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Me, I would buy anything BUT a Leupold cause I'm just tired of seeing all the people jump on their band wagon. There are plenty of other great scopes out there just as good as Leupold that cost less.
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Sorry Da, but have to raise the bs flag here, as your statement is spoken like a true neophyte and one whose never owned a quality scope in his life...., or never had the time to find out whether the scope ya got is any good.
please refer to my comments in this re-post from an old thread asking about BEC scopes:
[red]As long as your requirements are low, most any scope will do.
If all you want in a scope is to set it for one specific range and require that it hold zero fairly well, then these types of scopes will work for most folk. They are reasonably clear and probably sealed.
Should your requirements extend to cover say something with more dependable expectations, like:
1. [b]Durability[/b], rain/shine/sleet/snow, I want my scope to be bullet-proof.
2. [b]Clarity[/b], I want that extra 30 minutes in the morning and at dusk, and I want it to be guaranteed to stay that way for it's entire life.
3. [b]Solid[/b], being rock solid at any point along it's elevation travel, dead on the money no matter the range and having the ability to hold zero permanently, (given the occasional falling out of tree, train wreck of other act of god).
4. [b]Precise[/b], 100% repeatability no tracking errors at any time, again guaranteed.
5. [b]Longevity[/b], this item has a life and a guarantee such that I will never have to buy another or need to replace it 'cus it wore out.
When viewed w/ these types of requirements suspect the 30 dollar BEC I put on my twin boys, 22s would come up dreadfully short and are worth no more than their cheap cost to begin with.
[b]Leupold[/b] is the only name I trust, but then I expect my scopes to become my sons someday, and there's the lesson. Nothing beats quality, whether it's the most expensive/best tires for my scooter, (which my life rests on everyday) or the scope for a particular rifle, quality lasts, quality instills confidence, quality is a very worthy goal in my book, I'll take a lifetimes of it, please.....YMMV
Mike
PS - don't forget ya can spend 60-90 here for this one, 200-300 there for that one, but precision costs, save your bucks, if ya want to have pride in your scoped rifle, the scope is critically important, buy one you'll be proud to own for the rest of your life, see if ya don't feel better about yourself.......all depends on what your willing to settle for.[/red]
Here's another valid point, I suggest ya take a trip to the 1000 yard Nationals in S.Carolina later this year and take a look at the scopes on these rifles, 'spect you'll find ONE named scope more prevalent than any other and that name will be [b]LEUPOLD[/b].
'nuff said,
Mike
Added: here's the one I got for my LR Rem 700 '06 rifle from Premier Recticle, w/ the "new" Gen II Mil-dot, that allows ranging at any power, [url]http://206.131.255.85/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PR&Product_Code=49801G&Category_Code=GEN2[/url]