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Anyone own a Leupold VX-6 4-24x52?
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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1734701" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>One more question please...</p><p></p><p>When you moved it from one rifle to another do you remember if the reticle clicks exactly matched MOA when you had to sight it in again? </p><p></p><p>That's critical to me because I want to be able to dial windage and elevation clicks from a ballistics program for true long shots when necessary.</p><p></p><p>I have a light weight 7SAUM that shoots under 1.5" at 300yds and with a 5-25x56 ATACR it literally moves the POI 1 MOA per click predictably. It's such a pleasure to be able to count on that after years of putting up with reticles that moved you somewhere between .2" and .8" per click on the various scopes I used for hunting and target shooting.</p><p></p><p>Back then I always just used hash marks for elevation and held off for Kentucky windage so when a scope finally got zeroed at 200yds (my favorite) it stayed there and was never moved unless I changed loads or rifles which was rare. Almost any premium ($400 or higher cost) scope will do that.</p><p></p><p>After discovering the true tracking accuracy of the high end Nightforce scopes namely the NXS and ATACR series I finally started thinking that I could move beyond 400-500yds with confidence and start dialing out to the truly long (to me) ranges 600yds and beyond.</p><p></p><p>The only bad part about that is the weight of the NF scopes. It's fine for a rifle for the range and if you're going to mostly be driving or riding around and maybe completing a stalk at well under a mile or so on foot but for climbing around in the high country humping a pack plus a heavy rifle it just doesn't make sense even considering I work out regularly to stay in shape.</p><p></p><p>Enter the Leupold VX6 line with their quite light weight and higher end power like the 4-24 and 3-18 and their HD optics and now I'm feeling like I may have the answer I needed. </p><p></p><p>I know that the SHV line of NF scopes compare favorably in the weight category but despite what I've heard about them being as reliable as the NXS and ATACR scopes I've not found them to be quite as accurate in the adjustments and I just had a 5-20x56 SHV fail on me just before a hunting trip destroying my confidence in the SHV line of scopes. I know some might argue that my problem is very rare and isolated but there you have it.</p><p></p><p>Boy oh boy am I rambling but I'm betting there are a lot of people that share my frustration at scopes that simply don't move POI predictably as far as they are supposed to unless they spend multiple thousands and put up with heavy optics.</p><p></p><p>It takes a very accurate rifle to reveal that problem with any reliability but I've had a few of those through the years and still have a few.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1734701, member: 105"] One more question please... When you moved it from one rifle to another do you remember if the reticle clicks exactly matched MOA when you had to sight it in again? That's critical to me because I want to be able to dial windage and elevation clicks from a ballistics program for true long shots when necessary. I have a light weight 7SAUM that shoots under 1.5" at 300yds and with a 5-25x56 ATACR it literally moves the POI 1 MOA per click predictably. It's such a pleasure to be able to count on that after years of putting up with reticles that moved you somewhere between .2" and .8" per click on the various scopes I used for hunting and target shooting. Back then I always just used hash marks for elevation and held off for Kentucky windage so when a scope finally got zeroed at 200yds (my favorite) it stayed there and was never moved unless I changed loads or rifles which was rare. Almost any premium ($400 or higher cost) scope will do that. After discovering the true tracking accuracy of the high end Nightforce scopes namely the NXS and ATACR series I finally started thinking that I could move beyond 400-500yds with confidence and start dialing out to the truly long (to me) ranges 600yds and beyond. The only bad part about that is the weight of the NF scopes. It's fine for a rifle for the range and if you're going to mostly be driving or riding around and maybe completing a stalk at well under a mile or so on foot but for climbing around in the high country humping a pack plus a heavy rifle it just doesn't make sense even considering I work out regularly to stay in shape. Enter the Leupold VX6 line with their quite light weight and higher end power like the 4-24 and 3-18 and their HD optics and now I'm feeling like I may have the answer I needed. I know that the SHV line of NF scopes compare favorably in the weight category but despite what I've heard about them being as reliable as the NXS and ATACR scopes I've not found them to be quite as accurate in the adjustments and I just had a 5-20x56 SHV fail on me just before a hunting trip destroying my confidence in the SHV line of scopes. I know some might argue that my problem is very rare and isolated but there you have it. Boy oh boy am I rambling but I'm betting there are a lot of people that share my frustration at scopes that simply don't move POI predictably as far as they are supposed to unless they spend multiple thousands and put up with heavy optics. It takes a very accurate rifle to reveal that problem with any reliability but I've had a few of those through the years and still have a few. [/QUOTE]
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