The New Leupold Mark 3HD Coming Soon
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No, my point is that often people complain that 1X- scopes are not true 1x, in that they can see some slight distortion or magnifiaction..... just because it's not a perfect 1x with zero distortion.... is not the reason Leopold would choose to call it a 1.5 X as you suggested in order to be honest that it's not a true 1X.
Hopefully that makes sense to you?
Yes, we're on the same page, and articulating more or less the same thing. The joys of communicating on message boards. I suppose the use of the word honest made my statement appear like that's why they called it 1.5x, as a point of pride that they are being truthful its not actual 1x. I suspect the real reason they say 1.5x is because to get true 1x from Leupold in a Mark series scope you need to buy a 5 or 6 series scope. Is that being honest or just good marketing? Do we care?
Well, Leupold markets their Mark 8 as a 1.1-8x. So that should likely serve as an indicator of their honesty/precision in the way they describe their optics.
I just want to add that I’m a huge Leupold fan. Have lots of scopes from them, and they might be my favourite manufacturer because of their quality, light weight, and that they’re all made in the USA. I trust them more than any other run of the mill retail brand.
But this release is just a real head scratcher for me. I was real excited for these and was planning to buy a couple. But I’m very disappointed. Not sure how this is better than my Mark AR from 4-5 years ago. Wish I could find a couple VX-Freedom AR models still on the shelf.
I just want to add that I’m a huge Leupold fan. Have lots of scopes from them, and they might be my favourite manufacturer because of their quality, light weight, and that they’re all made in the USA. I trust them more than any other run of the mill retail brand.
But this release is just a real head scratcher for me. I was real excited for these and was planning to buy a couple. But I’m very disappointed. Not sure how this is better than my Mark AR from 4-5 years ago. Wish I could find a couple VX-Freedom AR models still on the shelf.
