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Leupold Mk5 chosen for military
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<blockquote data-quote="Pro2A" data-source="post: 1854034" data-attributes="member: 17889"><p>I have upper end scopes in Leupold, NF (except Beast), Vortex, Zeiss, Swaros, and have had S&, as personal references.. MK5 has the same coatings as the Mk 6 and Mk 8. My eyes discern no difference in any lighting between the three models. (Note my eyes are well used first gen, but with store bought lenses installed.....no glasses for anything anymore.) MK5 only basic features needed to put rounds on target at long range. Not as beefy, heavy as Mk8. Bought two Mk5 7-35x56 to go on a couple of my Barrett MRADs in 300PRC and 338LM. (The Kestrel with Hornady 4DOF ballistic solver rebate made them an even better buy.) Tall target tests firing and non-firing both were dead on for both scopes. Zero tracking correction factors. Have numerous Mk4 in FFP and SFP in 4.5-14 and 8.5-25. The 8.5x25s are on all my Barrett .50BMG M107A1s. Never a single performance issue with any of them. Design issues as they don't have factory zero stops and have mixed reticle/turret MOA/MIL systems, but that WAS Leupold. These issues aren't found on MK5 design. Bottom line, pick the design features you actually need for your application. Then, glass choice is to a large extent like truck choice....in the eye of the beholder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pro2A, post: 1854034, member: 17889"] I have upper end scopes in Leupold, NF (except Beast), Vortex, Zeiss, Swaros, and have had S&, as personal references.. MK5 has the same coatings as the Mk 6 and Mk 8. My eyes discern no difference in any lighting between the three models. (Note my eyes are well used first gen, but with store bought lenses installed.....no glasses for anything anymore.) MK5 only basic features needed to put rounds on target at long range. Not as beefy, heavy as Mk8. Bought two Mk5 7-35x56 to go on a couple of my Barrett MRADs in 300PRC and 338LM. (The Kestrel with Hornady 4DOF ballistic solver rebate made them an even better buy.) Tall target tests firing and non-firing both were dead on for both scopes. Zero tracking correction factors. Have numerous Mk4 in FFP and SFP in 4.5-14 and 8.5-25. The 8.5x25s are on all my Barrett .50BMG M107A1s. Never a single performance issue with any of them. Design issues as they don't have factory zero stops and have mixed reticle/turret MOA/MIL systems, but that WAS Leupold. These issues aren't found on MK5 design. Bottom line, pick the design features you actually need for your application. Then, glass choice is to a large extent like truck choice....in the eye of the beholder. [/QUOTE]
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