Re: leupold vs night force
Loopys are fine, but in a lot of situations there are better scopes for the same money.
They do have a very good pulse on the hunter market and what's going on there.
I bought one of their new VX-III 6.5x20x44 long range scopes. Given the other Loopys I've owned (and others I've shot) I was a little reluctant, but bought it for two reasons:
1) it was exactly what I wanted for a hunting first, long range target gun second- type gun
2) I reluctantly bought into the marketing hype around the VX-III "we've redesigned our scopes!!!"
I wasn't reluctant because they are bad scopes, just because I know there are better values to be had.
A couple months later I bought a vortex viper, which was significantly less money, better warranty, and better glass.
Will vortex be around 10 years from now? Good question. But, will there be a significant difference in value at that point?
I have several friends, who are very knowledgeable gun guys, who have a safe-full of loopys. Getting them to even consider buying another brand raises their blood pressure 200 points.
They always start the conversation of buying a new scope with other brands, but at the end of the day they are just more comfortable buying a loopy.
You do have to give Loopy some credit for building that kind of undying, sometimes even nonobjective, loyalty. That takes a long time, and a lot of consistency.
