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Leupold Scopes...Do you trust them today?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tex_Hunter" data-source="post: 1831607" data-attributes="member: 31749"><p>I've always been curious what people mean when they say a scope "goes down" on them?</p><p></p><p>Did the glass break? Lenses fogged up? Erector wouldnt dial/impacts downrange didnt match adjustments?</p><p></p><p>People are almost superstitious about their gear and I have always wondered how many bad shots get blamed on the scope rather than the warm meat bag pulling the trigger?</p><p></p><p>To further illustrate my point, I shot a spike this year kneeling off shooting sticks at 75yds, had what I felt was a good hold and clear sight picture, scope is a US Optics LR17 (which many consider to be a benchmark in tracking reliably and holding zero), broke the shot, deer went down immediately but then pawed at the dirt and rolled around for way longer than a shoulder/heart/lung shot deer should.... because I had hit it almost 3/4 of the way back on the body, bullet clipped the spine so luckily it didnt run. I spent forever analyzing the shot scratching my head at what went wrong figuring maybe something was way off on the scope/mount. Nope... took it to the range 3 days later and printed a nice 3/4 MOA group centered on the bullseye, did a box test and got perfect return to zero. Thos US Optics scopes are garbage I tell you! /sarc</p><p></p><p>For my .02 I run Leupolds on two of my rifles right now (VX3i and a VX5HD), and am current eyeballing a VX6HD 3-18 for another rifle I have. I've shot both extensively at ranges that required dialing out to around 600yds or so (300-375 on game animals that were both killed with one shot each) and both have done what was needed within the limits of the two cartridges (a lightweight bolt action 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5 Grendel AR). The only gripe I have heard but not personally experienced is the cheaper CDS on the VX3i's slipping when returning to zero because the set screws had back out. I set my zeros and then tighten the ever loving sh** out of mine (like allen wrench took a slight bend tight) so maybe I am safe here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tex_Hunter, post: 1831607, member: 31749"] I've always been curious what people mean when they say a scope "goes down" on them? Did the glass break? Lenses fogged up? Erector wouldnt dial/impacts downrange didnt match adjustments? People are almost superstitious about their gear and I have always wondered how many bad shots get blamed on the scope rather than the warm meat bag pulling the trigger? To further illustrate my point, I shot a spike this year kneeling off shooting sticks at 75yds, had what I felt was a good hold and clear sight picture, scope is a US Optics LR17 (which many consider to be a benchmark in tracking reliably and holding zero), broke the shot, deer went down immediately but then pawed at the dirt and rolled around for way longer than a shoulder/heart/lung shot deer should.... because I had hit it almost 3/4 of the way back on the body, bullet clipped the spine so luckily it didnt run. I spent forever analyzing the shot scratching my head at what went wrong figuring maybe something was way off on the scope/mount. Nope... took it to the range 3 days later and printed a nice 3/4 MOA group centered on the bullseye, did a box test and got perfect return to zero. Thos US Optics scopes are garbage I tell you! /sarc For my .02 I run Leupolds on two of my rifles right now (VX3i and a VX5HD), and am current eyeballing a VX6HD 3-18 for another rifle I have. I've shot both extensively at ranges that required dialing out to around 600yds or so (300-375 on game animals that were both killed with one shot each) and both have done what was needed within the limits of the two cartridges (a lightweight bolt action 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5 Grendel AR). The only gripe I have heard but not personally experienced is the cheaper CDS on the VX3i's slipping when returning to zero because the set screws had back out. I set my zeros and then tighten the ever loving sh** out of mine (like allen wrench took a slight bend tight) so maybe I am safe here? [/QUOTE]
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