stated that the first time he sent it back they rebuilt the scope. My friend shoots a good deal and has taken deer, hogs, buffalo rang steel at 230yds and 318yds. He loves the rifle but no longer trusts the scope. Recommendations for a scope, comments on the Alaska Arms mounts welcomed. This rifle has the European style stock and is a joy to shoot. I have fired it both off hand and from a bench and it is quite accurate. Kind regards pavementends
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My first thought is Trijicon, or Nightforce.
I have not had problems with my Trijicon's, or VX 6's on 375's. or 404 Jeffery, but the Rigby is a another level.
The Rigby is where my recoil tolerance ends. YMMV
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I have Alaska Arms QD rings on a 375 Ruger and a 416 Ruger and have had no issues with the rings. The scopes are Kahles 1.5x6x42.
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I have a Tract 1X8 LPVO on my Whitworth 416 Remington shooting 350 grain TSX at 2715 FPS and 400 grain TSX at 2450 and this scope works perfectly
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Also posted in Express rifle section. Not intended to bash Leupold!! A friend has a CZ 416 which he loves and shoots often. He has had a Leupold Vari X lll 1.5 x 5 fail for the second time. He has it mounted in Alaska Arms QD rings. The Tech at Leupold questioned the rings and stated that the first time he sent it back they rebuilt the scope. My friend shoots a good deal and has taken deer, hogs, buffalo rang steel at 230yds and 318yds. He loves the rifle but no longer trusts the scope. Recommendations for a scope, comments on the Alaska Arms mounts welcomed. This rifle has the European style stock and is a joy to shoot. I have fired it both off hand and from a bench and it is quite accurate. Kind regards pavementends I would consider going to a 30mm tube whatever brand he chooses. I like the VX-6 1-6 HD but have never used it on anything with much recoil. Lots of great optics these days.
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He loves the rifle but no longer trusts the scope. Recommendations for a scope, comments on the Alaska Arms mounts welcomed.
Kind regards pavementends I consider Leupold middle of the pack on a good day for quality of mechanics. So if your friend wants a quality optic, he should look elsewhere .
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Sorry to hear about this.
Wish you all the best.
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This would be a good choice ^^^ I have a Trijicon Credo 1-6x24 that would work well also. It's built like a tank. I really like this scope.
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Have an SWFA 1-6 on a 375 H&H. Been great. Really like the reticle; on low X it's like a large aperture peep, crank it up to 6 and you get the bare MQ. Had a Leupold 1.5-5 on it before without any trouble.
Had a number of 1.5-5's through the years, most on relatively heavy kickers such as 45-70 levers, 450 Marlin, 378 W. While I have had troubles with some larger gold rings that were dialed on, I haven't had trouble with the 1.5-5's.
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My first thought is Trijicon, or Nightforce.
I have not had problems with my Trijicon's, or VX 6's on 375's. or 404 Jeffery, but the Rigby is a another level.
The Rigby is where my recoil tolerance ends. YMMV I mounted a Trijicon 1-4 on my bud's M-70 .416 Rem. It works great and is a tough scope. He trusts it and so do I. He took a 43" buff in RSA couple years ago. 400 gr. SAF at 2,375 fps. The Trijicon allowed him to shoot the buff a couple more times before he could get away. Triangle reticle is good for fast offhand shots. DF
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I have used S&B and Swaro 1.5 x 6's on heavy kickers for years with zero issues. A while back I switched to a Swaro Z6 1x6x24 extended eye relief scope and for me is about as perfect as I could hope for for a heavy kicker.
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I have had good luck with Zeiss and Swarovski scopes. Never failed. Use them up to my 375 H&H.
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I never had an issue with any of my Leupolds before... If he wants something nice then Swaro/Zeiss/Steiner would be my choice. Also- I agree with someone above- 30mm is the way to go!
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Never had a problem with Leupolds, own nothing bigger than a 338 Win mag
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I never had an issue with any of my Leupolds before... If he wants something nice then Swaro/Zeiss/Steiner would be my choice. Also- I agree with someone above- 30mm is the way to go! For which reason?
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No Zeiss, no Swaro, no Leupy, no Vortex would ever go on an important DG rifle of mine! Too fragile.
Trijicon, Nightforce, or S&B.
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