I just finished mounting my first Leupold VX-R scope and I am totally impressed.
This is very premature as I have only mounted the scope, have not even taken it to the range yet, but man, that is a good scope.
Let me preface this by saying I mount lots of scopes. Ok, maybe not as many as Dr. Mike, but I mount scopes for lots of people and have 20 Leupolds sitting here on my own rifles and pistols.
This is a 3-9 VX-R and I mounted it on a Remington Model 700 Classic chambered in 338 Win Mag.
I bought the rifle in 1987 and mounted a new Leupold 2.5-8 on it at that time. Well, that scope is getting tired, sort of blurry now and dim. My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I immediately said a new scope. I mounted the scope in a set of Leupold dual dovetail mounts and medium rings.
The optics are great, and I think that lighted dot in the center of the duplex is going to be just the thing for hunting hogs early and late.
But what REALLY amazed me is that the scope is the most forgiving for positioning in the rings of ANY scope I ever mounted. No matter where I put that scope in the rings, the eye relief was just fine at any power. Heck, I just finally positioned the scope where it looked good and tightened things down.
I set the rifle down in the gun vise and let it sit five minutes. Sure enough in 5 minutes the lighted reticle went off. As soon as I moved the gun, the lighted reticle came back on at the same setting I had it on.
I plan to take it to the range tomorrow, maybe an update after that, but right now I am kind of pumped up with this new scope.
This is very premature as I have only mounted the scope, have not even taken it to the range yet, but man, that is a good scope.
Let me preface this by saying I mount lots of scopes. Ok, maybe not as many as Dr. Mike, but I mount scopes for lots of people and have 20 Leupolds sitting here on my own rifles and pistols.
This is a 3-9 VX-R and I mounted it on a Remington Model 700 Classic chambered in 338 Win Mag.
I bought the rifle in 1987 and mounted a new Leupold 2.5-8 on it at that time. Well, that scope is getting tired, sort of blurry now and dim. My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I immediately said a new scope. I mounted the scope in a set of Leupold dual dovetail mounts and medium rings.
The optics are great, and I think that lighted dot in the center of the duplex is going to be just the thing for hunting hogs early and late.
But what REALLY amazed me is that the scope is the most forgiving for positioning in the rings of ANY scope I ever mounted. No matter where I put that scope in the rings, the eye relief was just fine at any power. Heck, I just finally positioned the scope where it looked good and tightened things down.
I set the rifle down in the gun vise and let it sit five minutes. Sure enough in 5 minutes the lighted reticle went off. As soon as I moved the gun, the lighted reticle came back on at the same setting I had it on.
I plan to take it to the range tomorrow, maybe an update after that, but right now I am kind of pumped up with this new scope.
