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    Seamless stalking

    Dec 01, 2021 4 minutes

    About 30 years ago, I bought a Leupold VX-III 1.5-5x20 scope and fitted it to my .458 Winchester Magnum. After an initial sighting-in at the SSAA range, I never had to tweak that scope again.

    I fired more than 1000 full-powered rounds while I owned it, hunting buffaloes, scrub cattle and pigs. Plus, it was regularly bounced about in 4WD vehicles, ATVs and boats along the way when it was not being dragged through thick scrub, swamps and across harsh rocky ridges. To say I was impressed and had a soft spot for that scope is no exaggeration.

    So, when was given the opportunity to review a Leupold VX-5HD 1-5x24 CDS-ZL2 I waved

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