Leupold Scopes

Post by **Prairie Ghost** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:58 am

I shoot a Vari-XII in a 6X18X40 and like it alright i wish i would of at least looked at a few other brands i had Leopold preached to me all my life so when it came to buy a scope i just grabbed a leopold off the shelf and bought it. I have heard a lot of good things about Nikon and Burris (Black Diamond series) and of course the real high end stuff like Swarovfski (SP) but haven't looked through a lot of them.

My two cents is start doing your research now way in advance don't just take everyones word that Leopold is the best buy for the money they do make a good scope but i'm not as impressed as all of the people that told me it was the only scope to buy.

Brent i believe the long range reticles come set for a few of the standard calibers i want to say 223,243 and then one of the big calibers so look into it. I'm not positive on that but i believe when they first came out that was the deal

Post by **Jeff Rheborg** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:03 am

I have the VXIII 4.5-14x40 with the varmint hunter reticle. Wouldn't trade it for anything. Now I have not had the chance to play with it allot. I have it zeroed for 200yds and the other crosshairs are not on. I did have it zeroed at 100yd and they were pretty close to being dead on. I like it zeroed at 200yds. At 300 there is only a 3 inch drop so I am ok there, that is with my load. I will work with it more to get the full use of the reticle and let you know how it went.

Post by **LeviM** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:10 am

Ya let me know Jeff, I was looking at the varmit hunter reticle, and was curious how well it works. I was also wondering if you need a science degree to operate it?

Post by **Jeff Rheborg** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:06 am

No, you don't need a degree, but it helps...kidding. When I bought it they did however tell me the more you shoot the more you will understand how it works. You can send them your pet load i.e. bullet weight, fps, powder weight, ect... and they will customize the reticles out to 600ys (?). But then you can only use that scope on that gun, can't switch it to another gun. I opted not to do that, just in case. It's a great feature, I just didn't do it.

I would agree with Brad, do your homework now. Look at all options. Is Leupold the best? It depends on who you ask. There is allot of great glass out there, you just have to decide on which suits you the best and what your pocket book will allow.

Post by **BigCoulee** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:24 pm

I would agree with everyone above about doing your homework. When I was looking for a new scope for my 243, I checked Leupold, Burris, Nikon and Bushnell. Of the three, I rated the Burris the best, then the Nikon. Leupold was third in my opinion. The were all 40MM and were either 4x12 or 4.5x14 magnification. I felt the Burris was the clearest view of the four I looked at. Just my opinion though.

Post by **LeviM** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:08 am

I have a Nikon right now and I am not happy at all with it! I know Chris has a Nikon and he is having some problems. I want a good dependable, quality scope, If I miss I want it to be my error not the scope always being off. I agree I will do my homework, and hopefully I find one that fits the needs I need it too

Post by **Fallguy** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:17 am

I sure have been happy with my Scheels Scopes.

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:02 pm

I did have one for a few months, just gave it a try. I am pretty stuck on Leupold so I traded it in but seemed to be a durable scope with good glass.