Broke a Leupold today

86er · Post by **86er** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:02 pm

I have my Vari X-III 3.5-10 AO, serial # J194XXX for 25+ years. It has been on my custom 7mm Mag. Over 2000 rounds have been fired looking through it. It has held zero and had never been adjusted all these years. Today, RKrodle and I were trying out the 7's for an upcoming mule deer hunt. My first few shots were off. We talked about the gun not being fired in a long time, etc. Then the shots started walking right little by little. We made an adjustment. More walking right. Then suddenly, blurry. Perfectly clear one shot and blurry the next. Fiddling with it proved that at 3.5 the focus is perfect. As you increase magnification the focus gets worse and at 10X you can't even see through it. I shot my first 400 head of big game animals through that scope before I "retired" the rifle. I removed the scope for the first time in all these years. What a somber moment, you'd think it was a pet the way it made me feel. Oh well - off to the Leupold hospital for surgery and rehab. (Or maybe they'll replace it with the latest VX-III). If it gets replaced, I want the old one back to mount on a plaque and hang in the trophy room. Such is life with mechanical things.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:10 pm

Send it in - all I know is that it was alright until Krodle showed up.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:15 pm

Leupold will do you right.Sorry to here the lose.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:20 pm

Old Savage wrote:Send it in - all I know is that it was alright until Krodle showed up.

HEY, wait a minute, I get blamed for enough as it is.

piller · Post by **piller** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:33 pm

Ricky, at least I wasn't there to help break it. 86er would probably never let me shoot a Water Buffalo again if he thought I helped break it.

Seriously, that scope soulds like it held up to a lot more than anything I'll ever put a scope through. If I get another scope I think it will be a Leupold. 86er, if you mount it on a placque, will it be a full body mount, a head and shoulders mount, or what?

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:40 pm

Piller, I think it died of heart break from being semi-retired.

piller · Post by **piller** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:51 pm

Joe, you are just a heartbreaker.

Maybe it was just jealous of the amount of use his 86 receives.

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:11 pm

It has gone the course of all varibles, yours just lasted longer than most

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:18 pm

86er wrote: If it gets replaced, I want the old one back to mount on a plaque and hang in the trophy room.

Joe, you are my kind of guy! What a fitting end to a loyal hunting companion!!!

cnjarvis · Post by **cnjarvis** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:28 am

I'll lay odds that they'll replace it. I sent in a Vari X II that I dropped and bent the scope tube. I freely told them that it was my fault when I called for a repair quote and they sent me a brand new scope anyway at no charge. Darned fine people and darned fine scopes!

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:54 am

I just sent in a 1960s Vari-xII 2-7 compact for repair last month. It was on my dad's 264 since new. I got a brand new VX-II sent back no charge, but it never occured to me to ask for the old one back too. I hope they let you keep yours. They are a great company - there's no reason to every buy anything else IMO.

papabear · Post by **papabear** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:36 pm

JOe sorry to hear about your loss

But its all ways nice to have a new toy to play

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