Hunting Scope for APR Build

[Mike D]

I’m referring to this post of course considering it’s a year old. And the source is a Leupold rep himself. Good friend of over 20yrs. “The optic quality is the same but not the same exact components” his words when I specifically asked if the glass is the same in the vx5hd and the vx6hd. And he’s been there for a long while too closing in on 18yrs. So no reason he would need to lie about something like that. I have a vx5hd and a several vx6hd’s I can’t tell much difference. But then again I can’t tell much difference in my vx6hd vs z6.


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Ah, components are different. The glass is not as he stated in his conversation. “Optic quality is the same, but not the exact same components”. He’s right in the components not being the same. There may be more (or less) glass but the glass is the same. Obviously the erector systems are different to achieve the 5x adjustment range of the VX5, and 6x adjustment range of the VX6.

Both are great glass and I agree, my VX6HDs are very close to my Swarovski Z5.


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[Balcones_Walker]

It’s humanly impossible to tell the difference between light gathering capabilities between a 40 and 50mm objective.

Sure you can.

My vote goes to the VX5 HD’s.

Mine too.

[Mike D]

OP if weight is a concern I would most definitely be looking at smaller objective models, 40-42mm. It’s humanly impossible to tell the difference between light gathering capabilities between a 40 and 50mm objective. My vote goes to the VX5 HD’s.

Technically scopes don’t gather light, they transmit it. As to 40/44/50mm objectives there is a difference in light transmission until you get below the 4:1 ratio of magnification/objective size. If you drop below that a larger objective definitely helps.


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