Leupolds New Service Rifle Scope

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Leupold Announces New VX-4.5HD Service Rifle Optic

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Leupold & Stevens, Inc., has announced the launch of the new 1-4.5x24 VX-4.5HD Service Rifle optic, designed for use on the National Rifle Association Highpower and Civilian Marksmanship Program Service Rifle competitive shooting circuits.

Featuring a 30mm maintube and 1-4.5 magnification, the VX-4.5HD was built to provide a top-of-the-line optic that fits within the strict standards that High Power Service Rifle competitions place on the use of optical sights. Illuminated version pictured below.

“When the Highpower Service Rifle competitions announced that they’d be allowing the use of riflescopes – with a 4.5 magnification maximum – consumers immediately turned to us for a solution. The VX-4.5HD delivers everything a Service Rifle competitor could want out of their optic, and is available with reticles that have been built to drive winning scores.”
- Vici Peters, product line manager for Leupold & Stevens, Inc.

Those reticles are the Bull-Ring Post and the FireDot Bull-Ring, which is illuminated. Both have been designed to serve the needs of Service Rifle shooters – at 4.5 power, the Bull-Ring will nearly be identical in size to the target’s bullseye. As the magnification is turned down, the white ring around the bullseye can be adjusted to help perfectly center your aim. The illumination setting on the FireDot Bull-Ring features MST (Motion Sensor Technology) that automatically deactivates the illumination after five minutes of inactivity, and reactivates it instantly as soon as movement is detected.

The VX-4.5HD is designed to outperform and outlast the competition – in more ways than one. Its Guard-Ion rain shedding coating is scratch resistant and is meant to ensure that water, dirt, and fingerprints don’t ruin your score. It also features Leupold’s proprietary Twilight Max HD Light Management System, which combines exceptional light transmission and glare management to provide vivid, bright, high-contrast images that will deliver relentless optical performance in low-light conditions. It also eliminates the washed-out image that can come from direct sunlight. The feature-packed VX-4.5HD is designed, machined, and assembled in the United States and backed by Leupold’s Full Lifetime Guarantee.

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A buddy of mine works for Leupold sent this to me in the email last night..

 

[Grimstod]

It does not have enough of a tacticool feel to it. Sarcasm

 

[FatBoy]

It says HD, so you know it's good.....

Seriously though, it has a gold ring and not a black one so price point should be a little lower than Nightforce. I'm curious to see what these retail for. I don't shoot SR anymore but my daughter's astigmatism prevents her from shooting a red dot so we have been looking for an LPVO that isn't a cheap piece of Chicom crap or $1500+ to augment the BUIS.

 

[Beau]

Any idea what it will retail for?

 

[kzin]

"The VX-4.5HD delivers everything a Service Rifle competitor could want out of their optic"

So nobody wants AO?

 

[Jay Christopherson]

Any idea what it will retail for?

SWFA has it listed for $1399 right now. Not sure if that's a real price or just a placeholder. I've bee trying to find the specs. I wonder what the parallax is fixed at since it doesn't look adjustable. Also wonder what the click values are.

 

[USMCDOC]

SWFA has it listed for $1399 right now. Not sure if that's a real price or just a placeholder. I've bee trying to find the specs. I wonder what the parallax is fixed at since it doesn't look adjustable. Also wonder what the click values are.

The parallax is 100 or 150 yards.. my bud was relaying that he thought that is going to be 150 and from what he understands, should only put you off one inch at 600 yards in parallax..

 

[Jay Christopherson]

The parallax is 100 or 150 yards.. my bud was relaying that he thought that is going to be 150 and from what he understands, should only put you off one inch at 600 yards in parallax..

My understanding too is that Leupold Custom Shop can adjust any of their scopes to whatever you like as well.

 

[USMCDOC]

SWFA has it listed for $1399 right now. Not sure if that's a real price or just a placeholder. I've bee trying to find the specs. I wonder what the parallax is fixed at since it doesn't look adjustable. Also wonder what the click values are.

Jay,

Just received a txt from my guy.. he says that per the Head of the Project; that it is columnated @ 300 yards.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Judging by that little white dash and knob on the side id bet you adjust the parallax right there on the fly

 

[XTR]

I'll bet that is an illumination knob. They say it's illuminated and I don't see any other knobs or switches.

My Leupy from the custom shop is set to 300. I'm pretty sure that is what most of the SR shooters who were getting 4x FX-II's and the 1-4 scope were getting it set to.

 

[dcali]

Parallax isn’t an issue. If you’re looking far enough off center to generate the largest amount of error possible (which is pretty small), your posisition is all jacked up anyhow and you’ll be dropping points. Nice looking scope though. I wonder if it will bring the nightforce price tag down a little. Anyone have a link to pictures of the reticle?

 

[kzin]

Parallax isn’t an issue. If you’re looking far enough off center to generate the largest amount of error possible (which is pretty small), your posisition is all jacked up anyhow and you’ll be dropping points. Nice looking scope though. I wonder if it will bring the nightforce price tag down a little. Anyone have a link to pictures of the reticle?

I was thinking along very similar lines with the opposite conclusion.

If the shot is bad enough to be near a line, that is exactly when the parallax may have just enough effect to drop the point. Parallax error is unlikely to be the only error involved. Even .1" ADDED to other error can lose a point.

I'd rather Leupold made a straight 4.5x version of their 4.5-14 side focus than this thing.

 

[dcali]

I was thinking along very similar lines with the opposite conclusion.

If the shot is bad enough to be near a line, that is exactly when the parallax may have just enough effect to drop the point. Parallax error is unlikely to be the only error involved. Even .1" ADDED to other error can lose a point.

I'd rather Leupold made a straight 4.5x version of their 4.5-14 side focus than this thing.

Yeah but the error is really small. And it’s almost as likely to help as to hurt.

 

[5screw]

This is a rip off. Leupold was making a perfectly good service rifle scope for White Oak and selling it for $499.00, an FX4x33mm 1" tube. Leupold discontinued it and this is why - for a whopping price hike. This scope is recycling parts for a chance to fleece the service rifle shooter. Small 24mm lens, (maybe) no parallax adjustment, not illuminated. For the $1,900.00 MSRP one could get a really good scope, like a Mark 6 1-6x.

CMP should put a stop to this and eliminate the 4.5x magnification limit and come up with rules that would allow use of the many high quality tactical short to midrange scopes.

The rules don't make sense like this. Leupold sells the Marine Corps its MRT Mark 4 2.5-8x36mm (SKU's 67925 and 113622) for the M27 and M38 Infantry Automatic Riles. Why can't that be used? Lots cheaper than this.

PS - I like Leupold scopes and have three. Not knocking them. I have an inexpensive Mark 4 LRT 4.5-14x40mm target with the most accurate and repeatable turrets anywhere.