Lightweight scope that dials with zero stop, does it exist?

[Shooter264]

Leupold VX5 or VX6 is your best option for what you asked for. I own several of both and have yet to have any issues with tracking. They've all been dialed up and down a lot!

 

[RemHutch50]

Would like to hear some more thoughts/experiences with the Swaro Z5s. ive narrowed down my next glass to one of these.

 

[Rich Coyle]

Would like to hear some more thoughts/experiences with the Swaro Z5s. ive narrowed down my next glass to one of these.

Apparently some work and some fail. I had four z5 5-25X52. Two were good in low light and two were not. The ballistic turret broke twice on the one that had it.

 

[Shooter264]

Would like to hear some more thoughts/experiences with the Swaro Z5s. ive narrowed down my next glass to one of these.[/QUOTE

Glass is great and track well. Problem is you only get 13.5 moa out of the scope because of the way the turrets are set up. I've heard there is a way to get around it but I haven't seen it. I sold mine because of this issue.

 

[Catahoula]

Ok I know they exist but doesn't seem to be many out there. When I say lightweight I'm thinking under 20 ounces and would prefer a pound or less. I don't need tons of magnification, something in the 12-15 on the top end would plenty. About the only one I see out there is the Leupold VX-5 3-15 that weighs in at just over 19 ounces. For those of you that have a vx-5, does it dial correctly every time? I was also looking at the Vxi-3 4-14 cds that only weighs 13 ounces but I'm nervous about that with no capped turrets or zero stop. Anything else out there that you all would trust for a hunting rifle? I'm thinking my budget is $1000ish. Thanks in advance

I have 2 of the VX-5 3x15 scopes with the B&C reticle. Just ordered a Cooper 270 Win & when it arrives I will buy another one. I was shooting long range last week with my custom 22-250 & it worked great.

 

[vancewalker007]

I have the 23 ounce 4-24 VX6 HD that has tracked perfect for 3 years now through several elk and Coues deer hunts. Before this scope I hunted with a 6.5-20 VX3 with M1 knobs for years and never had a tracking problem and I shot a lot of Coues deer with it at long range.

 

[cody finch]

I have the 23 ounce 4-24 VX6 HD that has tracked perfect for 3 years now through several elk and Coues deer hunts. Before this scope I hunted with a 6.5-20 VX3 with M1 knobs for years and never had a tracking problem and I shot a lot of Coues deer with it at long range.

Well I don't like to be the bearer of bad news but,here goes I personally think leupold is perfect for the job and use several with no issues they dont track perfect but they are good, so here is the bad my hunting partner is using a vx5 3x15 well he missed an elk during first week of season so at home we decided to check it out ,I'm glad we did when it was 16 degrees out it would not move on first shot but would be there on second shot checked it at several distances and it did the same every time,so it will be going back to leupold for repair,we dont know if it was the cold or just something internal sticking, I will still buy and own leupold but stuff happens when you use it . Is it there fault dont know we have used this scope for 3 seasons never a problem till now.

 

[manitou]

I know leupold recommends that you run their scopes turrets to their upper and lower limits (IIRC) 20 times each way when new in order to prevent that. I did do it and both mine have performed well, but they are only a year old.

 

[RemHutch50]

I know leupold recommends that you run their scopes turrets to their upper and lower limits (IIRC) 20 times each way when new in order to prevent that. I did do it and both mine have performed well, but they are only a year old.

that's nice to know. Would have never known that.

 

[vancewalker007]

Well I don't like to be the bearer of bad news but,here goes I personally think leupold is perfect for the job and use several with no issues they dont track perfect but they are good, so here is the bad my hunting partner is using a vx5 3x15 well he missed an elk during first week of season so at home we decided to check it out ,I'm glad we did when it was 16 degrees out it would not move on first shot but would be there on second shot checked it at several distances and it did the same every time,so it will be going back to leupold for repair,we dont know if it was the cold or just something internal sticking, I will still buy and own leupold but stuff happens when you use it . Is it there fault dont know we have used this scope for 3 seasons never a problem till now.

I don't think I said there has never been an issue with a Leupold product, I have never experienced one and in addition we have had 6 VX3 6.5-20s and none of them have had issues. I'm sure if your issue was a manufacturing issue Leupold will make it right. It's interesting that the issue occured in very cold temps. I have never seen an operational temp range on scopes. I guess that would be a question I would call a company over if I hunted in extreme weather a lot. I'm a Coues hunter do 30 deg F is cold enough for me. ;-)

 

[kiwikid]

Would like to hear some more thoughts/experiences with the Swaro Z5s. ive narrowed down my next glass to one of these.

The six Swaro Z5 scopes my wife and I have are all 3.5-18x44mm with BT and we have had no issues with any of them. There low light ability has been great and they all track really well. A couple of them are over 8 years old now. They may cost a bit more than what the OP wants to pay but at 15.9 oz they are light.

 

[cody finch]

I don't think I said there has never been an issue with a Leupold product, I have never experienced one and in addition we have had 6 VX3 6.5-20s and none of them have had issues. I'm sure if your issue was a manufacturing issue Leupold will make it right. It's interesting that the issue occured in very cold temps. I have never seen an operational temp range on scopes. I guess that would be a question I would call a company over if I hunted in extreme weather a lot. I'm a Coues hunter do 30 deg F is cold enough for me. ;-)

I was not calling any one out on this,I still use leupold. My point is it's a mechanical piece of equipment and any of them can fail at any given time. This is the first time for us in 30 +years was just bad timing, I will still continue to use leupold best value for dollar in lightweight scope option to me.

 

[LDHunter]

I know leupold recommends that you run their scopes turrets to their upper and lower limits (IIRC) 20 times each way when new in order to prevent that. I did do it and both mine have performed well, but they are only a year old.

This is the first I've ever heard of any scope manufacturer recommending this. Has anyone actually confirmed this with Leupold? I'm not doubting you but it invites troubles with people overrunning the maximum limits of adjustments which will cause all sorts of problems including damage to the erector system.

I used to mechanically center my scopes by going to the limits of the adjustment range each way while counting the clicks wall to wall and then moving the adjustment half way in between by dividing the number of clicks by 2. I did this with vertical and horizontal adjustments. The problem with this is many scopes, including Leupolds, get "mushy" at the limits of their adjustment range and it's hard know when you're actually at the limit of adjustment and I had to send a couple of scopes back after I did this.

Then I learned how to optically center a scope and not only is it much safer but it only takes a minute or so. You just turn the scope to it's lowest magnification range and set the parallax adjustment to the shortest distance first. Then you hold the objective bell against a good mirror (I use my wall mounted bathroom mirror) and look through the eyepiece and you'll see two vertical and two horizontal crosshair lines. Just move your adjustment knobs until you only see one of each and you're optically centered which should be very close to mechanical center.

 

[Kimber7man]

I know leupold recommends that you run their scopes turrets to their upper and lower limits (IIRC) 20 times each way when new in order to prevent that. I did do it and both mine have performed well, but they are only a year old.

I wonder why Leupold doesn't do that when they assemble the scope? Seems like an easy excuse for them to use.