EE seems to have surplus of VX5-HD’s?

The vx-5 is probably the nicest (in that price range) scope on the market for a lightweight long range hunting rifle. Too bad they have the problems with broken erectors and holding zero.

Mine had broken erectors after one backpack trip. Fixed under warranty. Brought it on another backpack trip and zero was off by about an inch at 100, but still tracking fine. It seems ok since. Idk, it’s hard to trust it. I bought a zeiss v4 for my other rifle but haven’t really had a chance to get a feel for it yet.
 
Bustercluck said:
The vx-5 is probably the nicest (in that price range) scope on the market for a lightweight long range hunting rifle. Too bad they have the problems with broken erectors and holding zero.

Mine had broken erectors after one backpack trip. Fixed under warranty. Brought it on another backpack trip and zero was off by about an inch at 100, but still tracking fine. It seems ok since. Idk, it’s hard to trust it. I bought a zeiss v4 for my other rifle but haven’t really had a chance to get a feel for it yet.
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Those 2 issues are reason enough to never buy a leupold. Just imagine if it happens on your once in a lifetime moose/ goat/ sheep hunt.

Imho hard to beat the leica amplusses.
 
Well you are bringing the bad news of the day! Well done.
Sad, I'm pleased with the 2-10×42. Hopefully I bought them when the price was decent and the warranty is good. I'll keep that weakness in mind.
 
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I’ve had lots of Leupold and still do and so far so good and mostly older ones and nothing above vx3hd…
I think that all optic companies have there problems, even the most expensive ones, and lots of them have ####e for service and warranty. Most of them are “pigs” weight wise and bulk wise. I ain’t putting a 2lbs scope on a hunting rifle lol! I don’t twirl turrets and I don’t hunt past 300-400m. I don’t shoot papers other than load development and sighting in. I hunt in pretty remote and harsh conditions and never had an issue with any of the scope I own, Bushnell Leupold weavers etc. I must be one lucky man!!
 
In 1977 i worked in my first gun shop it's 2026 i still work in a gun shop
i have sold 1000's of leupold scopes i doubt that i have had ) come back in those years
they are still the top scope on the market
many manufactures have come and gone
they all boast about the quality of the scopes they make but really have no quality some company with money goes to china puts a name on a scope
Scorpion or tasco or what ever they want flood the market with junk and are gone
Vortex another one
absolute junk
 
struff55 said:
i have sold 1000's of leupold scopes i doubt that i have had ) come back in those years
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thats reasonable as owners have to go a different route for warranty
The true facts would come from Korth as to the numbers of claims, and whether there has bee a change in L quality ovver the years
I'm in the 'no problems with older Ls' camp
 
Kingcott said:
Would the vortex razor hd lht 3-15x42 be a better option?
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Maybe. They also didn't pass the rokslide drop test but the list of scopes that do is very short. Ive had the lht 3-15 on my 280ai for a few years and it hasn't lost zero at all. The glass is great and of course the waranty in canada is great. For the money you can get a trijicon credo 2.5-15x42 and that is a scope that does pass the test. Nightforce, maven, trijicon, minox are some scopes that have "passed" the test. There's also a new scope made by zerotech that we should see up here in a year or so that is supposed to be solid but I wont be one of the first in line for that one.
 
I believe they have released a gen2 version recently, few updates I guess. I like my 2-10 vx5 and the 1.5-5vx3 i.... oh haha 2-7x33 vx freedom rimfire I'm looking at picking up a 3-15. Leupold is tough to beat as far as forgiving eye box ect... idk its just one of those things like Samsung /apple phone type deals. Theres a chanel on youtube call C_DOES. He compares a crap ton of scopes..... I was wanting the Trijicon Credo 2.5-15x42.... but his comparisons show that other than its reputation for being 'tough' due to that above rokslide drop test..... the overall experience is poor....
 
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Thats all well and cool to say do the 'research' and not state your own first hand tests and experience? most of the info or opinions out there are second hand or just one somewhat credible story being repeated by 1000's. the statistics would probably be along the lines of 90% of zero/scope 'issues' are due to rings/mounts and firearms issues.

There's another good youtube channel called backfire. They have a sako s20 that was dropped. It never shot the same after. Changed scopes, removed/re installed the stock, ect ect ect.... it was just never the same.
 
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My old leupold(vx1) never lost zero but I never abused the rifle either.
The rifle has a trijicon on it now just incase. The stupid mil reticle might cause me to change it.

I still want a 2.5-8x vx3hd for my cz527 carbine.
 
Leupys work just fine for most people, and that is a fact.

Growing up I was taught to check my zero if the rifle suffered an impact or drop.

Most of the time it was fine, but sometimes a few clicks of adjustment were required. I just accepted that as fact. "Why" isn't really important when you can just shoot a couple rounds, make an adjustment (or not!), and carry on hunting. Who cares whether the action shifted in the stock, maybe the scope shifted sligjtly in the rings, maybe the bases shifted on the receiver. If the rifle shoots where you point it, go hunting!

Right or wrong, that was my paradigm for the better part of 2 decades.

Sighting in at the beginning of the season an 1-½" 3 shor groups was perfectly acceptable, and it want uncommon to adjust the scope a few clicks one way or the other when sighting in at the beginning of the season. Other variables were at play maybe the action had been out of the stock for cleaning, maybe there was a change in ammunition.

For a 300yd-and-in hunter with a 'set and forget' scope, the reticle shift 'return to zero' is making mountains out of molehill to a great extent.

Put a lightweight scope on a lightweight rifle and most shooters can't shoot the difference.

I agree 100% that a 2lb scope has no place on a light hunting rifle!

That being said, when I moved to Saskatchewan (over 10yrs ago now), portable rangefinders had become accessible and I started to get interested interested in longer range shooting. Having Coyotes stopout at 500yd got me inspired, seeing 200 class mule deer at 700yd got me committed.

I moved away from Leupolds when I got interested in dialing. and it was driven by my progression as a shooter. Now I shoot a 10rnd group to zero, I ensure my scope rings are concentric. I epoxy bed scope bases that are not pinned to the receiver. There is a lot more that goes into setting up a 'bombproof' rifle than simply selecting the scope

I'd like to continue, but this reply has taken me over 24hrs to compose - little bits at a time 🤣

So ill close wit this. For me its about getting better, better as a shooter and more capable as a hunter. Here is an interesting link explaining the 'How' and 'Why' of drop testing for anyone interested.

https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/scope-field-eval-explanation-and-standards.246775/

Leupolds still work fine for the majority of hunters, and that's just fine with me!
 
KodiakHntr said:
Never had to check your zero before a hunt? Never had to make an adjustment to your Leupolds? Impressive if so.
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I shoot my rifles year round .
Sometimes 20 rounds sometimes more.
Three inches high at 100 puts me bang on at 200.
As for twisting the dial to chase mythical long distance game?
I know my limitations …
Call me a fudd just remember I’m a Union Thug first.
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
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FLHTCUI said:
I shoot my rifles year round .
Sometimes 20 rounds sometimes more.
Three inches high at 100 puts me bang on at 200.
As for twisting the dial to chase mythical long distance game?
I know my limitations …
Call me a fudd just remember I’m a Union Thug first.
Tight Groups,
Rob
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So yes then? You have had to make adjustments because zero didn’t stay where you left it? Or no?
Never made an adjustment and then had subsequent rounds move more or less than it should have?

How many rounds in a year are you putting downrange on average through the rock solid Leupold? Genuinely curious about that, especially considering you must be chucking big hunks of lead slowly if you are +3 at 100 and “bang on at 200”…. Perhaps you should consider dialing instead of Kaintucky Wind Age, make those 250 yard pokes a little more precise. Just a thought.

No clue what being a union worker has to do with anything though?
 
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KodiakHntr said:
Never made an adjustment and then had subsequent rounds move more or less than it should have?
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not to say this is what you are reffering too, but...

I see that at the range every year, guys chasing a zero poi with only single shots on target instead of adjusting to center of a group
I bet many wind up right back at the initial setting but blame the scope for having to waste a precious box of 20
 
KodiakHntr said:
So yes then? You have had to make adjustments because zero didn’t stay where you left it? Or no?
Never made an adjustment and then had subsequent rounds move more or less than it should have?

How many rounds in a year are you putting downrange on average through the rock solid Leupold? Genuinely curious about that, especially considering you must be chucking big hunks of lead slowly if you are +3 at 100 and “bang on at 200”…. Perhaps you should consider dialing instead of Kaintucky Wind Age, make those 250 yard pokes a little more precise. Just a thought.

No clue what being a union worker has to do with anything though?
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I'll tell you what, you do you and i'll do me.
Your mileage and bias is showin.
Tight groups,
Rob
 
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