Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics How many use the Leupold VX1 3 to 9x40 for hunting?

Don’t have a VX-1.

With the newer scopes, glass gets better. I see less difference between VX-2 and VX-3. IMO, more difference, older VX-II and new VX-2.

DF

Not sure, but I think the VX2 might have the blackened edges on the lenses. Both it and the VX1 show to have the indexed lenses though.

I wanted to buy a VX2 in 3-9x40, but being as they’re discontinued couldn’t find one.
So I settled for a VX1 3-9x40 that I got on clearance for just under a hundred dollars to go on my Mark II .223. It was supposed to be 109 I think, but they knocked off another 10% or so because it was a display and I didn’t get the box and sticker, but did get the rubber bikini cover. I think it’ll work for me just fine.
Click adjustments is a nice upgrade over the friction adjustments on the older VX1 and VXII from the past. And I like it better that the VX-Freedom. And at the price I paid I’ve got no complaints.

I think you did OK.

The newer scopes have a lot better glass than the older ones.

I remember the Weaver MicroTrac, which had a good rep for repeatable adjustments.

But, compare the glass in that 30 yr old scope with your VX-1 and you'll be amazed.

Even a cheap Chinese scope is a lot brighter than those old Weavers.

We thought they were pretty good back in the day.

DF

VX-1's work fine for me but I don't shoot deer at night.

The VX-1 was the same as the VX-II.

Although I have a VX-1, 3-9x40, I actually haven't used it hunting nor compared it to my VX-2.

But I also have latest production VX-1 and VX-2, 2-7x33's and have compared them a number of times in various conditions. Their is not much difference in their performance. Bright light in the open, dusk looking towards and away from the sun, standing in bright light looking into dark timber, I can see fine with both. Yes, I can sometimes tell a small difference, but most of the time not enough to MAKE a difference when it comes time to shoot something. I thought the VX-1 were a fantastic bang for the buck. If one can get past the industrial look of the VX-Freedoms and their shorter mounting distance, they offer as good or better value, IMHO.

I've had VX-II's or VX-1's on my son's 243 since he started hunting, and he has killed his critters under a variety of light conditions running the gamut without complaint. Of course, I concede he does have young eyes............

Spot On. I kept trying to convince my buddy to replace his ancient Redfield and he just wouldn't do it. I showed up at his ranch with a Weaver K6 I had taken off one of my rifles and just past dusk asked him to pull out the Redfield and check out a great Pyrenees meandering his field about a hundred yards away. I made sure he was at 6x. He said he saw a whitish shape. I handed him the K6 and had him look again and he nearly fell over. Could not believe what he was seeing. He said he could see every feature on the dog, including the collar and tag and then said loudly "Whoa" I can see my neighbors' old lady in her house several hundred yards away. I promptly went about mounting that K6 for him as a gift. Since then I helped him buy a new new rifle and found a Bushnell 4200 for about $175 that I mounted for him. He used it to kill a huge Eland past sunset that had wondered on to the property. No way does he make that shot with the older Redfield. Competition in the optics world has been a great thing.

No deer in history has ever been killed by a logo.

Uncounted millions have been killed with guns topped with tasco, simmons, bsa, low end bushnell, and many others.

Decide your budget and the configuration you want, use Froogle and/or other shopping bots, get what you want and go kill something.