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I have one leupold scope
Posted By: kyle1974
I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:19 PM
and I have to return the POS to have it warrantied....
imagine that. and, I'm currently the 7th person in line to the warranty center.
good thing leupold makes such high quality products!
LMAO
Posted By: thewrap
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:22 PM
That's true. They do make some of the best scopes IMO.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:22 PM
And how many are after you in line? Should have bought a Zeiss Conquest for the same money. Glad you are getting it taken care right in the middle of deer season also.
Posted By: quackaholic1
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:23 PM
Like all things sometimes they break. Leupold has a great warranty program so I sure they will take care of you.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:23 PM
I bought before I realized what wads of crap leupolds are! (2003 I think).
hey, no big deal... I'm going to change my scope and go shoot a deer next week at this package hunt place. I'll just aim center of mass like all these other people do when they hunt up here! My guide will find it.
LOL
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:24 PM
Yo Kyle, they could just send you a new one since it is hunting season right?
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:25 PM
maybe I should record the conversation and put it on you tube
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:25 PM
What model is the Leupold?
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:25 PM
I bought before I realized what wads of crap leupolds are! (2003 I think).
hey, no big deal... I'm going to change my scope and go shoot a deer next week at this package hunt place. I'll just aim center of mass like all these other people do when they hunt up here! My guide will find it.
LOL
Just get a bigger caliber rifle while you are getting a new scope and you will be just fine then.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:28 PM
it's a VXIII 4.5-14x40.
stx, that's a great idea. I heard from a guy who killz big deerz that if you shoot something like a 338 rem ultra mag, it doesn't matter where you hit the deer, they will drop in their tracks.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:29 PM
he told me that it's right in the middle of hunting season so the wait times are much longer.
good thing I'm a right winged nut job and have plenty of other rifles!
Posted By: devildog28
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:38 PM
7 people out of hundreds of thousands of scopes? Sounds reasonable to me.
Posted By: possom813
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:38 PM
Silly boys, don't ya'll know that nothing short of .700 nitro express is completely useless on white tails?
Using a .700, or even bigger for the those monster spikes, you're guaranteed a 'dead right there' shot, and most times you won't even have to field dress them because they got so scared when they heard that bullet flying that they did it themselves.
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:38 PM
Dang nice scope! What is wrong with it? Won't hold zero? Won't adjust?
Posted By: Texan Til I Die
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:39 PM
All I've bought in the last few years have been Zeiss, but I bet if you look at the percentage of warranty claims on Zeiss vs Leupold, there won't be much difference.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:41 PM
it's a VXIII 4.5-14x40.
stx, that's a great idea. I heard from a guy who killz big deerz that if you shoot something like a 338 rem ultra mag, it doesn't matter where you hit the deer, they will drop in their tracks.
Wait how tall are you?
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:42 PM
Dang nice scope! What is wrong with it? Won't hold zero? Won't adjust?
Kyle owns it and he is shooting it
enough said
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:43 PM
7 people out of hundreds of thousands of scopes? Sounds reasonable to me.
How many more are in line behind is the real question I think.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:46 PM
shheeeeeeeeeeeet! it won't hold zero. I had it on my 7mm that will shoot well, and it started shooting ~4" groups. cleaned the barrel...shot OK, then shot like crap. I took the rings and bases off, re assembled everything, check the ring alignment, and the scope worked well for a few shots, then started spraying again. put a zeiss on it, and it's money. I put the leupold on a sako 25-06 and initially it shot great, well under 1" groups. last weekend I checked the zero on it and it was off about 3". made an adjustment with no change to bullet impact, then it started spraying bullets all over the place.
stx, I'm plenty tall to shoot a RUM... just a shade under 5 feet tall.
as for the statistics... there were 7 people in line RIGHT NOW, not people for all historical purchases of leupold products.
Posted By: redchevy
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:49 PM
I own several leupold scopes, the newest one is about 10 years old. Never had a problem although zeiss makes some nice scopes I fail to see how a zeis 3x9-40 is soooo much better than a leupold 3x9-40. Shot several side by side in low light and at night by the light of the moon. Never did something with one that I couldnt do with the other. It is the next trend of oh if you dont have "X" then you need a better scope.
Posted By: BruiserOutlaw
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:55 PM
Leupold used to be good American stuff..
I have had some adjustment issues with a scope with that big variable power..
Posted By: possom813
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:57 PM
Leupold used to be good American stuff.. What is wrong with it?
It doesn't have "Zeiss" or "Swarovski" stamped on it anywhere
Posted By: retrieverman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 07:57 PM
I have owned at least a couple dozen Leupold scopes over the years, and the only problems I have ever had with any of them have been with a couple of illumination turrets. The customer serviice folks have been a pleasure to deal with, and in my opinion, their no BS warranty is great.
I also own several Zeiss Conquests and Diavaris as well as Swarovski Z6i's and PV-I's, and in my opinion, Leupolds can hold their own optically with the best of them.
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:00 PM
Dang nice scope! What is wrong with it? Won't hold zero? Won't adjust?
Kyle owns it and he is shooting it
enough said
Calm down Kyle! Just get it fixed, sell it and part ways. Hey STX maybe you should buy Kyle and me one of them purty Swaros like you bought yourself
. Was that the Z6 or Z5?
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:04 PM
It's ruined my entire deer season!!! I should have bought that trasco pronghorn!
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:06 PM
Dang nice scope! What is wrong with it? Won't hold zero? Won't adjust?
Kyle owns it and he is shooting it
enough said
Calm down Kyle! Just get it fixed, sell it and part ways. Hey STX maybe you should buy Kyle and me one of them purty Swaros like you bought yourself
. Was that the Z6 or Z5?
Z6. Just PM me both of your SS# and I will use you both as dependents at the end of the year also.
Posted By: retrieverman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:12 PM
It's ruined my entire deer season!!! I should have bought that trasco pronghorn!
I hunted with a Tasco Pronghorn 3-9x40mm as my primary hunting scope from 1986 until 1998 and never had a single problem with it. As a matter of fact, I just put it on a Ruger 10/22 a few weeks ago and am still using it.
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:15 PM
[quote=grout-scout][quote=kyle1974]it's a VXIII 4.5-14x40.
Calm down Kyle! Just get it fixed, sell it and part ways. Hey STX maybe you should buy Kyle and me one of them purty Swaros like you bought yourself
. Was that the Z6 or Z5?
Z6. Just PM me both of your SS# and I will use you both as dependents at the end of the year also.
PM sent! Is it o.k. if I made up a ss# like some of the rock layers around here do? And ohhh my you got the Z6! Haven't you heard? Your not allowed to make lot's of money and be able to buy nice stuff. You got that rascal sighted in for
OUR mulie hunt?
P O S Leupolds! Kyle you can sent that junk to me, your much to good of a friend to have such cr@p like that!
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:17 PM
[quote=grout-scout][quote=kyle1974]it's a VXIII 4.5-14x40.
Calm down Kyle! Just get it fixed, sell it and part ways. Hey STX maybe you should buy Kyle and me one of them purty Swaros like you bought yourself
. Was that the Z6 or Z5?
Z6. Just PM me both of your SS# and I will use you both as dependents at the end of the year also.
PM sent! Is it o.k. if I made up a ss# like some of the rock layers around here do? And ohhh my you got the Z6! Haven't you heard? Your not allowed to make lot's of money and be able to buy nice stuff. You got that rascal sighted in for
OUR mulie hunt?
P O S Leupolds! Kyle you can sent that junk to me, your much to good of a friend to have such cr@p like that!
It was all from tip money from guiding rich hunter.
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:21 PM
[quote=stxranchmanIt was all from tip money from guiding rich hunter.
[/quote]
Sumbiztch! Invite him back more often
Was it
BMD?
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:24 PM
[quote=stxranchmanIt was all from tip money from guiding rich hunter.
Sumbiztch! Invite him back more often
Was it
BMD? [/quote]
Oops..should have been hunter(s)..
Posted By: BruiserOutlaw
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:24 PM
I use a bushnell that I got at Walmart on a clearance rack.. Matter fact got, right when they started carrying Leupold scopes.. Guess they was thinning the herd for the good stuff..
I bought it cause I had a problem with a redfield on my 270.. Thought well here is a cheap way to test if it's the scope.. That thing is still on it.. Not a high dollar scope and it shows, but been a dang good one..
Posted By: BuckRage
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:26 PM
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:27 PM
Dang nice scope! What is wrong with it? Won't hold zero? Won't adjust?
Kyle owns it and he is shooting it
enough said
^ this
I've yet to have one of those break, but then again, I don't have time or patience to stand in a line, that's what the US postal service is for. As you can see I'm an intelligent individual who values great products. Don;t go zeiss, some of them are made in the US meaning they got the boot from being good euro glass.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:29 PM
Dang nice scope! What is wrong with it? Won't hold zero? Won't adjust?
Kyle owns it and he is shooting it
enough said
^ this
I've yet to have one of those break, but then again, I don't have time or patience to stand in a line, that's what the US postal service is for. As you can see I'm an intelligent individual who values great products. Don;t go zeiss, some of them are made in the US meaning they got the boot from being good euro glass.
And this coming from a fellar whose first words spoken were not Momma or Dadda but Leupold
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:32 PM
if it was I should be prostaff
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:34 PM
if it was I should be prostaff
But you were on the enfamil prostaff right?
at least that is what they told me when I got some to fill all my FREAKIN WATER TROUGHS.
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:37 PM
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:38 PM
if it was I should be prostaff
But you were on the enfamil prostaff right?
at least that is what they told me when I got some to fill all my FREAKIN WATER TROUGHS.
One more time because it was good!
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:40 PM
Posted By: LandPirate
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:41 PM
I've had and still have gobs of Leupolds. Never had one fail. Are sure you ain't of them guys that can mess up an anvil with a rubber mallot?
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:42 PM
if it was I should be prostaff
But you were on the enfamil prostaff right?
at least that is what they told me when I got some to fill all my FREAKIN WATER TROUGHS.
I could be, there are good looking kids all over the state of TX
Posted By: grout-scout
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:43 PM
Might be on the Pampers Pro Staff too! Ohhh I better zip it before I get
.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:44 PM
I have 3 zeiss, a burris, a friggen simmons, and a couple nikons and they're all kicking. I may swing by carters country on the way home and pick up another zeiss for that 25-06. I need it.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:44 PM
hell, I have my dad's old winchester with a weaver 4x32 that still works!
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:46 PM
grab that Meopta that should still be on sale.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:48 PM
Grab a Leupold I heard they are all on sale also.
That way you can have a match pair of POS scopes. Maybe they will perform better in pairs.
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:50 PM
that's what they do with swaro..take 2 leupold monoculars and link them together for their EL series.
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:51 PM
leupold is always on sale when you get them wholesale.
Posted By: Eland Slayer
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 08:55 PM
Wow....this was 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Thanks.
Posted By: littlebass
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 09:09 PM
If you decide to get rid of that "POS" please let me know. I have an extra $50 laying around.
Posted By: 007hunter
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 09:24 PM
I'd give $51...maybe even find enough change under the couch cushions to go $52
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 09:38 PM
nope... there are still some people out there that think they're worth $500! LOL
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 09:42 PM
they are... most of the time they're worth more than the guns they're on
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/15/11 11:59 PM
Take the money kyle and let them wait on the scope to get repaired.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 12:02 AM
I had enough... picked up another zeiss on the way home. I know that one will work.
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 12:07 AM
Not always.... 30-378 destroyed a conquest pre Colorado trip. Either that or it came with a solar eclipse viewing feature.
Posted By: skinnerback
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 12:47 AM
I've never had a problem out of a Leupold, only real problems I've ever had with a scope have been on Tasco's.
Posted By: pokerj2
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 12:52 AM
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 12:55 AM
I had enough... picked up another zeiss on the way home. I know that one will work.
You were just looking for an excuse to buy a new scope kyle
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 12:58 AM
I had enough... picked up another zeiss on the way home. I know that one will work.
You were just looking for an excuse to buy a new scope kyle
did you talk to my wife?
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:07 AM
I had enough... picked up another zeiss on the way home. I know that one will work.
You were just looking for an excuse to buy a new scope kyle
did you talk to my wife?
No,
but I will if I don't get a couple of boxes of shells dropped off as hush money.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:09 AM
new scope? what new scope? this old scope?....I uh..... I've had this thing for years..... or something.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:15 AM
new scope? what new scope? this old scope?....I uh..... I've had this thing for years..... or something.
Wife:
Why is not on the rifle, Kyle?
Kyle:
Honey I took it with me to see some of its family at Carters Country in Houston today
Honest I did
Wife:
Door slamming now.
Kyle:
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:22 AM
I bought it for you sweetheart?
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:24 AM
I bought it for you sweetheart?
Door to car slamming now as she starts up and drives away.
Posted By: kmon11
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:25 AM
Good luck with the New Scope Kyle
I have returned 3 Leupolds for not holding zero. All were repalced with new scopes.. It just sucks when they break at a very bad time. The worst was the leupold that broke somewhere between here and Montana for an Elk hunt. Glad I took along a backup rifle with a Nikon on top. Have bought my last Leupold.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:28 AM
eh, it's no big deal really. I'm bow hunting only this year, until it's time to kill all the does. we'll see what happens with it... in two months when they get around to repairing it!
Posted By: THETEXAN
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:37 AM
Not always.... 30-378 destroyed a conquest pre Colorado trip. Either that or it came with a solar eclipse viewing feature.
Posted By: THETEXAN
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:38 AM
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:50 AM
new scope? what new scope? this old scope?....I uh..... I've had this thing for years..... or something.
Wife:
Why is not on the rifle, Kyle?
Kyle:
Honey I took it with me to see some of its family at Carters Country in Houston today
Honest I did
Wife:
Door slamming now.
Kyle:
once you blend the box in with the others they never know the difference. My wife grabbed a 10/22 in the back of the safe opening weekend that was right in front of a rifle she had never seen before and I haven't heard a peep.
Posted By: dogcatcher
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:52 AM
This makes me glad that I bought the Simmons in 1978, still right on the target and never had a problem.
Posted By: mustafa
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:56 AM
all these people saying how good their warranty pretty much tells me that they bought a piece of crap and had to send it back.
Posted By: rifleman
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 02:07 AM
I sent a leupy back a cpl weeks ago... also sent a swaro spotter back. (And I have a ton of leupy scopes & only 1 swaro spotter) It happens no matter what brand you buy.
Percentage wise we've had fewer BUrris go back than any, including Zeiss, their Conquest (of the american market) series is pretty troublesome...
Posted By: BuckRage
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 02:30 AM
thats because people just throw away the Burris.....
Posted By: skinnerback
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 03:20 AM
Still love the Leupolds, for the money you can't go wrong IMO..never had an issue. I have found though that some folks don't take in to account their barrel floating & temperature outside/barrel cleaning etc when sighting in their rifle. Then go to a really cold state to hunt, & all of a sudden "OMG" this scope sucks. I've done it too, moral of the story is....it's not always the scope that's the problem. Hhmmnnn, the dove stew is ready & really smelling good. Think I'll have some
Posted By: pokerj2
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 03:49 AM
Its getting deep
Posted By: jeffbird
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 03:55 AM
.it's not always the scope that's the problem.
But sometimes it is.
The best customer service and best warranty is to design it right, and build it right, before it leaves the factory, so it does not have to come back.
Percentage wise we've had fewer BUrris go back than any, including Zeiss, their Conquest (of the american market) series is pretty troublesome...
Does that include Nightforce, Schmidt & Bender, and Hensoldt?
I have owned two Zeiss LRF binoculars and both had problems.
Posted By: pokerj2
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 04:12 AM
.it's not always the scope that's the problem.
But sometimes it is.
The best customer service and best warranty is to design it right, and build it right, before it leaves the factory, so it does not have to come back.
Percentage wise we've had fewer BUrris go back than any, including Zeiss, their Conquest (of the american market) series is pretty troublesome...
Does that include Nightforce, Schmidt & Bender, and Hensoldt?
I have owned two Zeiss LRF binoculars and both had problems.
I have zeiss diavaris and never an issue
Posted By: Texsun
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 05:14 AM
Vince says "The Germans make good stuff!"
Posted By: dogcatcher
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 06:26 AM
It also depends on how the person takes care of their equipment, I remember one time we had this hunter that had some of the best equipment. I almost died when I saw him put his Weatherby rifle with his Zeiss scope in a soft case, and then chunk it in the bed of his pickup. He didn't lay in their, he pitched it to the front of the bed from the tailgate.
.it's not always the scope that's the problem.
But sometimes it is.
The best customer service and best warranty is to design it right, and build it right, before it leaves the factory, so it does not have to come back.
Percentage wise we've had fewer BUrris go back than any, including Zeiss, their Conquest (of the american market) series is pretty troublesome...
Does that include Nightforce, Schmidt & Bender, and Hensoldt?
I have owned two Zeiss LRF binoculars and both had problems.
Hendstolt has been bad but mostly military stuff
nightforce is about two of six going back
Schmidt is o for o... never sold one in twenty five years in business.
Posted By: kyle1974
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 01:10 PM
.it's not always the scope that's the problem.
But sometimes it is.
The best customer service and best warranty is to design it right, and build it right, before it leaves the factory, so it does not have to come back.
Percentage wise we've had fewer BUrris go back than any, including Zeiss, their Conquest (of the american market) series is pretty troublesome...
Does that include Nightforce, Schmidt & Bender, and Hensoldt?
I have owned two Zeiss LRF binoculars and both had problems.
Hendstolt has been bad but mostly military stuff
nightforce is about two of six going back
Schmidt is o for o... never sold one in twenty five years in business.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the consumer of high end products actually realizing when something is wrong? we've all seen "that guy" at the range, shoot 3 shots into a pie plate, and call it good...
there are a lot of people that can't tell the difference (so they say) between cheap scopes and high end scopes, maybe they can't tell when something is out of focus a bit, or an adjustment isn't working perfectly?
Posted By: Rustler
Re: I have one leupold scope - 11/16/11 02:25 PM
You don't like Leupold, fine, get it fixed sell it and buy somthin you do like, seems simple enough to me.
Your opinion of/experience with Leupold is not much different from mine with Nikon, or to a lessor degree Bushnell Burris Swaro Z's and Vortex.
You're not gonna change the minds of those that are happy with their brand of choice or have much influence on those looking for opinions before purchase.
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