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Leupold vx 3 6.5-20x50
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 475219" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>The better question, which I and so many others have been asking for years now, is why do Leupolds cost so much? They didn't used to. Quality hasn't dramatically improved or anything. Same old scopes at new, higher prices. While they have <strong>FINALLY</strong> listened about FFP and matching clicks, they've cranked the prices up on those even higher, and still can't illuminate them. </p><p></p><p>Especially in the case of the MK IV's which, unless you're talking about an original like the fixed 10X are basically VXIII's with M1 knobs and a reticle. And they're asking Nightforce money for them these days. If you're going to spend Nightforce money, why not buy a Nightforce? Or an IOR, or Razor, etc....</p><p></p><p>So it shouldn't be surprising that other companies like Vortex, Sightron and even Weaver can put out comparable scopes (even better in some ways) for a lot less money and other companies like NF, IOR, SWFA (and even Premier soon) can put out much better scopes for the same money.</p><p></p><p>That's because only a few people in the country have had one for any length of time. They are now finally shipping in quantity so hopefully the backorders will be filled pretty soon. There should be a deluge of reviews soon enough.</p><p></p><p>The other answer to that is a <strong>whole lot of people</strong> who used to use Leupold nearly exclusively no longer are. People who have tried and used different stuff have often decided they can get more value for their dollar somewhere else. The average hunter who only shoots a box of ammo a year at 100 yds obviously won't notice any of these things because they don't require them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, it doesn't get any better than Vortex's warranty. You hear all the time on regular hunting boards of Leupold replacing scopes with new ones when they didn't have to...but it's usually on a $300 scope. You don't hear of them doing that for one of their $1500 tactical scopes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 475219, member: 319"] The better question, which I and so many others have been asking for years now, is why do Leupolds cost so much? They didn't used to. Quality hasn't dramatically improved or anything. Same old scopes at new, higher prices. While they have [B]FINALLY[/B] listened about FFP and matching clicks, they've cranked the prices up on those even higher, and still can't illuminate them. Especially in the case of the MK IV's which, unless you're talking about an original like the fixed 10X are basically VXIII's with M1 knobs and a reticle. And they're asking Nightforce money for them these days. If you're going to spend Nightforce money, why not buy a Nightforce? Or an IOR, or Razor, etc.... So it shouldn't be surprising that other companies like Vortex, Sightron and even Weaver can put out comparable scopes (even better in some ways) for a lot less money and other companies like NF, IOR, SWFA (and even Premier soon) can put out much better scopes for the same money. That's because only a few people in the country have had one for any length of time. They are now finally shipping in quantity so hopefully the backorders will be filled pretty soon. There should be a deluge of reviews soon enough. The other answer to that is a [B]whole lot of people[/B] who used to use Leupold nearly exclusively no longer are. People who have tried and used different stuff have often decided they can get more value for their dollar somewhere else. The average hunter who only shoots a box of ammo a year at 100 yds obviously won't notice any of these things because they don't require them. Yeah, it doesn't get any better than Vortex's warranty. You hear all the time on regular hunting boards of Leupold replacing scopes with new ones when they didn't have to...but it's usually on a $300 scope. You don't hear of them doing that for one of their $1500 tactical scopes. [/QUOTE]
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