What is really good about Leupold in two words

Great Scope!


American Made, Thank You Aznative.
A great rifle deserves a great scope!! Mostly you wouldn't blink an eye for a $1500.00 rifle but you wouldn't spend $600.00 Bucks for quality optics.
Thats like buying a Rolls Royce with a Briggs and Stratton engine.
 
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Best 2 words about Leupolds.......
Re-sale
Sell it

Then........
Bushnell Elite
Nikon Monarch
Burris Signature
Burris Fullfield2



Just don't try to sell these ones after, cuz resale value is WAY lower. Wonder why?



I don't buy things to sell. I buy them to use. But it's not hard to sell any of those scopes and resale value is just as high % wise as Leupold.
 
Bushnell Elite
Nikon Monarch
Burris Signature
Burris Fullfield2

You don't loose anymore money on these scopes than you do when you sell a leupold.

It has been my experience that the higher the amount that you pay for an item, the larger the hit that you take when you sell it.

The Bushnell 4200's in a 4-16 are some of the finest hunting scopes every made. The 6500's are going to put the hurt on a lot of scope companies. If you have not looked through a 6500, you do not know what you are missing. The optics in this scope is unreal, and with the power range, makes it one of the more practical scopes for a hunter ever made.
 
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Best 2 words about Leupolds.......
Re-sale
Sell it

Then........
Bushnell Elite
Nikon Monarch
Burris Signature
Burris Fullfield2



Just don't try to sell these ones after, cuz resale value is WAY lower. Wonder why?



I don't buy things to sell. I buy them to use. But it's not hard to sell any of those scopes and resale value is just as high % wise as Leupold.



Nope. Been there, done that more times than I can count. There is no scope % wise that holds it's value, sells faster/easier than a Leupold.....
 
I believe the scopes Ackman listed are all decent scopes. None are crap. They are just not Leupolds.

A tough as nails, no BS warranty, American made scope just appeals to many, that's all.......
 
I know this is off topic, but has anyone ever bought or used the Nikon laser IRT scope. This is the scope with a laser range finder built in. If so, what is the effective usable range of the range finder? How is the scope portion.
 
Customer Service? I'd have to agree. Leupold scopes used to be pretty good. They used to be known as one of the toughest scopes around, but around the time they changed from the Vari-X I to the VX I, their stuff went down the tubes. Their high end stuff may still be fine, but dollar for dollar most of their stuff isn't worth the money.

Case in point, I’ve spoken with a number of guys who shoot the Savage muzzle loader, and with stout loads it has some incredible recoil. A lot of them have had their VXI and VXII scopes give out, but I have not yet heard of anyone whose had a Elite 3200, 4200, or 6500 scope give out. This by its self has pretty well sold me on the Elite scopes.

As far as "made in America" so is the Toyota Camry, Honda Civic, and several other "imports". Like most others, Leupold uses glass from Japan, and has cheapened their scopes up quite a bit. The only thing I hate worse than Chinese junk, is American junk. It's embarrassing When an American company decides that its okay to make and sell junk, then its our job as consumers to buy something else. It's not okay for them to decide that quality is second to profit, and it's our job to hold them accountable.

Just my 2 bits,
Mark
 
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GREAT SCOPES
But having said that, I think Leupold has slipped a bit in recent years. In fact, I have a friend who used to manage the gun department in a Sportsmans Warehouse for several years and he said he never saw or heard from a Leupold rep the entire time he worked there. I know that they've done away with their field rep but you'd think that they would check up every once in a while, but apparently they don't. On the other hand he said that the reps from Nikon and Bushnell are there every month or so asking what they can do to help, if they have any problems, are they getting any warrenty issues, etc. They just seem to want their business more and are working harder to get it. Or at least that's the way I see it.
 
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Best 2 words about Leupolds.......
Re-sale
Sell it

Then........
Bushnell Elite
Nikon Monarch
Burris Signature
Burris Fullfield2



Just don't try to sell these ones after, cuz resale value is WAY lower. Wonder why?



I don't buy things to sell. I buy them to use. But it's not hard to sell any of those scopes and resale value is just as high % wise as Leupold.



Nope. Been there, done that more times than I can count. There is no scope % wise that holds it's value, sells faster/easier than a Leupold.....




Nope. Wrong. And you pay at least 1/2 again as much - sometimes twice as much - for a new Leupold to get a scope that's not as good. But it's your money, spend it however you want. Just don't go telling me something is when it isn't.
 
Take that bushnell out and drop a 1200 lb horse on it, then see how well it works. OK for the pickup or four wheeler maybe but I won't bet a big game hunt on one ever again.
 
Great optical engineering, excellent quality control, in todays market they
are overpriced for what you get, tubes are really thin, in the high end they
are priced like a swarovski and just don't match up. Ten years ago they were
a pretty good deal but I think times have changed.
 
I have a Savage ML10-II that generates around 4000 ftlbs of energy. It's had about 500 rounds through it so far. My 3-9x40 Elite 3200 is holding up just fine. As far as a 1200 lb animal falling on it, any scope can fail in that situation. Moral of that story: Keep your horse off your rifle scope.
 
Owned em

Not anymore.

I had several Leupolds, and liked em. I have a VX2 3-9x40 that is around 30 years old. Survived my child hood. The thing looks like a tent peg from me dropping my rifle and still holds a zero. Unfortunately I have gotten into longer range shooting in practical applications. I range find, adjust elevation on the top knob, shoot, and put back to zero. With my $1000 VXL on my 250 I had to have a nickel to adjust the elevation. With the Nikon I had on my 300 WSM I can just twist it to the proper click shoot and put it back to zero. With range finding, adjusting elevation, shooting, and back to zero takes me about 20 seconds. Leupold offers this but only in there target scopes with 1/8 adjustments. Now all my Leupolds got Ebayed and my 300, 243, 250, and 204 all have Nikon Monarchs on em. They cost half as much, have knobs that don't stick up 2 inches, and have just as good optics. Just MHO
 
I have always been a Leupold fan. But like so many others, I think that they have just about priced themselves out of the market.

Ten years ago Leupold sold a good product for a fair price (talking about the Vari X iii models). Now, Leupold sells a good product (VX III) for way too much when compared to other makes that are just as good or maybe a little better.

Landrum
 
After reading my last post, I want to appologise. It came across a little sharper than I intended because I was in a hurry. I just meant to say that dropping a horse on a scope probably isn't the best endurance test.
 
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Abusedthemandnever Hadonefailmeyet
Ok, I cheated.


I love 'em and will continue to buy them until somebody in THIS country comes up with a better one. To my eye, they are also the best looking scope out there in their price range.
 
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