leupold riffleman scope

rochelle · 10-20-2003, 02:30 PM

Has anyone used the leupold riffleman scope? How does it compare to the vx 1?l

BigBore1895 · 10-20-2003, 09:13 PM

I don' t use Leupolds on my guns because I have heard mixed reviews of them. From what I hear they work better on guns that do not kick very much. A friend of mine busted the guts out of one that was atop his .300 mag for twenty something rounds.

Quilly · 10-21-2003, 02:27 AM

this might be off the subject but..

i never heard mixed reviews about the leupold scopes. i always hear great things about them. you should have your buddy send back his scope since the rifleman scope is still a lifetime garuantee ( spelling ).

Mykey · 10-21-2003, 05:34 AM

Thats the first negative i' ve ever heard about a Leupold scope too. I' ve used them all my life and have never had one single issue even when mounting them on heavy recoil rifles. I have friends who have them on their 300 and 7mm Ultra mags and have never had a problem. I agree your friend should send it back to the factory.

oldelkhunter · 10-21-2003, 10:05 AM

Only mixed reviews I have seen concerning Leupold scopes have been the three hundred million posts comparing them with Zeiss Conquests. In these posts their optics were brought into question. I only remember one reply where they had a problem with the scopes reliability. I have used and abused Leupolds for many years on all sorts of rifles and never had one fail to recoil and I don' t think one should expect any quality scope to have a problem with recoil. Saying all that the Rifleman is a clone of the old VAri-x II and should have no problem handling any recoil whatsoever short of maybe a 458 lott ... While not great optically it will prove to be one tough mother.

JagMagMan · 10-21-2003, 02:30 PM

I' ve never heard of " mixed" reviews of Leupold scopes either! All I have EVER heard was good!
I don' t have any experience with the new Rifleman scope or the VX-1, but the Vari-X-II was the best scope you could get for the money! Sure when you get into the high dollar scopes the Ziess will win, but I' d still bet that you can' t get a better scope than Leupold for less than $200.00!!!

Briman · 10-21-2003, 07:36 PM

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I don' t use Leupolds on my guns because I have heard mixed reviews of them. From what I hear they work better on guns that do not kick very much.

Yeah, I heard that howitzers work much better with different sighting systems than rifle scopes. For every thing smaller, the Leupolds are tough to beat- a whole lot of quality for the money. If something breaks, Leupold will fix it for free, and you don' t have to have it shipped overseas to have it repaired.[:-]

James B · 10-21-2003, 09:15 PM

The rifleman should be a good scope. I have had more than my share of trouble with Luepolds as well. The last two however have been good omes. Never had any problem with my many Bushnells.

flatheader · 10-21-2003, 11:16 PM

the only leopolds that i ever have trouble with is ones from pawn shopes, i then send them to oregon and get fix on warranty, usally i am aware of the problem and know i can make a good profit when they are fixed.. my 300 wearas the same 3.5x 10 it started with 10 yrs ago.. never skipped a beat, and this is a stainless /synthetic that is light and rocks the boat

Superpig · 10-22-2003, 10:25 AM

The only difference is the Rifleman has Leupold' s new wide duplex reticle. Do some research and visit www.leupold.com