Looking at a Weaver Classiv V scope in a 2-10X38. How are these scopes these days? Thanks for any help.

I have the V16 and V24 classics that I use for daytime varminting and they are very nice quality. Not as nice optically as my VX-III's but the adjustments are very precise and repeatable.

Just don't expect great service from Meade Optics (the new owner) for them.

I have a v10 on my contender 223 carbine. It is a very clear scope & the controls work very well but it has tunnel view. If you can get over that it they are a good value, especially mine a gift from the rep.

I had one (V10 2-10x38mm) and no longer do. No matter what I did it was like looking down a black tube. Any scope that I cannot get a full sight picture to fill up the view does not stay.

I got a Weaver V10, 2-10x38, on a rifle that I bought. I really wanted to like it, as it was a perfect match to the stainless Winchester/USRA 70 Ultimate Shadow in 25 WSSM, but no matter how much I tried to like it, I couldn't. It is like looking down a black tube and I find that to be very distracting.

Shortly after I got the V10, I got a Nikon ProStaff 3-9x40 on a stainless Remington 7 synthetic in 243 that I took in trade. I really didn't want a $125+/- scope to be that good, but it was so much better than the V10 that it isn't even close.

I think that a Leupold VX2 is a good/safe choice if you want a 3-9x scope, but I have 50+/- Leupolds and have yet to have 1 cause me any grief.

Jeff

260remguy, "You've got 50 + leupolds".................just think if you'd tried the Nikons(either the Buckmasters or the MONARCHS) before now!! The Nikon glass is really really really superb for the dollars spent!! GHD

I have multiple hundred rifles, so 50+/- Leupolds accound for about 1/3 that are scoped and ready to shoot. The others are collectables from the time before rifles were d&t for scope mount at the factory or NIB guns. I have scopes from all over the World, but tend to buy Leupolds because I know that I can depend on them. Kinda like buying Jeeps, they might not be the best for everyone, but I know them well and am confident in what they can do, within my limits and their's.

Jeff

Jeff