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Orchidman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:59 am Going back a few years.....about 2010/11 when I first made a trip to the SE, I purchased a Leupold VX3L scope which was for my T3 Lite in 7mm08. Some of you may not know what the 'L' means..........Here is a pic that explains it....

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The 'L' series scopes had a cutout in the bottom of the scope to allow it to be mounted lower on a rifle, especially if it was a 50mm scope.
I originally wanted to buy 2, but unfortunately only found one 'L' on my trip. I did buy a second scope though, a plain VX3 4.5-14 X 50mm which I mounted on my TX3 Super Varmint in 22-250. Because it didnt have the 'cutout' I had to mount it on higher rings which wasnt a problem as the Varmint stock had an adjustable comb.

Over the past few years, some 'L' model second hand scopes have come up for sale over here ..............but Bh's son ( I nicknamed him 'Hoover' ) has beat me to the punch and now owns 3.......

Last thursday I was watching sport at 2.30am and when it finished, I logged on to a local shooting forum while I had a coffee......In the forsale section was a recent listing ( by someone who was up at 1.45am ) of a VX3L 4.5-14 X50mm scope. Knowing 'Hoover' would be tucked up in bed, I sent an email to the seller and after a couple of emails back and forth, I transferred the money into his account.

The scope arrived this morning.... ( The above pic is the scope)

Here is another pic...
20250630_122147.jpg

The scope is in an 'as new' condition, the optics are clear, there are no marks/dents/scratches and it came with the original box and packing.

Now I have a decision to make as to which rifle will be blessed with it.....The 22-250 is without 'eyes' so my first thought is thats where it goes...but I could also play musical chairs and swap some other scopes around and put it elsewhere I guess.....

Orchidman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:59 am

Orchidman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:59 am Going back a few years.....about 2010/11 when I first made a trip to the SE, I purchased a Leupold VX3L scope which was for my T3 Lite in 7mm08. Some of you may not know what the 'L' means..........Here is a pic that explains it....

20250630_122139.jpg

The 'L' series scopes had a cutout in the bottom of the scope to allow it to be mounted lower on a rifle, especially if it was a 50mm scope.
I originally wanted to buy 2, but unfortunately only found one 'L' on my trip. I did buy a second scope though, a plain VX3 4.5-14 X 50mm which I mounted on my T3 Super Varmint in 22-250. Because it didnt have the 'cutout' I had to mount it on higher rings which wasnt a problem as the Varmint stock had an adjustable comb.

Over the past few years, some 'L' model second hand scopes have come up for sale over here ..............but Bh's son ( I nicknamed him 'Hoover' ) has beat me to the punch and now owns 3.......

Last thursday I was watching sport at 2.30am and when it finished, I logged on to a local shooting forum while I had a coffee......In the forsale section was a recent listing ( by someone who was up at 1.45am ) of a VX3L 4.5-14 X50mm scope. Knowing 'Hoover' would be tucked up in bed, I sent an email to the seller and after a couple of emails back and forth, I transferred the money into his account.

The scope arrived this morning.... ( The above pic is the scope)

Here is another pic...
20250630_122147.jpg

The scope is in an 'as new' condition, the optics are clear, there are no marks/dents/scratches and it came with the original box and packing.

Now I have a decision to make as to which rifle will be blessed with it.....The 22-250 is without 'eyes' so my first thought is thats where it goes...but I could also play musical chairs and swap some other scopes around and put it elsewhere I guess.....

jkp wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:08 pm Can't say that I've ever looked through one of those L models. Do you see the curve at the bottom?

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:02 am I get the point of it, but damned it’s ugly.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:02 am I get the point of it, but damned it’s ugly.

Zee wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:18 am

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:02 am I get the point of it, but damned it’s ugly.

I wasn’t going to kick the man in the mass. But……you are correct.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:02 am I get the point of it, but damned it’s ugly.

PFD45 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 2:39 pm

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:02 am I get the point of it, but damned it’s ugly.

I disagree, the first time saw one of those I thought "Damn, I should have thought of that".

Sometimes a good idea is a thing of beauty all by itself.