OK, so I am embellishing experiences, am I? Here they are:
A Vari-X III 6-20x40 had the target dot fall out. First one quarter of the dot exited, then after a couple dozen more shots the remainder of the dot broke. This was with the hard pounding 22-250 with 50 gr Ballistic Tips. Yeah, that one was a brute. It was sent back to Leupold for repair. When it came back, there was foreign material inside the tube. Could have been lint or dust but in the magnification it looked like sticks and twigs. Anyhow, this makes me wonder about their clean room. It went back again.
Fast forward to a 8-25x40 Vari-X III. This one was on a 6mm Ackley Improved. It had the light duplex reticle. After 55 shots it would not retain zero. Yep, back to the factory it went. When it came back, I put it on a 22 PPC/6 PPC switch barreled 40x. It went fine for a year then it would nto shoot the same point of impact from 8x and 25x. Back it went
again.
I destroyed a M8 2x LER scope on a TC Contender chambered in .45/70. The guts let go. I sent it back for repair and got a new scope. I tried it on a custom XP100R in 338/284 and it was gone in less than 50 rounds. After a new one came in , I did not use it on the hand cannons and tried it on a 30-06 Ackley Improved chambered Encore handgun, it would not hold zero. It now sits as a paper weight. I threw on a Simmons, yes
Simmons LER scope on the 30-06 Ackley and it shoots 1.5 MOA groups one after another.
I have a VX-III 4.5-14x50 Long Range Duplex that is not repeatable. I am glad I paid $425 for it, because I would be pissed if I paid a normal price for this thing. So far it does hold zero. The clicks are not accurate though. It is installed on a 338 Win Mag Mod 70 Classic. It's useless as a long range shooter as I can not dial in elevation or windage in any kind of repeatable form.
There you go, each and every issue I have had with them. I have not had any issues with Nikon Monarch, Burris Black Diamond, Zeiss Conquest, Swarovski American Hunter, Kahles American Hunter, or even a cheap Chinese knockoff of the Mark 4.
I have had problems with B&L 3200 and Scope Chief, Tascos, and 2 Simmons scopes. With a $150 scope, if it goes south, oh well. I toss it. With a $500+ scope for one failires should be few and far between. This has not been my experience.
This is the last I am entering on this subject, if you don't agree or still want to call me a liar, F U. I don't care. You are nobody to me.