More Club Leupold

So, when I posted the first thread I had just started to enter what I always considered the "exclusive" scope club called Leupold. For as long as I have been shooting rifles guys around me have been expousing the virtues of that particular brand. "The only scope to have is a Leupie!" or "Why put a [name your other scope brand here] on a [enter your high dollar figure] rifle"? 'Course, they would usually admit "It's okay to put that [name of cheaper scope] on that [low dollar] rifle". But then again, there's even some that demand to have Leupold on everything, even the lowliest of "truck rifle"...... now I'm not saying this is a bad thing! In fact for the second time in almost as many months, I have entered yet again......."Club Leupold"!

I just picked up another one... an excellent condition, used, matte VariX-II 3-9x40mm. This one is a lot newer series than the gloss blue 3-9x40mm one I got a couple months back that has the "plum" colored knob covers. Now here's the dillema.... 'course gettin' another new [to me] scope means juggling scopes around. One has to "sellect" the lucky rifle to get this premium piece of glass on it! So, here's my choices.....

1. Tikka 695 6.5x55mm  [currently has a matte B&L Elite 3000 3-9x40mm on it].

2. Rem 700 BDL .30-06 22" barrel [currently has a Tasco WC+ 3-9x44mm on it].

3. Winchester M70 .30-06 24" barrel [B&L Elite 3000 3-9x40mm on it now].

'Course right now I am leaning on putting the new Leupold on the Tikka 6.5x55mm, moving the B&L over onto the Rem BDL .30-06 and then the Tasco World Class Plus 3-9x44mm can go back on the Rem 788 carbine 7mm-08 [replacing a more modest Bushnell Banner D&D 3-9x40mm that's on it now]....

Anyway, for the time being I think I am going to concentrate on acquiring a couple more Leupolds and continue "upgrading" the glass on some rifles [instead of buying more rifles!]. That's my plan anyway...

Can anyone out there tell me about their experiences with the Leupold VariX-II fixed power 6x42mm scopes? That one maybe my next "target" on the quest to be a card-carrying member of "Club Leupold".

Regards, Marcus.

Moved some scopes around this afternoon...

Put the new [to me] matte VariX-II 3-9x40mm on my light barrel Rem 700 .308 [my first centerfire rifle recently reacquired]. Took the older gloss blue VariX-II 3-9x40mm [the one with the plum colored covers] off it and put it on the Rem 700 BDL .30-06. The Tasco World Class Plus 3-9x44mm went back onto the Rem 788 carbine in 7mm-08.

That leaves the Tikka stainless 6.5x55mm with the matte B&L Elite 3-9x40mm on it, which is fine. Maybe if I come across another deal on a Leupold it'll get the treatment next.......

Regards, Marcus.

dakotasin wrote: that's a lot of work to keep the tasco around...

Dakota - I guess you're right. I am on a quest to upgrade some of the scopes I have. That Tasco WC+ had been on that Rem 788 before and in that combo, that rifle shoots! The Tasco is a much better scope than the Bushnell Banner Dusk&Dawn series IMHO. That I can tell from looking down the tube, comparing the brightness and clarity between the two. The D&D scope would do, I'm sure, but since I already know what the Tasco will do on that rifle, it went back on.

I now have two Bushnell 3-9x40mm D&D's that are just "extra" scopes for me. Got a super deal when I bought 'em. However, both are going on my table at the next gun show. The proceeds are going towards another Leupold - probably a spankin' new VariX-I 2-7x33mm.

Regards, Marcus.