ORIGINAL: kdvollmer
I bought a MK 4 for my .338 LM, and that is the reason that I have no interest in owning another. somewhere within say the first 10 shots, and a piece of the reticle came off. I called Leupold they told me that wasn't possible, and that it HAD to be dust. Funny thing was that piece of **DUST** was black, perfectly straight on 3 sides, and the same shape and size as the cross-hair posts on the top, bottom and sides......
I would wonder how that would happen as well, I was under the impression Leupold scopes had etched reticles, so they really can't break like that. They are not a wire, they are a reticle etched into a lens that is why they are supposed to be able to handle heavy recoil and spring air gun use.
Maybe I was miss informed or maybe just certain models are like that and the one you had wasn't.
My first question would be irregardless of what was wrong with, did they fix it?
Paul