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Leopold...I just dont get ity.
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 929947" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p><strong>Re: Leupold scopes...</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's a bit simplistic, unless you place very simple standards of performance on your scopes. Who said Nightforce sets a high standard for glass quality? The glass is average to low-average for their cost. Scopes costing significantly less have comparable quality glass. Nightforce scopes do excel in structural strength, accurate/repeatable turrets, multitude of tactical/LRH reticle options, and boat anchor weight. Great for many long range hunting uses. In the past year I've read some of their current model scopes are starting to use HD glass providing better resolution. But those models cost and weigh even more than their predecessor models.</p><p></p><p>Leupold excels in lightweight scopes and warranty service. And they do a lot of the other necessary things reasonably well also. The models providing their higher quality glass cost more than the comparable competition, in my opinion. Which is why I don't own many Leupolds now. I still own a couple 2.5-8x36mm Vari-X IIIs. One that's ~38 years old. One maybe 10 years old. They've been reliable, functional scopes. I've always felt they were relatively poor in light transmission. The newer model VX-3 was a little better in light transmission. But the 4.5-14x Zeiss Conquest I replaced it with was vastly better in light transmission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 929947, member: 4191"] [b]Re: Leupold scopes...[/b] That's a bit simplistic, unless you place very simple standards of performance on your scopes. Who said Nightforce sets a high standard for glass quality? The glass is average to low-average for their cost. Scopes costing significantly less have comparable quality glass. Nightforce scopes do excel in structural strength, accurate/repeatable turrets, multitude of tactical/LRH reticle options, and boat anchor weight. Great for many long range hunting uses. In the past year I've read some of their current model scopes are starting to use HD glass providing better resolution. But those models cost and weigh even more than their predecessor models. Leupold excels in lightweight scopes and warranty service. And they do a lot of the other necessary things reasonably well also. The models providing their higher quality glass cost more than the comparable competition, in my opinion. Which is why I don't own many Leupolds now. I still own a couple 2.5-8x36mm Vari-X IIIs. One that's ~38 years old. One maybe 10 years old. They've been reliable, functional scopes. I've always felt they were relatively poor in light transmission. The newer model VX-3 was a little better in light transmission. But the 4.5-14x Zeiss Conquest I replaced it with was vastly better in light transmission. [/QUOTE]
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