Question concerning Leupold Comp scopes

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xphunter

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I am considering getting a Leupy Comp 45x and I was told that they are having difficulty in holding zero and repeatable clicks.
Is this a common issue?
Your thoughts, positive and negative would be appreciated.
I posted this on the short range BR section, but have had no response.
I also have read where they have frozen the scope and made external adjustments.
My question is how widespread is the problem and has Leupold addressed it properly?
 
Great Scope

The Leupold competition series are great scopes and are widely used in Varmint class benchrest competition. True...some of the scopes have proved troublesome and the permanent cure is to freeze them and use external adjustment mounts. However...the vast majority of them are still performing flawlessly and are still winning their share of matches.

This scope is one of the finest available and aside from the Nightforce (to heavy for short range benchrest) and the March (very expensive, but great), it is highly popular with the serious competitors.

If this scope was within my price range, I would have no hesitation is purchasing one.

virg
 
Leu comp

virg said:
The Leupold competition series are great scopes and are widely used in Varmint class benchrest competition. True...some of the scopes have proved troublesome and the permanent cure is to freeze them and use external adjustment mounts. However...the vast majority of them are still performing flawlessly and are still winning their share of matches.

This scope is one of the finest available and aside from the Nightforce (to heavy for short range benchrest) and the March (very expensive, but great), it is highly popular with the serious competitors.

If this scope was within my price range, I would have no hesitation is purchasing one.

virg
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I agree with Virg..... The first generation was having some problems... till about 2002.. But scopes manufactured after this are pretty solid... Still all internal mechanical scopes can and will fail at >>> "Benchrest standards P.O.A/P.O.I." <<<.... Eventually... Just a matter of time.
Though, there are those who will blame a scope rather than their poor shooting/equiptment/components.............................:rolleyes:

If the price tag of a Leupold Comp is acceptable to ya, then that's the ticket! You'll love the wonderful glass!

cale
 
Save a bit more money and talk to Hobbie at Kelblys......


Stonewall :D
 
just a thought

For the same money, you can buy a new Weaver, have it frozen by Jackie, and get a Bucky's mount. In my experiance, that is about as bullet proof as it as it gets.
BA
 
Butch, I believe--

That Gene Buckys locks up the comp models and sends the others to John Hicks to be locked up. John has one of my Sightrons now and Gene sent me the mount before he left for IBS nats. If you go thru Gene he will have it locked up for you
 
First thing I do on any kind of scope (new or used) is mount it on a proven rail gun and fire a couple groups and check the hold. If it moves, send it to get fixed or frozen.

MOst rail gun owners won't mind switching scopes for a minute as most are machined with a rail mount and taking scopes off and back on is a piece of cake.


I think the majority of the new Leupys are working just fine. I have been seeing a ton of them show up on the firing line lately with no mods at all.
 
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Butch Lambert said:
Tim,
What have you seen inside them that would make you believe that?
Butch
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Firstly, I've had 2 series that went back. One of the first "J's" and an "L". When I noticed on the return paperwork the 2 had different replacement items, the early one, only wave springs I called Alan Tucker and was told the newer parts would not retrofit. Since then there have been heavier springs installed in the turrets and have been told that there's been a stiffer less elastic material used for the erector ball joint, so while the latter stuff might be subject to argument, the report I got, more or less from the "horses mouth" . I'd tell you though if you click the newest series they are absolutely firmer.
 
Hi Butch,

Not sure of specifics on the evolution of the internal parts of the Leu Comp’s but I do know that there have been changes made as Tim stated.

I don’t have any problems with the four that I’m currently using. Yes, one of the very earliest models did go bad in a very big and evident way after some use. But if it is going to go TU, that’s what you want to have happen I guess. So I sent back the two early models and they came back all tweaked, cleaned and like new. In fact, that scope was on the RG when I had that good day at 300yds. I figured that is a great way to keep an eye on a scope’s performance.

There seems to be issues with any optical/mechanical system as you well know, I don’t care if it is fresh, frozen, sliced or diced. Nothing is 100% reliable for many reasons.

Mustafa
 
Frozen Scopes

I do not freeze scopes for the general public anymore, I showed John Hicks the ins and outs of it, helped him with the tools, and he now performs this service on the various 36x models for Gene.......jackie
 
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