Posted on 08/21/2016 3:55:48 PM PDT by w1n1
If you didn't know - Leupold Blends High Capacity With Quality, State-of-the-art Recycling To Produce Top Optics
The Leupold & Stevens factory in Beaverton, Ore., just west of Portland, stands on the far edge of a grassy, wooded hill at the end of a long, curving driveway, and the distance from the public street to the front door is just far enough to put one of their popular riflescopes or range finders to the test. Standing at the sign out front, the headquarters could be taken for a small college or public library. Instead, this unassuming facility houses a beehive of activity in a multistory structure that cuts deeply down and into the hill, making the factory much larger – and more secure – than it appears. Despite its humble appearance, the campus supports more than 650 employees.
I recently visited Leupold for a tour courtesy of Dave Domin, one of the company’s marketing and communication specialists. My visit encompassed the entire production process from beginning to end and included a review of their state-of-the-art recycling program. Read the rest of the Leupold story here.
Yep. Nice clear glass.
Years ago all my guns got submerged in the Tulsa Memorial Day flood of 1976. No, It was NOT a boating accident!(That came later);-D
The only scope to survive was my Lyman All-American. I did not have any Leupold scopes at that time. My Weaver scope survived but managed to get enough moisture inside to do damage.
The only Leupold scope I have is an old fixed 4 power which is very parallax sensitive. Anything less than 50 yards and it shoots all over the place if you cannot get your eye right in the center of the scope.
I think there still is a place for open iron (or whatever they are made of) sights.
Before going any farther, I will admit that scopes are more accurate and if you want the ultimate in accuracy they would be your only choice.
Despite that, open sights are far more capable than many believe. When I was around 20, I traded for an 03A3 Springfield which had a Redfield receiver sight and a sourdough front sight. For overall use it is hard to imagine a better combo.
I have seen the bright colored plastic light gathering open sights for some time and it never occurred to me to try them. They just looked too much like a gimmick. I guess they could be glass for all I know but they look like little plastic tubes.
I bought a high quality air rifle which came with those bright little tubes both front and rear. When I first checked it out, it was obvious they had some advantages. For my 70 year old eyes, the light attracting dots were just plain easy to use. I even seemed to do better with them for precise shooting.
As I said to start with, the difference between good open sights and scopes is not as great as most think.
Leupold scopes are alright by me. Pronounced Lou pold I think. Bought a M8 12x in 1978 and mounted it on a brand new 700 varment special. Floated the barrel and fixed the trigger. Worked up a load. Never had the turrent caps off since. That scope was $88 if I recall and the rifle was $189. Of course 20 bucks then was a night out.
I shoot a US Optics on one of my long range rifles. $3k scope. Was building another shooter and a bud of mine talked me into looking at the Vortex line.
Spent a little over $1k and had all the bells and whistles that the US Optics had and was almost as good. Will see if it will stand the rigors of abuse that the US Optics has been put through but I believe it will.
I recently bought a couple pairs of their binos and really are liking them.
You shoot groundhogs? Dang, Do you wait until they come out to see their shadow?
Yes, “state of the art recycling” is the very first thing I look for in any product I buy. Who cares about high performance, high reliability, customer service, warranties, and value? Those qualities are so 20th century. Green, use of post-consumer waste, machines driven by windmills and solar cells are the important considerations today.
Bah. I SPIT on your stupid recycling program? Does anybody really give a sh!t about that sh!t?
Not me.
I would love to play around with that for a while. That being said, My Leupold binoculars I bought many years ago still serve me well. Light and insta-focused, individual optics adjustable, set up for me. I scoped out closely 18 wild turkeys in the back yard Thursday. How fun was that being a birder. I’ve had a yellow finch female land on my seed cup while I was holding it. Don’t ever laugh at a female. I do have a fondness for El Paso Weaver scopes though, especially 2.5 power.
I think you can drive over your Vortex and if it’ breaks they’ll just repair or replace it. I go a pair of binos too and love them.
Used to. They were a real pain for cattle farmers and my family had a string of farms up in SW Va.
Anymore the coyote take care of that. We're on to pigs now. d:^)
My first few scopes were Leupold. Still have them. No problems. They started to go up in price, so I switched to Nikon. No problems with them, either. The next scope I need, I will be looking closely at Redfield, though. Made by Leupold, but lesser priced.
US Optics are very nice but a bit out of my price range. Yes, for the price Vortex rocks.
Reasonable?
So far I've been satisfied with SigOptics Romeo red dot. It's about 2/3rds the price of the high end Aimpoint, and comes with plenty of extras like a Vortex.
I did not know that..... I go up to Wyoming and S Dakota and shoot prairie dogs but did not know people ran around shooting ground hogs.
I love blasting the dogs. Just got back a month ago from Wyoming on some BLM land that had not been hunted. Was shooting mostly in the 70-120 yard range with longest being 330 yards. Had a blast....
Yeah me too now that I am retired. That is why I am slapping Vortex on all my new builds
Since that trip my standard advice for peeps I've known that were planning a trip is to figure out how much ammo ya think ya need, then triple it! Hehehe. d;^)
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