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which glass is best
Igor:
--- Quote from: Sneaky on February 22, 2022, 09:09:15 PM ---thanks everyone for the input. No love for leupold anywhere I look :chuckle:
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Between my sons and myself, we have a total of 8 Leupold scopes. I've been a fan of Leupold for over 40 years.......and never been sorry. They have one of the better warranties, should you ever need one. I have returned two over the years for warranty work, and been very happy. Lots of manufacturers claim to have great warranties, until you need them.
Stein:
I have a VX5 on my rifle and have been pretty happy for the price. I think I paid $650 or so a couple years back. The image through the glass is great, zero stop is perfect and clicks are ok (could be a bit firmer). The zoom ring is too hard to operate in my opinion but not a big deal.
It does track a bit to the left as I go out, but only about 1" or so from 100 to 300. I don't shoot past 400, most of the time in the 2-300 range so it isn't an issue. It's repeatable and holds a rock solid zero which is the bigger thing for me. I tried multiple methods to level the crosshairs and am convinced it's the turret not the level.
If I wanted to go beyond 400, it would be an issue and I would need to double the budget (or more) to bump up to the next level of quality or send this one back and hope they can fix it or roll the dice with a new one. For the price, I didn't expect a scope with quality glass and a rock solid turret.
Karl Blanchard:
Its definitely the erector system Stein. Ive done tracking tests on quite a few vx5 and 6's the last few years and every single one starts walking horizontally.
Over on rokslide there is a member who is doing very in depth testing of scopes. Its definitely worth jumping over there and doing a deep dive. Lota of scopes still to come. He isn't biased and he doesn't pull punches.
https://www.rokslide.com/forums/forums/rifle-scope-field-evaluations.133/
That link takes you to a main page. I recommend reading the green link about how the tests are conducted and then below that link are the seperate scope evals.
Mtnwalker:
--- Quote from: Karl Blanchard on February 23, 2022, 08:28:36 AM ---Its definitely the erector system Stein. Ive done tracking tests on quite a few vx5 and 6's the last few years and every single one starts walking horizontally.
Over on rokslide there is a member who is doing very in depth testing of scopes. Its definitely worth jumping over there and doing a deep dive. Lota of scopes still to come. He isn't biased and he doesn't pull punches.
https://www.rokslide.com/forums/forums/rifle-scope-field-evaluations.133/
That link takes you to a main page. I recommend reading the green link about how the tests are conducted and then below that link are the seperate scope evals.
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How much walk are we talking here typically? I have a 6 that I just got back from Leupold and I still think its doing funny things...
Karl Blanchard:
The last vx6 I did was just like Stein observed. Didnt show till about 4 MOA but by 20 MOA it had walked 2.5 MOA.
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