Leupold Optical Booster

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Hey there,

Has any of you heard of the Optical Boosters you can get for Leupold scopes? I heard someone speaking about it during a F class shoot in Kingston on the weekend, and this sound interesting.

Where can you get one of these?
 
SakoAlberta sells them in the Optics EE. If you do a search there are a couple of threads about it here.
If you decide to get one, post a review for us, ok?
 
You get a chance to look through one. There was 2 guys with the booster on their scopes one a leupold the other a nightforce. I got a chance to look through the nightforce and it was suprisingly clear and inproved the magnification. The leupold guy could not praise it enough and said he had it on ALL his leupolds. I am thinking of trying one out on my Weaver T24 to get it closer to the power of my nightforce during practice it is a small investment if it doesn't work out
 
I bought a BuzEyePro booster last winter but it didn't really work for me like I had hoped. I had hoped to use it to spot bullet holes at 200 yards for load development then use scope sans booster for varminting.

It is the 3x Multi-Coat in the Universal housing (slip on) so it wasn't one of the cheaper models, it was over $200 by the time I got it. (wish I had waited till SakoAlberta carried them:()

However, when the booster is installed I have to turn the eye focus on my scope nearly all the way in (losing magnification in scope) to focus clearly. Without it on I can back the eye piece focus adjustment out a fair bit and keep focus (gaining a bit of magnification that way). With the booster I do gain magnification but lose sharpness of image so I actually see bullet holes better without it most days.



If you get one I would recommend the 4x with Multi-Coat

Slightly more costly but the way the optics work the 3x has less effect than I expected, (I estimate 10% increase).

Maybe a better scope would respond to the booster more favourably than mine (Leopold VX-II 6-18x40) and retain image sharpness with it on.


I am not saying the product does not work!!

Just not as well as I had hoped. Hope to try it on other scopes to see if I can find a place for it before I give up and sell it on EE.
 
Thanks for the heads-up and advice. It's nice to have helpful and supportive members.

Cheers

surfclod said:
I bought a BuzEyePro booster last winter but it didn't really work for me like I had hoped. I had hoped to use it to spot bullet holes at 200 yards for load development then use scope sans booster for varminting.

It is the 3x Multi-Coat in the Universal housing (slip on) so it wasn't one of the cheaper models, it was over $200 by the time I got it. (wish I had waited till SakoAlberta carried them:()

However, when the booster is installed I have to turn the eye focus on my scope nearly all the way in (losing magnification in scope) to focus clearly. Without it on I can back the eye piece focus adjustment out a fair bit and keep focus (gaining a bit of magnification that way). With the booster I do gain magnification but lose sharpness of image so I actually see bullet holes better without it most days.



If you get one I would recommend the 4x with Multi-Coat

Slightly more costly but the way the optics work the 3x has less effect than I expected, (I estimate 10% increase).

Maybe a better scope would respond to the booster more favourably than mine (Leopold VX-II 6-18x40) and retain image sharpness with it on.


I am not saying the product does not work!!

Just not as well as I had hoped. Hope to try it on other scopes to see if I can find a place for it before I give up and sell it on EE.
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