Does anyone know about the Leupold Euro-30 VX-2 lines of scopes? According to Midway they are made for the European market with 30mm tubes, metric reticle adjustments, Multicoat 4 lens coatings. They say theye were never before available in the U.S. How do you think the 1.25-4 would work on my soon-to-be completed 416 Taylor? Below is the link to the Midway page on these scopes.



Craig



Leupold Euro-30

Interesting.

The very low price makes me suspicious of its quality, though.

I've never seen any published review of these, either.

mrlexma,

I know what you mean. I was hoping some of our friends from Europe would be familiar with these scopes and chime in. I think I'm going to e-mail Leupold and see what they say about them.

Craig

Craig,
The Euro-30 scopes are equivalent to the new VXIIs in that only the exterior lens surfaces have the MC4 coatings. All the interior lenses have the old magnesium fluoride (Vari-X II-style) coatings.

George

Craig,
the little tubes are pretyt bright,,, BUT I would LOVE to have it in 30 mm

jeffe

I just checked with Midway...the 1.25-4x are all sold out. Guess I'll just go back to my original plan of using a Leupold 2.5x.

I got a couple of them, as I thought they were cheap. The only one I've played with is a 2-7x and it is quite a bit brighter than the 1.75-6x Leupold on my .416. I don't even have a rifle to put either of them on, I just thought the $279-$299 price was a deal, so now I need a couple more rifles.

You should inquire as to whether the internal lenses are larger in the Euro-30 than they are in the U.S.-market Vari-X IIIs.

George

I have heard they are as bright as scopes costing twice as much.Ed.

Ed,

I don't see how, as the internal lens surfaces have the old magnesium fluoride (Vari-X II) coatings, and judging by the amount of windage and elevation adjustment (67" @ 100yds.), they probably have the same size internal lenses as the 1" Leupolds.



George

P.S. Oh wait, maybe they used some of the same 'mojo' that makes cast bullets @1550fps such great Cape buffalo-killers.

George--Maybe it is all advertizing, or some writer got
a free one to brag it up.Who knows? Ed.