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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

2007: What's new in the Leupold Binoculars and Riflescopes?

It's been several years since anyone came out with switch-power binoculars. Leupold's Switch-Power glasses go from power settings of 7X to 12X or 10X to 17X, depending on the model. These binoculars have fully multicoated lenses, BaK4 prisms and phase-coated roof prisms. They are available in 7/12x32 and 10/17x42, the Switch/Powers have contoured, side-flared eyecups as well as flat, padded eyecups for eyeglass wearers.
This year there are two significant introductions from Leupold company. The 100-year-old company is bringing out a new top-of-the-line riflescope - the VX-7. This Leupold riflescope is built on a 30mm tube, it uses a new lens system - Xtended Twilight Lens - and features a new SpeeDial adjustment system, fast-focus eyepiece and Generation II argon/krypton waterproofing system. The scope will be available in 1.5-6x24, 2.5-10x45, 3.5-14x50, 3.5-14x56 Long Range and 4.5-18x56 Long Range, the latter featuring the concave crescent objective bell found on the VX-L.
The other scope is a neat little tactical piece of glass called the Tactical Prismatic. A 1x14mm riflescope, it has a glass-etched, circle-dot reticle that's always visible and can be used with or without battery-powered illumination. It's fast to use and rugged, thanks to a 30mm tube the company says is the thickest ever built.

Posted by OpticsPlanet at 4:21 PM Read Article

1 Comments:

Tactical Military wrote (@ 7:56 PM):

How does this compare?
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