Comments on: New Service Rifle Scope from Leupold: VX-4.5HD

By: Gary Smith

Gary Smith — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 05:19:46 +0000

Why in their infinite wisdom did the NRA/CMP not
have a scoped class and a iron sight class ??????

By: Jim Flammer

Jim Flammer — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 20:09:19 +0000

Like some of the respondents here I will not be attending “so called” service rifle matches in any but the closest venues anymore. The NRA and CMP have successfully dealt a death blow to A2 matches.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 21 May 2018 15:32:24 +0000

I bought the Leupold FX-II (straight 4 power) last year from Midway for $300 – (White Oak didn’t have them in stock) send it to Leupold and had them put in a dot recticle ($60 then – $200 NOW), and put target knobs on it for about $150 – so I had a $500 scope. Shot a 480/500 in the Leg match last summer at Perry and a 196-10x (first shot an “8” at 600 yds)in the match. The scope worked just fine (now it sounds like Leupold may be dropping this scope from their line). Yup – me thinks there are some options out there that are lot less than $1800+ for a service rifle scope and they will do just fine.

By: shane

shane — Mon, 21 May 2018 03:03:38 +0000

There continues to not be a SR scope with:
fixed 4.5x
reliable tracking
reasonable glass
reasonable reticle
1 inch tube
parallax adjustment from 200-600 yards. (You do not need more…)
Reasonable price

Hey, Vici Peters. Yet again, Leupold put the emphasis in the wrong features. Build a good basic model with parallax before putting this thing on the street. You do not need a $750+ scope to shoot High Master scores.

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 20 May 2018 17:16:32 +0000

Swfa has a real opportunity here. Their fixed power ss line is known for repeatable adjustments. A 4.5×32 with adjustable parallax would be a home run at 300 dollars.

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 20 May 2018 12:19:03 +0000

Remember just 3 years ago? $1400 was about the most you could conceivably spend on a Service Rifle; that would get you top of the line everything. Just about everyone from the winners of the P100 and NTI down to the guy who is just showing up to his first match shot pretty much the exact same rifle. Now guys are putting $2500 scopes in $300 mounts, and A2’s have all but disappeared from matches across the country. So much for the “level playing field” that Service Rifle used to offer, now it’s just another equipment race. Good job CMP and NRA!

By: Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson — Sat, 19 May 2018 23:35:09 +0000

Way too expensive for most service rifle shooters. What we need is a fixed power scope with better erector tube springs for repeatable adjustments, at a reasonable price. $500 is abour all I can afford for optics so will stick with my Nikon M223.

By: dpaqu

dpaqu — Sat, 19 May 2018 17:57:09 +0000

What benifit does a variable give in service rifle?

By: mtncwru

mtncwru — Sat, 19 May 2018 02:46:09 +0000

Jeebus. I’m with Steve: at those prices I’ll give the VX-Freedom and a ghost ring from White Oak a shot long before I (more than) double the cost of my Service Rifle with that optic, and then only if they actually put a parallax adjustment on the thing. If it were for Match Rifle I *might* accept that the better optic would make the difference on match day, but I’m hard pressed to believe that money wouldn’t be better spent on more practice, whether in the form of different ranges, coaching/classes, or simply more ammo and an extra upper.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 May 2018 18:19:39 +0000

No thanks, at those prices for the VX-4.5HD, I’ll start looking into taking up another sport. That scope costs more than I paid for both of my iron sight service rifles and doesn’t even come with a mount. The cost of a bass boat is beginning to sound reasonable.

Editor: Well “street price” is $1399.99 at OpticsPlanet, but that’s still a lot of money. We are still waiting for a $600 straight 4.5X with adjustable parallax — front objective parallax would be fine. The pricey March has been used by top Service Rifle shooters at Camp Perry, but few folks will want to put nearly $2500 into a SR scope!