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Leupold Scopes...Do you trust them today?
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<blockquote data-quote="tylerw02" data-source="post: 1831609" data-attributes="member: 113012"><p>I have several Leupold scopes. Most are made for the max PBR style hunting.</p><p></p><p>I have had several Mark 4s over the years and still have a few.</p><p></p><p>A few years back I wanted a highly-featured, light-weight scope for hunting. I purchased two of the Mark 6 scopes. After all, the military was buying them. How could I go wrong? It was a 21 oz scope with the features of my 39 oz Nightforce.</p><p></p><p>The first scope went on a known good rifle. It wouldn't hold zero at all and the windage knob seemed not to even move the erector. I sent it to Leupold and they sent it back "repaired" with a week's turnaround time. The problems persisted and it ended up back at Leupold 3x before it seemed good to go. Now two years later, it's on a rifle that I can't seem to group anymore. I'm thinking it's the scope yet again.</p><p></p><p>The other scope was good out of the box. I took it on a mountain hunt a few years back and it held perfect zero on the trek there. During load development it did awesome....I was shooting 2.5" groups at 600 with it on a .280 AI. After the trip I used it for whitetail hunting at home. I shot a 9 pt buck but missed my mark by 4-6" and Initially thought I made a rare bad shot. So I took it to the range and surely enough, the scope was shooting high and right 6". The turrets has not been moved. I attempted to rezero. It wouldn't. It went back to Leupold. They "repaired"it. It came back and wouldn't shoot under a 3" group on a known good rifle. Back it went, and back it came with the same problems.</p><p></p><p>Finally, I'd had enough. I got a bit hateful with the guy after he called me a liar and said it was impossible and I just hadn't done something right and didn't know what I was doing. Ironically, I teach precision rifle for a local training outfit and I've been an F-Class and PRS competitor does many years I was more than ****ed and went over his head. They promised"if" they detected any of the problems I was having, they would replace the scope.</p><p></p><p>Leupold has my scope for three months before they determined I wasn't full of it and again repaired the scope rather than replacing it. Seems this time they actually shot it. I was quite upset they didn't replace the scope, but at least I know I wasn't getting a new scope that could have as soon been a lemon.</p><p></p><p>Up until new Mark 4 and Mark 6 scopes I had never had a problem. But the last several scopes I Have experience with have been troublesome. </p><p></p><p>I would have been more forgiving of what seems to be some QC issues if Leupold would have just owned up to their mistakes and their CS people would have been more diplomatic rather than blaming me for their junk products.</p><p></p><p>To answer your question, no, I don't trust Leupold and won't be buying any of their scopes until there are institutional changes. I'll stick to S&B, Vortex, and Nightforce here on out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tylerw02, post: 1831609, member: 113012"] I have several Leupold scopes. Most are made for the max PBR style hunting. I have had several Mark 4s over the years and still have a few. A few years back I wanted a highly-featured, light-weight scope for hunting. I purchased two of the Mark 6 scopes. After all, the military was buying them. How could I go wrong? It was a 21 oz scope with the features of my 39 oz Nightforce. The first scope went on a known good rifle. It wouldn’t hold zero at all and the windage knob seemed not to even move the erector. I sent it to Leupold and they sent it back “repaired” with a week’s turnaround time. The problems persisted and it ended up back at Leupold 3x before it seemed good to go. Now two years later, it’s on a rifle that I can’t seem to group anymore. I’m thinking it’s the scope yet again. The other scope was good out of the box. I took it on a mountain hunt a few years back and it held perfect zero on the trek there. During load development it did awesome....I was shooting 2.5” groups at 600 with it on a .280 AI. After the trip I used it for whitetail hunting at home. I shot a 9 pt buck but missed my mark by 4-6” and Initially thought I made a rare bad shot. So I took it to the range and surely enough, the scope was shooting high and right 6”. The turrets has not been moved. I attempted to rezero. It wouldn’t. It went back to Leupold. They “repaired”it. It came back and wouldn’t shoot under a 3” group on a known good rifle. Back it went, and back it came with the same problems. Finally, I’d had enough. I got a bit hateful with the guy after he called me a liar and said it was impossible and I just hadn’t done something right and didn’t know what I was doing. Ironically, I teach precision rifle for a local training outfit and I’ve been an F-Class and PRS competitor does many years I was more than ****ed and went over his head. They promised“if” they detected any of the problems I was having, they would replace the scope. Leupold has my scope for three months before they determined I wasn’t full of it and again repaired the scope rather than replacing it. Seems this time they actually shot it. I was quite upset they didn’t replace the scope, but at least I know I wasn’t getting a new scope that could have as soon been a lemon. Up until new Mark 4 and Mark 6 scopes I had never had a problem. But the last several scopes I Have experience with have been troublesome. I would have been more forgiving of what seems to be some QC issues if Leupold would have just owned up to their mistakes and their CS people would have been more diplomatic rather than blaming me for their junk products. To answer your question, no, I don’t trust Leupold and won’t be buying any of their scopes until there are institutional changes. I’ll stick to S&B, Vortex, and Nightforce here on out. [/QUOTE]
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