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Is Leupold Mark 5 HD 7-35x56 too much for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Old Rooster" data-source="post: 2152541" data-attributes="member: 108576"><p>ChiefO I live in Montana and hunt elk,muleys and sometimes black bear with a 300 win mag and my go-to rifle wears a Leupold VX lll 6.5-20X50.</p><p>I have never had a problem with it.</p><p>A good friend had the same scope several years ago and fell off the side of a steep hill and long story short the scope hit a huge clump of rocks and bent the whole scope in the 1st week of elk season.He called Leupold and gave serial number on scope and a pic of bent scope still mounted and Leupold told him to mail the scope to them and gave a RO number.They express mailed a brand new scope that day and didn't even have the broken scope in hand yet!</p><p>Stan got the scope in 3 days.We mounted the scope and he finished the season with the new Leupold.</p><p>Nightforce will not do that.I tried a used Nightforce as a loaner and it was just too heavy as I am not young and healthy.Thats why the owner wanted to sell that Nightforce,too heavy.</p><p>7 power is a bit much for close work like a few others have said but I have picked up animals fairly close at 6.5.</p><p>On another rifle a weatherby vanguard(howa) 300 weatherby mag that I got just for long range and a huge muley showed up at 12 yards so just beware of short distance just incase.</p><p>Flyguy1 knows that feeling.</p><p>Old Rooster</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Rooster, post: 2152541, member: 108576"] ChiefO I live in Montana and hunt elk,muleys and sometimes black bear with a 300 win mag and my go-to rifle wears a Leupold VX lll 6.5-20X50. I have never had a problem with it. A good friend had the same scope several years ago and fell off the side of a steep hill and long story short the scope hit a huge clump of rocks and bent the whole scope in the 1st week of elk season.He called Leupold and gave serial number on scope and a pic of bent scope still mounted and Leupold told him to mail the scope to them and gave a RO number.They express mailed a brand new scope that day and didn't even have the broken scope in hand yet! Stan got the scope in 3 days.We mounted the scope and he finished the season with the new Leupold. Nightforce will not do that.I tried a used Nightforce as a loaner and it was just too heavy as I am not young and healthy.Thats why the owner wanted to sell that Nightforce,too heavy. 7 power is a bit much for close work like a few others have said but I have picked up animals fairly close at 6.5. On another rifle a weatherby vanguard(howa) 300 weatherby mag that I got just for long range and a huge muley showed up at 12 yards so just beware of short distance just incase. Flyguy1 knows that feeling. Old Rooster [/QUOTE]
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