Originally Posted by
Sheridan
It’s like a “great” athlete, they are only GREAT after they have done it GREAT for years.
Time will tell................................???
I do own their Binos and rangefinder however;
I'm a Burris guy (signature select level) when it comes to rifle scopes.
Sorry to say but;
Leupold (mid-level anyway) for me is like buying the fancy brand name item so you can walk around the mall
with their name on the bag.[/FO
[font=Calibri]Yea, I know...........................here it comes
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It's not coming from me. I just used Leupold as an example cause The thread starter has a Leupold and almost of of their emplyees hunt, so they know how a scope should function in North American hunting conditions.Leupolds their high end ones anyway are assembled by these people As opposed to employees in the Philippeens or Thailand that Nikon uses to build their top of the Line Monarch..All Im trying to say is, this it doesn't matter if you have the best parts money can buy, if it isn't assembled right it's useless.We all know those alot of orientals countries care about a dollar more so than the labour quality.It has and will continue to come back and hit us big in the scope industry. I'd be careful with Nikon.I have seen absolutely no proof they build their own scopes low end or high end.Leupold does have a reputation for durability and have had it for some time.But if I was to choose a scope now, it would be Ziess or Swaro.50 years from now that scope will still be mounted on one of your rifles.