Originally Posted by
Daveboone
Problems with the Leupolds? Many years with the same VX 3 scopes on the same guns (.300 Win Mag, 45-70 Browning and .308) I have never had a problem. My guess is any scope you put on you will have problems with. Are your scopes and mounts professionally mounted? (yes or no, no "ive been doing this for years").
Are you shooting quality ammo, staying with the same brand, Wt. and bulllet? Are you shooting from a proper rest? Are you treating your scopes like a precision piece of optics? Are you carrying your gun in a quality hard gun case? If the answer is yes to all of the above, you are bragging about your current scopes, not cursing them. But you will be cursing the next scopes also if you arent paying attention to the other details first.
The VX-3 is a lot different scope than the VX-I.
That being said,
The first time I had the VX-I it was professionally mounted. It lasted about 6-7 months, but during most of that time it was sitting not being used. When I went to use it is when it went bad. When I got it back from Leupold, I did mount it myself, but it's honestly not that hard to mount a scope. This time it lasted about 9 months or so most of the which it was sitting. Then it quit holding zero.
The other one also was professionally mounted and was on a muzzle loader when it quit holding zero. It was my buddy's. I bought it from him and got it fixed, but never mounted it on anything.
I'm shooting the same brand of ammo, same lot number, and it's always been quality ammo. The ammo is usually either Federal Fusions or Winchester Power Points or Ballistic Silvertips. I'm shooting off of sandbags, but have also shot it several times out of a vise with very similar results. I don't carry it in a hard case everywhere I go, but honestly, I'm not going to, but I do carry it in a hard case most of the time in a vehicle. When I'm in the woods it gets treated like a hunting rifle I don't walk around with it in a case. My buddy didn't use a case when carrying it in his vehicle, but he doesn't for his other guns either and he doesn't have any issues. The rest of the scopes I've had get treated the same, and some of them get treated worse and don't have any issues holding zero.
The rest of the scopes I've had have given me 0 issues and I've mounted them all myself. Well, one was "professionally" mounted, but they didn't level the reticle so I re did it myself and it works great. As long as you properly torque the mounts, and get the reticle level it's not that much to mounting a scope.