30mm leupold scopes

[littletoes]

All I've seen is pictures of those rifles, and they looked gorgeous. Are you saying you have one now?

And if so, your asking the wrong guy, I shoot my guns. Can't save 'em for nuthin! 
Guns were meant to shoot, not sit in a safe. When I die, my kids will have them, but mostly they will need new barrels, etc.

My personal advice would be to shoot it, and when the barrel is shot out, RE-BARREL IT! It'll be better than new that way, and shoot even better, oh, and cost less than anything sitting on the shelf. Just get a good  smith, and buy a good barrel. The best you can afford. Hell, better than that even. Kreiger, Hart, Lothar W., Lilja, you name it, they all make great barrels, and give free advice.

Now, this is just my advice, it ain't worth much, but do with it as you will, and GOOD SHOOTING!

[Red Dawg]

i am not a collector either. I am a hunter and memories with the guns is more important to me than what the gun is worth. But for some reason i am having trouble with this i dont know why. and yes i have it. it is a bad ass gun. i am still awe struck by it.

[littletoes]

Ah! Those are the best to have!

Treat it right, break it in slow, then treat it with love for-ever-more after that. I can understand why you would want to put some great glass on it. 

[Red Dawg]

my wife even said that she wished i looked at her the way i was looking at my gun. But thanks for the advice.

[NXS-Hunter]

If your going to spend over $1000 then go with a Nightforce Scope.  If you are spending less than $1000 then you will need to compare scopes side by side and look through them.  Every piece of glass will be different.  I personally would save for two years if need be to own a Nightforce.  Point of Impact does NOT change with Nightforce scopes.....   It does with all others....

I do not work for the company.  I do own a Nightforce Scope.
3.5-15X50 NXS 

[royalbull]

i have a 30mm 3.5-14 lps, and just sold a 3.5-10 vari-xIII lr m3/cams. the 30's are great for the extra adjustment you get. the vari-x also has glass reticle. I would say for the money they are decent for a long range gun. optically they are no swaro but the leuys I have sent in were back the same month....I just got my swaro back.....I sent it in during elk season.

 Leupolds LPS scopes are 30mm tubes with 1" guts not a true 30mm scope

[littletoes]

royallbull, sorry man, you iz wrong!

Luppy Premier Scopes have TRUE 30mm glass in them, all others have the same as the 1 inch stuff(also not counting the true Tactical scopes made by luppy!). Thats why they are so expensive!

[KimberRich]

There is no 40mm tube. There is either a one inch tube or 30mm. The 1 inch tube is equal to 25.4mm so is slightly smaller. The objective lens is either 40mm or 50mm. The larger objective lens theoretically will let you see better in low light conditions, especially with the higher magnifications. Leupold never used to make 30mm scopes. I think they started doing so just to try to compete with the European scope makers. I'm no expert on the subject but from what I've read the 30mm tube is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. It definitely won't make any difference in how clear a prairie dog looks at 500 yards. That would only be a factor of the quality of the lenses, and the magnification. If it were me I'd just go with the 1 inch tube, but in the 6.5-20 I would go with the 50mm objective lens. In a scope for a big game rifle I would not go with more than a 40mm objective because the scope has to be mounted too high. But with the 20x magnification the bigger objective will likely be and advantage for early morning and late evening shots.

Couldn't have said it better myself. 

[littletoes]

Check history, Luppy Ultra Scopes have had 30mm tubes for years.

There are some 34 and 35mm tubes out there....Schmidt's for example, and some other German brands.

[G.R.K]

If your going to spend over $1000 then go with a Nightforce Scope.  If you are spending less than $1000 then you will need to compare scopes side by side and look through them.  Every piece of glass will be different.  I personally would save for two years if need be to own a Nightforce.  Point of Impact does NOT change with Nightforce scopes.....   It does with all others....

I do not work for the company.  I do own a Nightforce Scope.
3.5-15X50 NXS 

Your POI will change no matter what scope you have,depending on weather conditions.

[MtnMuley]

The 30mm tube long range Leupold is well worth the extra money in my opinion.  Nothing wrong with the 1" tube Leupolds either.