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Toughest Long Range Hunting Optic?
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<blockquote data-quote="Old Rooster" data-source="post: 1776189" data-attributes="member: 108576"><p>Back in the early 70's I only had cheap scopes and they all failed and gave me scope bite marks all around my right eye.I tried many different brands and all failed at some point.Then I bought a scope I could not afford at the time on lay-a-way.1 scope for all my rifles.I dropped it out of a 33 feet tall tree stand and it still held zero then a friend dropped it in a canal 6 feet deep which I had to leave overnight and went back the next day and dove and found it in mud!That scope still holds zero.I fell off a mountain side due to bank undercut by wind and rain and snow and fell rolling down a 130 ft slooping side of a mountain and landed in a creek with the rifle still on my back and I was sure the scope would not be any good anymore but I had no choice than to use it when a 6x5 bull elk walked out 90 yards away.I shot and killed that bull.</p><p>We dragged the elk to a large tree where we hoisted it up.I leaned my rifle and scope against the truck but forgot and my brother back the truck and ran over my rifle/scope!</p><p>The wooden stock cracked but I had my elk.I knew the scope was ruined but after I put a new stock on the rifle the scope STILL held zero and I still have that LEUPOLD scope today and it still holds zero.It has had a few more times any decent scope would have failed but that LEUPOLD will never leave my safe.</p><p>Just my 2 cents</p><p>Old Rooster</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Rooster, post: 1776189, member: 108576"] Back in the early 70's I only had cheap scopes and they all failed and gave me scope bite marks all around my right eye.I tried many different brands and all failed at some point.Then I bought a scope I could not afford at the time on lay-a-way.1 scope for all my rifles.I dropped it out of a 33 feet tall tree stand and it still held zero then a friend dropped it in a canal 6 feet deep which I had to leave overnight and went back the next day and dove and found it in mud!That scope still holds zero.I fell off a mountain side due to bank undercut by wind and rain and snow and fell rolling down a 130 ft slooping side of a mountain and landed in a creek with the rifle still on my back and I was sure the scope would not be any good anymore but I had no choice than to use it when a 6x5 bull elk walked out 90 yards away.I shot and killed that bull. We dragged the elk to a large tree where we hoisted it up.I leaned my rifle and scope against the truck but forgot and my brother back the truck and ran over my rifle/scope! The wooden stock cracked but I had my elk.I knew the scope was ruined but after I put a new stock on the rifle the scope STILL held zero and I still have that LEUPOLD scope today and it still holds zero.It has had a few more times any decent scope would have failed but that LEUPOLD will never leave my safe. Just my 2 cents Old Rooster [/QUOTE]
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