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Zeiss vs. Leupold
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<blockquote data-quote="jhibbard24" data-source="post: 446778" data-attributes="member: 25072"><p>I like leupold but there are definitely some other scopes with other styles/options that i would like to have on a Leupold. i haven't had too much experience w zeiss but i always use good quality glass and products (ie. Swaro, zeiss, leupold) for binos, scopes, spotters, etc. Here are a couple of my opinions </p><p> </p><p>1st off: Glass... it is very hard to beat german glass and there is some very high quality glass coming out of Japan. Leupold has definitely improved the quality of their glass in the later years but keep in mind that there are different lines/grades of scopes from them. the VX3 models are going to be far better than the rifleman and VX1 lines. A leupold from 10 years ago does not have the glass as a new model. swaro glass is probably the best by far and price shows. zeiss is very very nice also and definitily takes a little bit of an edge over the leupold. Leupold has better glass and lens coatings than NF. early morning hunts with sunrise will glare out the NF but not the leupold. i got to watch a dandy buck at 1400yds with my Leupold while my brother had to give up on trying to see thru his NF. though we never did get a chance to cut the yardage down enough to try to kill it; damned canyon country! </p><p> </p><p>2nd: Durability... I have personally never had a problem with a leupold breaking or going tits up. i have dropped them and bounced them off rocks and they hold their zero. I've been rough on a couple leupolds over the years climbing the steep rocky ridges of snake river/hells canyon country in idaho. <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><strong>Actually a good test on the leupold happened to my buddy when his soon to become ex-wife grabbed his 7wsm w/ Leupold M4 4.5-14 by the barrel and beat it like a sledge hammer on the floor a few times; then proceeded to throw it across the room about 15' and hit the wall followed by a bounce off the floor. after all this was done i got asked to go shoot and check the zero for him while he got divorce papers. i'm happy to say it was dead on. i even used it the following weekend in a multi gun fun shoot with various ranges from 50 to 1000 yds. I dominated each event that i used that 7wsm with the leupold.</strong></span></span> i just haven't had the experience of that sort of roughness on the zeiss. I would assume that it would hold up well.</p><p> </p><p>3rd: Weight... You mention that nightforce was outta the question because of the price but i think other downside of NF is the weight for a choice on a lightweight rifle. Leupold and zeiss seems to be right about the same with each other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jhibbard24, post: 446778, member: 25072"] I like leupold but there are definitely some other scopes with other styles/options that i would like to have on a Leupold. i haven't had too much experience w zeiss but i always use good quality glass and products (ie. Swaro, zeiss, leupold) for binos, scopes, spotters, etc. Here are a couple of my opinions 1st off: Glass... it is very hard to beat german glass and there is some very high quality glass coming out of Japan. Leupold has definitely improved the quality of their glass in the later years but keep in mind that there are different lines/grades of scopes from them. the VX3 models are going to be far better than the rifleman and VX1 lines. A leupold from 10 years ago does not have the glass as a new model. swaro glass is probably the best by far and price shows. zeiss is very very nice also and definitily takes a little bit of an edge over the leupold. Leupold has better glass and lens coatings than NF. early morning hunts with sunrise will glare out the NF but not the leupold. i got to watch a dandy buck at 1400yds with my Leupold while my brother had to give up on trying to see thru his NF. though we never did get a chance to cut the yardage down enough to try to kill it; damned canyon country! 2nd: Durability... I have personally never had a problem with a leupold breaking or going tits up. i have dropped them and bounced them off rocks and they hold their zero. I've been rough on a couple leupolds over the years climbing the steep rocky ridges of snake river/hells canyon country in idaho. [SIZE=2][COLOR=black][B]Actually a good test on the leupold happened to my buddy when his soon to become ex-wife grabbed his 7wsm w/ Leupold M4 4.5-14 by the barrel and beat it like a sledge hammer on the floor a few times; then proceeded to throw it across the room about 15' and hit the wall followed by a bounce off the floor. after all this was done i got asked to go shoot and check the zero for him while he got divorce papers. i'm happy to say it was dead on. i even used it the following weekend in a multi gun fun shoot with various ranges from 50 to 1000 yds. I dominated each event that i used that 7wsm with the leupold.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] i just haven't had the experience of that sort of roughness on the zeiss. I would assume that it would hold up well. 3rd: Weight... You mention that nightforce was outta the question because of the price but i think other downside of NF is the weight for a choice on a lightweight rifle. Leupold and zeiss seems to be right about the same with each other. [/QUOTE]
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