Thread: Leupold Scopes are NOT worth the money....IMO

Originally Posted by csmiffy

years ago in a discussion with Richard from Wilhelms arms and optics, this came up. I was looking at a scope for a project and he had a burris 2-10 signature that i ended up with. That is still a great piece of glass to look through but never been on a rifle in anger. Quite a large objective lens too but it is an AO type
His comment back then in the mid/late 90's was that leupold was generally a good scope and their QC very good. They tested every single scope and as such this was why their failure rate was so low on the hill so to speak. This is very likely what kiwis liked so much about them. Reliability
The Burris I was looking at and ultimately purchased was a little different. That particular range (maybe it was all Burris scopes) only had maybe 1 in 5 tested. Instead they put some of that budget into the glass. As such they were a slightly better scope although with slightly more risk of failure.
I know at 4x it is still way nicer to look through than the Loopy M8 4x from the early 90s i have on the 243. its only a couple of years newer
remember back then there wasn't the dearth of all these other scope manufacurers about.
There was the euro stuff like Kahles that you got when you saved up the shekels, along with the odd Swarovski etc and the odd Pecar thrown in.
Come back down the line you had Leupold, Burris, Bushnell, some Weaver, Tasco and Nikko Stirling.
You would probably find that Leupold had a bigger range marketed in NZ too

yes but not all m8 4x are equal...I had 3 and all were different...the oldest/longest ,with largest rear eyebox was by far and away the best......eye relief is primo...field of view is primo....target aquiring is shit hot....it now sitting atop my poohseventy and will probably never leave it again....the 3x9x50mm vx11 in the 223 is good scope and never moves zero....the old nikko stirling gold crown beat it for light gathering but those scopes were freaks of nature....had so much good features but did fog if abused...unfortunately Im guilty of scope abuse so nearly all my rifle wear loopys...the two that arent are wearing an early burris and early kahales both were gifted to me....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

yes but not all m8 4x are equal...I had 3 and all were different...the oldest/longest ,with largest rear eyebox was by far and away the best......eye relief is primo...field of view is primo....target aquiring is shit hot....it now sitting atop my poohseventy and will probably never leave it again....the 3x9x50mm vx11 in the 223 is good scope and never moves zero....the old nikko stirling gold crown beat it for light gathering but those scopes were freaks of nature....had so much good features but did fog if abused...unfortunately Im guilty of scope abuse so nearly all my rifle wear loopys...the two that arent are wearing an early burris and early kahales both were gifted to me....

@Micky Duck I reckon Leupold should have you on the books and pay you a commission for every Leupold they sell.

You would have to be the number 1 Leupold 'positive promotion man' on this whole forum

Used to only have Leupolds,now only 1 little 1-4 compact left I have slowly switched to low power Kahles and a swaro,no regrets.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

yes but not all m8 4x are equal...I had 3 and all were different...the oldest/longest ,with largest rear eyebox was by far and away the best......eye relief is primo...field of view is primo....target aquiring is shit hot....it now sitting atop my poohseventy and will probably never leave it again....the 3x9x50mm vx11 in the 223 is good scope and never moves zero....the old nikko stirling gold crown beat it for light gathering but those scopes were freaks of nature....had so much good features but did fog if abused...unfortunately Im guilty of scope abuse so nearly all my rifle wear loopys...the two that arent are wearing an early burris and early kahales both were gifted to me....

Mine is a bit of a short one. Even on the m70 243 lightweight it could come back a little for proper eye relief
Got a 1.5x5 loopy on the 416 and it is a great little scope. Mind you dont have anything comparable to judge it against