That scope Looks ABUSEed !Originally Posted by Gateholio
Guess I'll be using Leupolds warranty again.....
RJ
HuntingBC Champ
That scope Looks ABUSEed !Guess I'll be using Leupolds warranty again.....
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Wow Gate..when the bear wont stop moving do NOT use the rifle scope as a baton/ club..lol that is the worst fail I have seen...any story?
1,000x as many Leupolds out there..miniscule problems.
Steven
Mmmm...Beer
The story is not very dramatic, really....The scope has seen a bit of hunting but mostly range use...10 000 rounds or so of 7.62x39 and I guess it just started to work itself loose. It was shooting fine yesterday then today it went wild at one point. Figured the rings had worked loose, but no, they were nice and tight, but the scope was wobbling anyway. Took the scope off and one more twist and the scope separated.
As I said in a previous thread, I've had all sorts of different optics fail. I've never seen something like this before though!
Knowledgeable shooters agree- The 375 Ruger is the NEW KING of all 375 caliber cartridges. ALL HAIL THE NEW KING!
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That’s a wide ring. At least a VX-3? Do they warranty commercial use?
Mmmm...Beer
FX3 6x42.
Supposed to be a tough scope, too.
Knowledgeable shooters agree- The 375 Ruger is the NEW KING of all 375 caliber cartridges. ALL HAIL THE NEW KING!
HuntingBC Champ
Looks like you took it over your knee!
HuntingBC Champ
Gatehouse, that failure is truly spectacular......
Hunt Smarter
Not very confidence inspiring in Leupold after that failure
"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004
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He said he gave it one more twist. Sucker must have some pretty strong hands.
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I've sent one Vortex of to the repair shop, it was not holding zero. Was gone about a month and seems fine now, it had >3000 rounds on it.
3 Leupolds went to the repair shop, parallax issues, not holding zero and turret adjustments wanked.
One Bushnell 6500 Tactical, not holding zero well enough for targets but good for hunting, sold that one off.
One Sightron, turret adjustments went out of wack.
At one time all my rifles were Remington 700's with Leupold scopes. These two companies are near the end of sucking the equity out of their brands.
For hunting I prefer Sako's and /or Tikka's. Scopes are higher end Vortex, Sightron, reliability is good for my purposes. I also, have 3 SWFA Super Snipers, two 6x's and a 10x. These scopes a on the heavy side, glass is as good as the PST's and mid range Leupolds. The magic is these scopes is they track and hold zero extremely well......really like the 10x.
NightForce has all the attributes of what a scope should be.
We can only be kept in the cages we do not see. @
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