Leupold Alumina Intensifier ?

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Any of you gentlemen familiar with the leupold alumina intensifier thread-on accessory line? I understand they have one for use in low ambient light that brightens your view and another with raincote to screw on during adverse weather.I believe they fit onto gold ring riflescopes.Just looking for some info/feedback from any of you guys who might have tried/purchased them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Call Leupold and verify that the scope you have is thread compatible with the new accessories. A few people have thought their scopes, while less than a year old, would work, but turns out they didn't.

A few minutes to call Leupold will save the aggrivation if things don't work.
 
I think that you can tell if ur leupy scope was a pre or post model by the last letter of the serial # on the scope. If it's an "M" then it's been made in 2004 but the thing is that leupy changed the threadings like in the middle of the year so if it's got an "M", then it'll be a 50/50 chance it'll fit. on the other hand if your scope's last letter is an "N", then the alumina add on's will work. I talked to leupy a few months ago about if they can tell if a scope with the letter "M" would be a pre or post and they said that they wouldn't be able to tell either, but the tech did say that the pre models(like a VX3) would have a greenish tint on the lenses and the post wouldn't because it's got the new match index lens system...

I haven't tried/seen any users of the alumina lenses yet either so I've also wondered myself
 
I was on of the 'Tricked' ones, having purchased the scopes in 2004 and then find these 'DO NOT FIT'. Wrote to both Midway and Leupold and told them that they needed to make this MUCH MORE PLAIN prior to selling the intensifiers, last scope I bought was Burris, wonder why?
 
Can anyone verify how WELL these "Intensifiers" work?!!

You know...anytime you add another glass/air interface, you DROP the light transmission of optics.

While modern coated optics have come a long way on reducing transmission losses, they're still not "perfect".

So then, as one of my photography instructors once lamented, "You have this $600 Lens, and you put a $5 piece of glass (Filter)in front of it... How "good" is that?!!"
 
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