Burris VS Leupold

[charger 1]

I know when a fella polls a question he cant cover every angle, BUT we'll give it a go. Given that a fella goes out and buys two scopes that are ranked of equal quality, perhaps even price, yet sometimes thats not necessarily the case which statement most closely matches what you've found to be reality

[Tom W.]

I own 2 Leupolds ( was three, but one went in a trade), and one Burris. The Leupolds may have a slight advantage, but it's too close to call.

[madcaster]

I remember a Leupold 3-9x I traded for once,it had the adjustments screwed in so tight it took a scewdiver and a pair of pliers turning the screwdiver handle to back them off-BUT IT STILL WORKED PERFECTLY AFTER THAT!!!

[James C. Snodgrass]

For the money the fulfield is hard to beat, I mean if you need a 3x9 or there abouts. I also like the Bushnell elite 3200's I've got several of them on pistols and really don't think you can do any better with the Leupold or Burris .IMO James

[Junior1942]

After my recent side-by-side in dim light comparisons of scout/pistol scopes I'll never buy another new scope unless it's a Leupold.

[Doc Highwall]

For my hand gun scopes I prefer Burris, for my target rifles I prefer the Leupolds. On my hunting rifles I have Schmitt and Benders 2.5-10x56mm, Leupolds LPS 1.5-6x42mm, Nikon monarch Gold 1.5-6x42mm, and a Shepherd 3-10x40mm. Basically it depends what you are using it for. The 1.5-6x42mm scopes are on my shotgun, muzzle loader and 45-70, all close range guns. For these field of view was most important to me with good eye relief. For longer ranges field of view is not as important, but good optics are.

[Wicky]

Leupolds for me. I have half a dozen and find them to be very good - about the limit of my price range as well when you need so many scopes!! I have two burris one is a handgun scope and is pretty good. Down to brass tacks they are probably on par with each other but when it comes to choice - Leupold.

[johnch]

Leupold for me , if for no other reason than customer service
I droped a pair of older Leupold Bino's out of a treestand onto a rock 2 hunting seasons back
To say I broke the was a understatement , 3 big pieces and a bunch of smaller pieces

Last winter I called Leupold about a question on their QRW rings
While talking to the nice lady , I said something about the bino's
I was told to send them back to be fixed or replaced

I was sent a nice new pair of Bino's and a letter stating they were sorry they couldn't fix them and they replaced them with a current model

For free

So I have bought 3 more Leupold scopes to thank them

John

[357maximum]

Leopold all the way.....Burris is equal quality but heavier. Just one fellas opinion of course.

[HABCAN]

Comments above re: Leupold customer service are spot on! It is definitely above and beyond 'outstanding' in my experience.

If you hunt things that want to chew on your shoelaces, quality counts, but nowadays in straightened circumstances my rifles wear Bushnells which are perfectly satisfactory for anything I need.

[old06]

Leupold is overall better Burris is a fine scope but it just lacks some thing this is after owning a few of each but my all time favorite is a Zeiss I know not in the same market but it a good piece of glass

[dave slavage]

ford..chevy..dodge

[The Dust Collector]

I own several older highend Weavers, Redfields, Burriss. In my opinion there is no comparison to my Leupolds. You can buy higher priced Swiss, German or what ever,
but all you are getting is the opportonity to spend more money and show your "GOOD TASTE" in being continental. BFD..................
LEUPOLD RULES!!!
DUST

[Black Prince]

If all you do is take your rifle to the local shooting range, to the dirt pit for some week end shooting, or hunt fairly close around where you live or close to a town or city, then almost any brand mentioned here will serve you.

But a comparison of what the target looks like while standing in a sporting goods store or your back yard is a poor substitute for a comparison out where serious hunters actually use scopes. Once you leave the blacktop and drive for a day on narrow, almost impassable trails in a Toyota 4-WD pulling a horse trailer to the trail head, then next morning get on horse back and go for 9 or 10 hours before you set up camp, it becomes sorta/kinda important that your scope actually work after you have been out in freezing temps all day, come into the warm tent with your rifle and lean it in the corner, and then get up next morning and go again. All the whistles and bells and Madison Avenue advertising tag lines or what scope your buddies use are not going to mean much when daylight comes on the fifth day out and you look through your scope and see fuzz or a broken reticule.

I've used Lupoulds for 35 years under some extreme situations and have NEVER seen fuzz. NO one I've ever hunted with has EVER had a Leupold fail in the field while hunting, but every other brand mentioned here has at one time or another, and some of them have a habit of doing it. I've seen one high dollar fancy european brand scope with a broken cross hair from standing in the warm tent over night after being brought in from the freezing cold all day. That scope cost 1500 bucks and one ruined 10 day hunting trip. That man spent the rest of his five days as camp cook. Now he uses Leupolds and hunts instead of cooking. If you get around experienced hunters out where your cell phone won't work, you will see that 9 out of every 10 scopes are going to be Leupold and like as not, the one guy who does not have a Leupold will be the camp ho because his scope ain't working for whatever reason.

When it's a long way back to a sporting goods store, you don't screw around. There is Leupold, and then there is everything else.

Weekend hunters can get away with lesser gear because they have not lost much if they have to leave the field and go back home or to town to get another scope. They can do that and be back on their stand that same afternoon. But when going back involves a 1500 mile trip one way, it becomes a BIG DEAL. When you are in that situation, take a Leupold, or take a chance on hunting with a fuzzy scope, broken reticule, or becoming the camp cook.

Way back younder mountain hunters have Leupolds on their rifles for the same reason they drive Toyota 4 wheel drive vehicles-->> THEY WORK WHEN YOU NEED THEM AND THEY DON'T BREAK!!!

[Mumblypeg]

Black Prince is right. I've got at least 9 Leupolds, maybe 2 other brands( old weavers I think), I bought them only ONCE and they have NEVER FAILED in about the same number of years as BP said, thirty something. Nuff said?

[clodhopper]

In a hunting scope it's Leupold
I have two Burris and three Leupold. There is a focus issue with the all Burris scopes I have messed with.
For a target scope I have not seen better than Weaver "T" models.

[Kraschenbirn]

Handgun...I'll take a Leupold M8 over anything I've ever tried. Rifle, though, IMHO it's about an even split. Both my "serious" heavy-barrel match gun have Burris scopes and I've no idea what their customer service might be like 'cause neither have even been off the guns since they were new!! My sole Leupold, likewise, has never been off my 7mm-08. On the other hand, I've also got two steel-tube Weavers and one of those...a K6...was purchased new and has been mounted on the same M700 .243 since 1974.

Bill

[Boerrancher]

I had a mod 99F Savage in a 284 win, that I could not keep a scope on. Every scope I put on the thing shook apart. Redfields, Weavers, Tasco's, and I never bothered with a Bushnell. Now this was back in the mid 80's when Redfield was still made in the US and was considered a good scope. I had a friend tell me to put a Leupold on it. I must admit that the Leupold didn't shake apart in less than 100 rounds like the rest of them did. I actually had that rifle until the late 90's before it shook apart the Leupold. I just stuffed it in the back of the safe and when a friend of mine offered me more money than I thought that Mod 99F was worth I sold it to him, after telling him the scope was bad. I took a screwing on that deal. He sent the scope back and got it fixed and a few months later I found out that rifle was worth 3x what I sold it to him for. He has never had another issue with the scope, so I assume it held up.

Best Wishes from the Boer Ranch

Joe

[Black Prince]

And I have had a Weaver K-6 mounted on a model 70 .243 Winchester since 1958 with absolutely no problems what so ever. The scope and the rifle look almost new. They both still work fine and look good. Of course, the dam thing hasn't been out of my gun safe in 25 years and before that, was only used to shoot crows in the back pasture on nice afternoons when I didn't have much else to do, or maybe some turtles in the stock ponds. I think I took it on early fall weekend hunts for a couple of years and killed several deer with it, but I never used it for serious stuff because I knew better..

The question here needs to be quallified. What is the best scope for general use and what scope is best when the crap hits the fan. A friend and I managed to overturn a canoe three feet from the bank of a river when it was at flood stage. His little Manlicher .308 with Leupold scope went into the water. We found it buried under sand with a metal detector a week later when the water went down. A complete rebuild on the rifle put it back in action, but all the gunsmith did with that Leupold on it was wash the the crap off of it in his sink, then rub it with an oily rag and mount it back on the rifle once he had finished reworking it.

So it all depends on how you use your rifle and scope as to which one is "BEST" but the best scope in the world ain't worth beans when you are on the far side of the back country and you throw it up to take aim and all you can see is fuzz. If that happens with a Luepold, I'll just whizz on it to wash the fuzz off and then make the shot. If it happens with any other brand scope, I ain't gonna worry about it because it ain't gonna be on my rifle anyway!!!

[Junior1942]

BP, that's probably the best product testimonial I've ever read.

[jackley]

Leupold, look at the equipment list at all the benchrest shoots 95% atleast are Leupold. In Hunter class you see alot of Burris in the 6 power but the consistent winners have Leupolds. I have them from 45 power to a 1 .75X6 on my Mod. 600 in 350 Rem mag.and that gun has about as much recoil as any I ever shot. That gun is in a scabbord on my mule for 2 to 3 weeks every year elk hunting. I have never blown up a Leupold. But I have seen one blow the cross hairs out. It was on a 9.3X74 in a 5 lb rifle a 2 to 7 compact. That gun was the most repulsive gun I ever shot. But he sent it in and they fixed it. He had it back in less than 2 weeks. And he put it back on that same gun and has no problems with it since. You can not go wrong with a the Gold Ring.

Jerry

[carpetman]

I cant answer this as Ive never owned a Burris and I do hear fine things about them and their customer service. Leupold, why would I try Burris--if it aint broke dont fix it so to speak and I'm very pleased with Leupold.