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xausa
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Re: Scope recommendation?
16/02/10 01:24 AM

I'm amazed at the Leupold horror stories. I have used Leupold scopes, in particular the 1.5-5X Vari-X III for years with never a bobble. Does anyone know what the nature of the problem was? Saying the scope "fell to pieces" is not very informative.

My objection to European scopes in general is best illustrated here: http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=2654715

The scope mounted on the rifle completely overpowers it, and if that were not enough, there is an even larger scope waiting in the wings. I have no idea what the eye relief of these behemoths might be, but the way they are mounted they are almost guaranteed to come into contact with the shooter's forehead.

My .458 Winchester Magnum and .450 Watts bolt guns both have Lyman Alaskans mounted, and my .577 bolt gun has a 2 1/2X Noske: nothing like 1930's technology. What those two scopes have in common with their contemporary Zeiss Zielklein, other than the 22mm diameter bodies, is their extreme light weight (8 oz. in the case of the Noske and the Alaskan, and 10 oz. for the Zielklein), which offers the least resistance to heavy recoil. A scope like those pictured in the eGun auction represents an amount of weight (mass) which is guaranteed to put a terrific strain on the mounts used in combination with rifles and cartridges generating significant recoil.

Would the posters with bad experiences with Leupold scopes please give precise descriptions of what went wrong and what the circumstances were?

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Scope recommendation?	hoser	15/02/10 10:46 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	Birdhunter50	21/02/10 02:55 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	9dot3x74R	22/02/10 08:24 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	404bearslayer	22/02/10 10:32 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	nopride2	22/02/10 11:31 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	eagle27	22/02/10 05:02 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	calpappas	11/03/10 06:18 PM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	carpediem4570	13/03/10 05:45 AM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	9dot3x74R	13/03/10 07:22 AM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	carpediem4570	13/03/10 08:24 AM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	carpediem4570	13/03/10 01:33 PM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	9dot3x74R	13/03/10 04:24 PM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	carpediem4570	13/03/10 06:03 PM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	Paul	15/03/10 07:34 PM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	DM	16/03/10 03:28 AM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	carpediem4570	16/03/10 04:09 AM
Re: Intermediate eye relief pistol scope on a dr	Paul	17/03/10 12:36 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	Paul	12/03/10 08:08 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	DM	13/03/10 03:43 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	ozhunter	11/03/10 06:49 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	Charls	15/02/10 09:24 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	pablo_mauser_66	15/02/10 09:39 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	sambarstalker	15/02/10 11:02 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	xausa	16/02/10 01:24 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	Charls	16/02/10 11:57 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	DM	19/02/10 12:35 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	Mike_Bailey	16/02/10 05:36 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	DarylS	16/02/10 05:42 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	AkMike	16/02/10 07:00 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	hoser	16/02/10 10:16 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	AkMike	16/02/10 10:46 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	FATBOY404	15/02/10 10:19 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	404bearslayer	15/02/10 11:36 AM
Re: Scope recommendation?	calpappas	15/02/10 01:45 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	Paul	16/02/10 10:16 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	bonanza	16/02/10 11:56 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	crkennedy1	15/02/10 04:29 PM
Re: Scope recommendation?	CHAPUISARMES	15/02/10 07:32 PM

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