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Hi Sam. Welcome to the forum.

I use to think they were the bees knees until I checked out Kahles scopes. Leupold were a very good mid range scope-at the higher end of mid range. Well times have changed. Kahles like other Euro scope manufactures now have a range from mid range to their good stuff. Leupold now have a range from low end to stuff equal to the high end Euro scopes.

The VX 3 and VariX 111 were very good scopes for the money IMHO.Their warranty is still the benchmark for the industry.

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What he said..

I bet I have had or currently own 20+ Leupolds.. I also currently have Zeiss, Swarovski, S&B, and Nightforce... For the money IMHO, there is no better scope.. Have had a Leupold VX3 1.75-6 on my .416 for 16 years..has never failed..in fact for the last 2 trips to Africa I didn't even have to adjust it from trip to trip.. that says a lot when you see how those yard apes throw luggage around at airports.. Saw a gun case fall off the loading ramp in SLC, they tossed it up over the top of the side on to the trailer.. amazing..

Had a Vari-XIII 4.5-14 on my 300RUM for the first 5 trips to Africa and have literally shot a barrel out on the gun in the last 20 years, no issue with the scope..

Have s VX-6 2-12 with Lighted Reticle on my Sako 375H&H... works perfectly.. have several VX-5's on 6.5CM, 6CM and 6.5PRC... again, no issues and track perfectly when dialing for range..

Personally for hunting rifles, if you stick with the VX3 or above, my experience has been you will not have any issues..

I have had to send 2 Swarovski's in ..one was brand new --gave up the ghost on round number 28 our of my 26 Nosler.. other was on a 300RUM...

Zeiss are good.. but as John stated, way to heavy for a carrying around mtn rifle.. AND the lower levelConquest's glass sucks..I have 3 or 4 of them..right now only one is actually on a rifle..in the same price range Leupolds are a far better scope in terms of glass

Recently I attended a long range rifle class in Texas.. they were primarily using NF with a couple Kahles on rifles.. the instructor there stated when asked by a student what he would suggest for a LR scope.. without a beat he said he would get a Leupold Mark 5.. ALL the tests I read say Leupold hit it out of the park with that one.. it is on the upper lever price point but you can always get them cheaper than suggested retail..I was able to look through and use one a couple weeks ago, that will be my next purchase..it weighs considerable less than Kahles, S&B, or NF.. is super clear and tracks perfectly..

Leupold recongnizes the current LR shooting competitions taking place all over the US every weekend. VERY high demand...they are going after that market with vigor.. which only means better and better products for the consumer,,,

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Edited by Ripp (08/02/20 04:26 AM)

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