How do the weaver scopes compare to the Leupold VXII's ?

I have a Weaver V10 (2-10x38) on my Savage 110 sierra lite 7mm Rem Mag. I like the fact that I could mount it w/ low rings, that was a huge plus, the scope is awesome. I'm not a big Leopuld fan. You may also want to check out Sightron scopes. I have 3 mounted now.

I have a Weaver Grand Slam and would rate it as comparable with a VX-III. I am not sure how the classics compare. I have been very happy with my Grand Slam.

First what cal. and firearm will you attach? What do you plan to hunt or shoot?
Weaver's seem to withstand recoil as I have two on .375 & .416 DG rifles and have used them on DG. Both are 1x3 pwr tubes have served me well. We have mounted Weavers on Freedom Arms.454 Casull without failure. I do not think Weaver's have quite the quality of glass etc. as Leupold and I do own several Leopolds. Comparing VXII's to Weaver.. which Weaver? In the same class you will pay more for the Leupold. If you want to save money..perhaps then choose Weaver. However do not expect to get the same quality if you choose a different class rating.

So what do you want it to do and what will be the demands? In scopes you probably come close to getting what you pay for. Remember spend as much as you can on glass as you most likely cannot hit what you cannot see. Also scopes do not fail in the closet. Weaver has on the top end excellent quality and Leupold quality throughout the entire line. (I cannot speak for the Rifleman line sold at discount stores.)

You may get what you pay for but... you never get what you do not pay for.

A scope and mounts is not the place to be trying to save money. Choose top quality and you will be happy.

I put my Weaver Grand Slam 6 - 20 next to my friend's Leupold VXIII 8 - 24(?) varmint scope whilst on a prairie dog shoot. Not much if any difference in mid-day light. Don't know if it would be any different with a VXII.

Scope light transmissions vary all over the map in low light. Leupold now has some sort of "twilight" coating to help low light light transmission.

I would assume that if the VXII had the low light transmission coating, it would be way more functional than the Weaver GS.

I have a Weaver Grand Slam 6-20 on a Model 70 7-STW. I went to the NRA convention a few years back and looked through every riflescope with at least 12X on the top end and cost $200 or more. The only scope that appeared clearer/brighter to my eyes was the Nikon Titanium 5-15x. I liked some of the Weaver's features a little better. So that's what I ended up with. It's an awesom piece of glass. My only regret is the reticle I chose. When they call it "fine crosshair with 1/8 minute dot" they mean "FINE"!!! There's no way to use this reticle on game in dusk or dawn times. I've not even attempted to try it in the woods. Luckily, most of the use the STW gets is long-range paper & steel killing.

I have 3 Weaver V10's. One is on a Weatherby Ultra-Lightweight 25-06. One is on a s/s Ruger 77 MK II .300 Win Mag. One is on a Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker .375 Weatherby. The 11 oz. weight of the V10 keeps the Ultra-Lightweight light. It also reduces inertial stresses on the .375 Wby. The one on the .300 Win Mag has been around the longest. Truth be known, I bought it because it was economical and matched the finish on the rifle. Turns out it was a super choice.

L-R: 70 Classic Stainless w/6-20 Grand Slam, 77 MK II s/s w/V10, 70 XTR w/ Burris, A-Bolt Stalker w/V10



And the ultra-Lightweight with a V10:

I have a Grand Slam 6-20x?? on a .223 Rem. Nice optics, good adjustments, inadequate diopter compensation. I found it hard to focus at various distances.

Not a bad scope for the price, but I'd rather have a Zeiss Conquest, or even a Leupold.

- mike

They are a big bang for the buck, and if you did not own a Leupold or Z. Conquest you would probably would not know any better, but if you don't want any issues just get a Leupold or Zeiss Conquest. The paralax/focus on the Weaver Grand Slam is a pain and the scope never seams to be in focus when you aim it at anything (not even close unless you keep it on "infinity") My Burris Fullfield II 4-14x44 is even worse.
The Leupold and Z. Conquest just seem to be ready to use whenever you want them.

As always, in this country, you usually get what you pay for...........unless it's a closeout item or stolen!

The Grand Slam is very repeatable and as such is quite popular with our local rimfire silhouette shooters.
My conversion to Weavers happened like this. I use to buy Leupold only for years and years. About 11 or 12 years ago I mail ordered two 6.5X25X40 VariXII Varmint scopes that had just been released I ordered them on Leupold's rep. Both had real problems. In spite of Leupold's record of great service they rebuilt them both twice then started dragging their feet. "I bought em, I owned em" was the attitude .
At that time a fried who's daughter is a National Champion rimfire silhouette shooter told me about the repeatability factor of the Grand Slam Weavers and in fact he preferred them to the comparable Leupold he stated because of that repeatability factor, (this is the Grand Slams only). The 6X20X40 Weaver Grand Slams at that time I was having delivered on my porch at about $300.00 each or about 1/2 the $$$ of the 6X20X40 Leupold's.
Long story short, I now have about a dozen of them and the price has gone up but they are still about 2 to 1 over the Leupold's.
I love em! Very user friendly, left side read on the AO and power adjustment, low hunting height turrets that finger adjust just as well as the Leupold "Top Hat" height turrets that scratch everything in the safe.
I do think the Leupold's have slightly better optics but I like the function of the Weavers better and the glass quality IMO is quite close. Top it off that at 2 for one even I am sharp enough to figure out the math on that. I'm a big Weaver fan!

P.S.
In fairness I do have to add that after about 8 or 9 years of haggling with Leupold over those two 6.6X25X40's (I'd given up actually, both on arguing and Leupold as a company) a guy started a post on Leupold and as always I related my $1,300.00ish tale of woe about those two scopes I was still P.O'd. about and a guy on this site told me that there had been a change of attitude at Leupold on that model scope and they were finally willing to make it right by the customers and admit it was a design flaw. I called Leupold one last time and low and behold they straight up offered to trade me out of em for two of their 6X20X40VariXII's (that's all I'd wanted them to do for all those years of being pissed at em, go figure). I was pleased and impressed actually but sorry bout that Leupold, their initial response had turned me into a shopper and about a dozen Weavers later Leupold is S.O.L. I'm a Weaver guy!

I have 3 Weavers all variable's.

A 2.5x10x50 Grand Slam which is an outstanding scope and is mounted on a Blaser .243 Winchester used primarily for Roe Deer, a 2.5-10x50 on an Anschutz 22lr and a 6-16x42 on a 7mm Remington Magnum Savage Tactical.

FMPOV good value all the way around.