Re: leupold european 30 scope???
MSD,
I have had a 3-9x50 Euro 30 for three years now and I find the Glass to be very nice. I do not own any other Leopold scopes, but it is the second best of all my scopes.
I own an IOR 4-14x50 30mm Tact (#1), 3-9x50 leup euro 30 (#2), Bushnell elite 3200 3-9x50 30mm tube (#3), ~10 yr old Simmons AETEC 3.8-12x40AO (#4)
I do not have any problem seeing well past legal hunting hours with the Leupold. I would definately go with it again since the price is significantly lower now than when I bought mine!!
I think the price drop is from a lack of popularity in the US.
One more thing, the adjustment for windage/elevation (turrets? brain fart and I can't remember what they are called) are crappy! the zero indicator is an aluminum disk that slips around with finger pressure only. possibly moving and making it appear that youv'e lost zero. I am not talking about the "clicks", they are typical Leupold (good), its the indicator dial that has the tick marks and zero mark.
Not a huge deal to me on a hunter scope (not adjusting win/elev in the field)
tater