Originally Posted by
hometheaterman
I disagree with this. I love my Burris and it's by far my favorite scope I've had. Leupolds included although I've never had a Mark 4. I've also never had any issues with Simmons scopes although not usually as clear as Burris.
I've had several issues with the Leupold I have as well as 2 other friends I know that have Leupolds whom have also had problems with theirs. Once you send it in they are good about taking care of it but none of them seem to hold up. None of us have had issues with Simmons nor Burris scopes. I've not had issues with Tasco's either but I know some do. No way I'd say they are the worst scopes and especially not Burris.
This is BS. I say that based on ~30 years experience with about every scope know to mankind. Leupold has the lowest failure rate IME; exactly one out of the several (probably 50+). It was an old VXII dropped off a rock... Leupold still fixed it and sent it back to me for free.
Other than that, I've only used Leupold CS for scope mods like M1 turret installs, custom turrets, custom crosshairs etc. I have a couple VX6s and put them optically on par with Swarovski. Best value out there IMO, with more options than any other.