I have a what I perceive to be a problem with my Leupold VX-R Patrol w/FireDot:

Here's the deal:

Several weeks ago I ordered the above scope off the web.  Good scope  except for one thing.  If I understand correctly from Leupold's literature, you can set the dot on ANY brightness, lay the scope down for 5 minutes and then when you pick the scope back up, it will "wake up" at that same setting.  The scope I ordered would not do that.  It came back on WAY dimmer.  I called Leupold, the tech said yeah, it should come back on with the same brightness.  Not wanting to send a brand new scope back to Leupold,  I sent the scope back (with full disclosure) to the vendor for a refund.

I liked the scope so much (except for the above problem) that I ordered another one from another source expecting "No problems".  Well, the second scope does the same thing.  Am I missing something here?  I would appreciate any input from anyone familiar with this scope as to what their experiences are.

That realy sucks to hear



I was really looking into putting one on a hunting rig.



Have you notified Leupold about the second one?

Yeah, I sent an e-mail,  but the guy is out of the office until Tuesday.  Guess I'll find out more then.  Hopefully someone on the forum with "hands-on" experience will respond.  It really is a nice scope; just can't figure out what's going on with the Motion Sensor feature.

It just seems incredible coincidence that it's happened on two different scopes from two different dealers.

I talked to a tech guy today at Leupold and explained the details of my problem with the two Leupold Patrol Firedots (1.25-4).

He consulted with an engineer and came back on the line to tell me that they had been aware of the malfunction for a few weeks now and were working on a solution.  

Just wanted to let you guys know.

Murphy123