In a scope thread near this one, a fellow mentioned he did not particularly care for the friction adjustments on some of the Leupold scopes. I have heard this lament for many, many years and have never understood it. I have over 20 Leupolds, the oldest of which is a VX-II 3-9 that I purchased in 1969. For all practical purposes it has been mounted on a REM 700 BDL 270 WIN for all these years. The rifle has been shot so much that I had to replace the barrel.
The scope has been sighted in twice, the first time when I mounted it originally on the rifle and again after I rebarreled it. Neither time did I have a problem sighting in, nor has anything, in regard to the scope, shifted or changed. I haven't touched the turrets in 20+ years and the rifle still shoots spot on.
So my question, what is the problem with the friction adjustments?