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Lightweight scope for mountain rifle 500 yards max
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<blockquote data-quote="MoreSalsa" data-source="post: 2352231" data-attributes="member: 120766"><p>Yeah, looks like the Leupold VX-3HD 2.5-8x36mm is the successor to my <a href="https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l3160/7?euid=c40ab8658d3d463b920bad9671a4cc43&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D380232329019%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AOC%3AUS%3A3160" target="_blank">VX 3 1.75-6x32mm</a>. It looks like the VX-3HD has mixed reviews, with some people thinking the older models are better. One review (I think on Cabela's) says that water got in through the screw in the CDS dial. This makes me wish it were a simpler scope -- not sure I would make any use of that feature. I wonder if the VX-Freedom 2-7x33mm would be the better choice as far as Leupold scopes go. I guess I'll look more into what this "HD" consists of (I'd guess it's some new coatings or something) and what if anything it offers.</p><p></p><p>Others talk about the declining customer service/quality control of Leupold. This makes me want to look at other manufacturers (or possibly consider picking up an older Leupold model used). I see Swarovski has a Z3 3-9x36 that could possibly work but I'd rather have a lower magnification at the wide end, it costs more than I wanted to spend, and it looks like it might be discontinued.</p><p></p><p>A lot of the other low magnification scopes don't have the larger objective lens, which makes me wonder whether they would be inferior in terms of light gathering than the "bell" scopes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoreSalsa, post: 2352231, member: 120766"] Yeah, looks like the Leupold VX-3HD 2.5-8x36mm is the successor to my [URL='https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l3160/7?euid=c40ab8658d3d463b920bad9671a4cc43&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D380232329019%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AL%3AOC%3AUS%3A3160']VX 3 1.75-6x32mm[/URL]. It looks like the VX-3HD has mixed reviews, with some people thinking the older models are better. One review (I think on Cabela's) says that water got in through the screw in the CDS dial. This makes me wish it were a simpler scope -- not sure I would make any use of that feature. I wonder if the VX-Freedom 2-7x33mm would be the better choice as far as Leupold scopes go. I guess I'll look more into what this "HD" consists of (I'd guess it's some new coatings or something) and what if anything it offers. Others talk about the declining customer service/quality control of Leupold. This makes me want to look at other manufacturers (or possibly consider picking up an older Leupold model used). I see Swarovski has a Z3 3-9x36 that could possibly work but I'd rather have a lower magnification at the wide end, it costs more than I wanted to spend, and it looks like it might be discontinued. A lot of the other low magnification scopes don't have the larger objective lens, which makes me wonder whether they would be inferior in terms of light gathering than the "bell" scopes. [/QUOTE]
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