Thread: Leupold VX-5HD Firedot reticle issues

I spoke with Greg at NZASIA this morning re the visible spec/dot in mine, plus the hairy reticle - seems they may be associated with each other. Spec/dot is clearly from something loose inside the scope floating around and becoming attached to an internal lens. Something that has been seen in a small number of scopes by NZASIA over the years and not a Leupold specific issue. Greg then went on to explain that the reticle is magnetic (maybe magnetic paint?) so if there are any loose particles, then these can get attracted to the magnetic reticle (hence it kinda does look like iron filings sticking out from the reticle). Greg was great to deal with - no issues in getting the scope back to them and off to the custom shop in Oz to get repaired (mine is a couple years old so not replaced with new).