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Leupold Tracking Question
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 1464383" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>I lost faith with Leupolds for big game hunting. Permits are difficult to obtain. Life is too short to HOPE the scope holds up.</p><p></p><p>Over a 35 yr hunting span I had VX-II, VX-III, VX-2 and VX-3 leupolds quit holding zero or not able to adjust either windage or elevation to desired POI. That was before I became a turret twister. IIRC at least 8 or 10 went back for repairs. It was always the erector that failed.</p><p></p><p>Move to more recently when I began to use turrets. I hunted several days to find a decent shooter coues wt . Twisted the M1 turret on the 4.5-14 x 40 VX-3 for the shot. It worked just fine the week before on quite a few LR shots and returned to zero. When I needed it the shot was WAY OFF. Deer walked off. Used another rifle to harvest a smaller buck later that same hunt. Went to range to find out not only was it shooting high but couldn't get it back to original zero. Sent it in to hear an erector spring had broken.</p><p></p><p>The very next year a 4.5-14 x 50 VX3 LR quit tracking the week before a coues hunt! Called Leupold and was told sure send it in! It was suggested I twist the M1 turrets for elevation and windage 6-8 times lock to lock to "distribute the grease so erector would work again" I did that and it worked but that ended my faith in their scopes. I thought about it for a while and sold the scope. Not interested in owning a scope that requires lube distribution.</p><p></p><p>They may finally be making reliable scopes don't know and don't want to try anymore to see if it is true. I am through buying Leupolds period.</p><p></p><p>That was 6 yrs ago. To date I have sold off 13 Leupolds. Still have a LR VX-III 8.5-25 x 50 on my 6mm BR play rifle. Should it quit no big deal, I'll return it once. </p><p></p><p>I own a Swarovski Z6 that is nice for some uses. When it comes to turret twisting I would love to have a few nightforces. I ended up buying quite a few SWFA HD and SS classic scopes. The HD 5-20 x 50 Illuminated HD is awesome! Even their SS classics are reliable. Very happy with SWFA's repeatability RTZ and price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 1464383, member: 5219"] I lost faith with Leupolds for big game hunting. Permits are difficult to obtain. Life is too short to HOPE the scope holds up. Over a 35 yr hunting span I had VX-II, VX-III, VX-2 and VX-3 leupolds quit holding zero or not able to adjust either windage or elevation to desired POI. That was before I became a turret twister. IIRC at least 8 or 10 went back for repairs. It was always the erector that failed. Move to more recently when I began to use turrets. I hunted several days to find a decent shooter coues wt . Twisted the M1 turret on the 4.5-14 x 40 VX-3 for the shot. It worked just fine the week before on quite a few LR shots and returned to zero. When I needed it the shot was WAY OFF. Deer walked off. Used another rifle to harvest a smaller buck later that same hunt. Went to range to find out not only was it shooting high but couldn't get it back to original zero. Sent it in to hear an erector spring had broken. The very next year a 4.5-14 x 50 VX3 LR quit tracking the week before a coues hunt! Called Leupold and was told sure send it in! It was suggested I twist the M1 turrets for elevation and windage 6-8 times lock to lock to "distribute the grease so erector would work again" I did that and it worked but that ended my faith in their scopes. I thought about it for a while and sold the scope. Not interested in owning a scope that requires lube distribution. They may finally be making reliable scopes don't know and don't want to try anymore to see if it is true. I am through buying Leupolds period. That was 6 yrs ago. To date I have sold off 13 Leupolds. Still have a LR VX-III 8.5-25 x 50 on my 6mm BR play rifle. Should it quit no big deal, I'll return it once. I own a Swarovski Z6 that is nice for some uses. When it comes to turret twisting I would love to have a few nightforces. I ended up buying quite a few SWFA HD and SS classic scopes. The HD 5-20 x 50 Illuminated HD is awesome! Even their SS classics are reliable. Very happy with SWFA's repeatability RTZ and price. [/QUOTE]
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