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Leupold LR or Not to LR
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<blockquote data-quote="CatShooter" data-source="post: 149679" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>If your shooting varies from real close range to long range a lot, while your actually hunting... then SF is worth it.</p><p></p><p>But if the only time you are shooting at ranges of ~100 yds is when you are working up load, then it's not worth it, plus the side focus is more difficult to set accurately... and the Leupold system has a fair amount of backlash... which means that you can set it, and after the recoil, you can have a bunch of parallax on the next shot.</p><p></p><p>I can't speak for other makers, but the Leupold SF is fussy, difficult to properly calibrate, not too accurate in the field - I'm not knocking them - I have three of the very top end Leupolds (street price of $1,300+) with SF.</p><p></p><p>Just pick the one that will work best.</p><p></p><p>The AO is more accurate, and much more repeatable.</p><p></p><p>If your field shooting ranges from 200 to 1000+, you can set an AO at 400 to 1000yds, and be fine for all of your shooting.</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CatShooter, post: 149679, member: 7"] If your shooting varies from real close range to long range a lot, while your actually hunting... then SF is worth it. But if the only time you are shooting at ranges of ~100 yds is when you are working up load, then it's not worth it, plus the side focus is more difficult to set accurately... and the Leupold system has a fair amount of backlash... which means that you can set it, and after the recoil, you can have a bunch of parallax on the next shot. I can't speak for other makers, but the Leupold SF is fussy, difficult to properly calibrate, not too accurate in the field - I'm not knocking them - I have three of the very top end Leupolds (street price of $1,300+) with SF. Just pick the one that will work best. The AO is more accurate, and much more repeatable. If your field shooting ranges from 200 to 1000+, you can set an AO at 400 to 1000yds, and be fine for all of your shooting. . [/QUOTE]
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