Turns out there was an issue with the scope and Leopold fixed the issue and returned it to the owner and we will be reviewing it again.. Thanks for watching!!!!
Did you ever end up reviewing this again??? YOu are the reason I bought the Cronus I believe your opinion can not be bought. Keep it up Id LOVE if you got your hands on the Leica PRS =)
I have 4 mark 5hd scopes. Have no issues with any of them. That said glass quality is subjective evidently but the mark 5hd is as good as anything ive used. I basically switched from nightforce due to some warranty issues. Love the leupold
Same here. I actually sold a nightforce at a bigger loss than I wanted because the leupold MK5 is a better scope in my opinion and I wanted all my reticles and controls to be the same.
I agree most people say the razor gen 2 is in a whole class above the mk5 but as someone that owns both I looked at an electric meter today at 100y both at max zoom and even tho the mk5 was 25x vs 27x I could definitely see more detail in the lettering and also found the mk5 was more forgiving in the eye box. I no longer have a nf but wish I did to compare at the same time
I have the leupold mark5HD 7-35x56 with the cch reticle. I don’t have any of the problems you are having with the one you got from your buddy. leupold has a lifetime warranty and they will fix it. I also have a NF atacr in 7-35x56 and the glass is close to the same in both. But the glass in the leupold is better than all my vortex’s, nikons or my Arken SH4GEN2. I hope he gets his mark5 fixed because its an excellent scope.
@@firearmconvention946 My Leupold Mark5 7-35x56 trax perfect repeat squares @ 250yrds on a gravity fed red/white string, hung off a nail, 4ft off ground
Direct from their website "Anyone can offer you a lifetime warranty, but guaranteeing performance takes serious dedication and craftsmanship..." It's kind of messed up to post a video with a failed optic instead of just sending it back for a repair and then making the video
@@pantherhollow5290then make a video about that. Not just act like all Leupold scopes are like that. You got a defective one and didn’t think to mention it in the video. Only a comment that most viewers don’t see.
@@ronaldraygun2639 I said in the video that Leupold was easy to deal with AND for your info the scope was faulty and they did replace it.. I was pointing out that ALL scopes have issues and this was one of them!!!
I 100% agree almost seems like he went our of the way to find a damaged one to say they are crap.. I remember when people were also saying the arken was better then high end optics..
Thank you for this review. I wanted a high magnification scope in the $2,000 to $2,400 price range for my 300 Win Mag that I plan to use for extended long-range target shooting. The M5 7-35X 56MM was one of the scope I was considering. However, after seeing your evaluation, I'm no longer considering that scope.
Rethink this decision. I have 5 leupold mk5s and a few other “higher end” brands. The leupold is as good as and better than the more expensive glass. They’re also very light.
A buddy of mine had vortex diamondback tacticle and a strike eagle did the same thing...they told him he over tightened the rings🤷♂️he has two athlon helios gen 2 now.
Mike buddy, it’s time to put on your Panther Hollow sticker on the Maven, it gives you a woody every time you look through it 😃😃 the Maven throw lever is bigger than the bolt knob of the rifle tho 🤣🤣🤣
lol... I agree.. The throw lever is big and easy to find. That makes those (IMPACT!!) calls come faster when dealing with close and far targets. I am thinking about the sticker thing??? Maybe??
Im well aware that anything that’s ever been built by mans’ hands has the potential to fail or break. But when its an optic north of 2 grand it should NOT be an issue. Especially when there’s optics on the market for less than $600 that will track on par with optics over that 2 grand threshold. Stuff by Arken and Athlon come to mind. Now typically theres a trade off in glass quality, WHICH THERE SHOULD BE TRADE OFFS. If you tell me here’s scope A and scope B, the ONLY difference is a little optical clarity and $1500, don’t be surprised when i pick the more affordable optic. With that being said, Leupold is said to have a good warranty. So kuddos to them on that. Oddly enough, a surprising amount of “top end” optics manufacturers have little to no warranties. It’s the reason why I’ll probably never own a NightForce or S&B, even if I one day have the money. I couldn’t imagine having problems with an optic only to call a company and have them tell me,”No, we build them right the first time. You’re stuck with it.” (Yes i know someone that more or less ran into this exact issue)
Dang... That sucks... I have never owned a (Not) Force.. lol.. I have shot with guys that run them and seen the issues they have.. As far as Leopold goes, They would not take the guys word that something was wrong with the scope. They called it user error.. So I emailed them the video and they agreed then to take a look at it.. The scope has now been repaired and is being sent back to us.. We will see if its fixed. This is not the first one I have seen this way... Have a good one..
Lmao! This guy!... I'm waiting for the April foolsday joke! If this isn't a Biased Video, IDK what is ... There's a reason why the Mark 5 is a popular scope in PRS. And not the other 2, lol not sure your credible man.... you might want to show evedince to make these claims.
So, no retest on the Leupold MK5HD which you said had an issue Leupold fixed. Where is the retest, the initial test was two years ago. Disappointing, unsubscribed.
ok.. well Leupold replaced the scope because they found something wrong!! Parallax should NOT shift off the target!!! just the background should change.. THAT was in the video.. LOL .. We now have a scope that works and that is what we needed!! Thanks for watching.
Are you selling Maven. Athlon and IOR ??? because I don't see any problem on a mk5hd unless you want to sell your stuff over it. Weird that I spoke to many people and seen alot of reviews about Leupold and no one told me to get a Cronus or a Maven over a MK5HD, No one.
well every scope brand has a bad apple once in a while!! These other scope mentioned are DIRECT comparisons that look as good or better. Compier them for your self!!
I have compared, and I cannot see your opinion be true, I clearly see distortion on all cronus gen 1 and gen 2 on outer part of the optic with much aberration. MAVEN NOT SO MUCH, however nevertheless it is there compared to the mark 5 is almost non existent! It's clear scope after scope the has been compared to. MARK 5 hands down I own the mark 5 in 5-25 and razor gen II in 4.5-27.
Turns out there was an issue with the scope and Leopold fixed the issue and returned it to the owner and we will be reviewing it again.. Thanks for watching!!!!
Is the follow up vid posted yet?
@@firearmconvention946 The owner sold the scope and bought a Leica PRS 5-30x56.I never got a chance to look at the new one. Sorry.
Did you ever end up reviewing this again??? YOu are the reason I bought the Cronus I believe your opinion can not be bought. Keep it up
Id LOVE if you got your hands on the Leica PRS =)
I have 4 mark 5hd scopes. Have no issues with any of them. That said glass quality is subjective evidently but the mark 5hd is as good as anything ive used. I basically switched from nightforce due to some warranty issues. Love the leupold
Same here. I actually sold a nightforce at a bigger loss than I wanted because the leupold MK5 is a better scope in my opinion and I wanted all my reticles and controls to be the same.
I agree most people say the razor gen 2 is in a whole class above the mk5 but as someone that owns both I looked at an electric meter today at 100y both at max zoom and even tho the mk5 was 25x vs 27x I could definitely see more detail in the lettering and also found the mk5 was more forgiving in the eye box. I no longer have a nf but wish I did to compare at the same time
I have the leupold mark5HD 7-35x56 with the cch reticle. I don’t have any of the problems you are having with the one you got from your buddy. leupold has a lifetime warranty and they will fix it. I also have a NF atacr in 7-35x56 and the glass is close to the same in both. But the glass in the leupold is better than all my vortex’s, nikons or my Arken SH4GEN2. I hope he gets his mark5 fixed because its an excellent scope.
I hope so too.. We are talking with them now and I think we have it all worked out.. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment.
Not a Mark5HD but I own a VX-3i LRP and a Vortex PST gen2 both in variable 25x SFP and the Leupold blow away the Vortex in glass quality.
Better tracking- nightforce or the mark 5?
@@pantherhollow5290 you need to edit your video info. I wasted 30mins of my life here.
@@firearmconvention946 My Leupold Mark5 7-35x56 trax perfect repeat squares @ 250yrds on a gravity fed red/white string, hung off a nail, 4ft off ground
Direct from their website
"Anyone can offer you a lifetime warranty, but guaranteeing performance takes serious dedication and craftsmanship..."
It's kind of messed up to post a video with a failed optic instead of just sending it back for a repair and then making the video
It should have NEVER made it past QC..... This is why we pay the price we pay!!!
@@pantherhollow5290then make a video about that. Not just act like all Leupold scopes are like that. You got a defective one and didn’t think to mention it in the video. Only a comment that most viewers don’t see.
@@ronaldraygun2639 I said in the video that Leupold was easy to deal with AND for your info the scope was faulty and they did replace it.. I was pointing out that ALL scopes have issues and this was one of them!!!
I 100% agree almost seems like he went our of the way to find a damaged one to say they are crap.. I remember when people were also saying the arken was better then high end optics..
Thank you for this review. I wanted a high magnification scope in the $2,000 to $2,400 price range for my 300 Win Mag that I plan to use for extended long-range target shooting. The M5 7-35X 56MM was one of the scope I was considering. However, after seeing your evaluation, I'm no longer considering that scope.
Rethink this decision. I have 5 leupold mk5s and a few other “higher end” brands. The leupold is as good as and better than the more expensive glass. They’re also very light.
Great Video Buddy ! Straight to the point
Thank you sir...
Was that sarcasm???
I belive it is, this guys says the cronus has better glass than the Mark 5...... 🤣😂 LMAO!! WHAT A JOKE!
Leupold over those chicoms also remove the skateboard tape
its not skateboard tape, Not even my scope,. so?? Chronos is a better scope with a better track record. Just saying!!
Someone damaged the Leupold by over tightening the scope rings 😢
I'll be checking mine thats for sure
Thanks for the video and info... hopefully leupold and fix it and we can see what its really like..
Thanks for watching.. they are working on getting it mailed back and fixed.
I just put one on my precision elite I like it
A buddy of mine had vortex diamondback tacticle and a strike eagle did the same thing...they told him he over tightened the rings🤷♂️he has two athlon helios gen 2 now.
SWEET.. The Helos is a fantastic scope... The scope rings on this scope are torqued to 16inch pounds. thanks for watching buddy..
Mike buddy, it’s time to put on your Panther Hollow sticker on the Maven, it gives you a woody every time you look through it 😃😃 the Maven throw lever is bigger than the bolt knob of the rifle tho 🤣🤣🤣
lol... I agree.. The throw lever is big and easy to find. That makes those (IMPACT!!) calls come faster when dealing with close and far targets.
I am thinking about the sticker thing??? Maybe??
my mark 5 has better glass then my gen 2 Cronus does. but the cronus is alot of bang for the buck
Im well aware that anything that’s ever been built by mans’ hands has the potential to fail or break.
But when its an optic north of 2 grand it should NOT be an issue.
Especially when there’s optics on the market for less than $600 that will track on par with optics over that 2 grand threshold. Stuff by Arken and Athlon come to mind.
Now typically theres a trade off in glass quality, WHICH THERE SHOULD BE TRADE OFFS.
If you tell me here’s scope A and scope B, the ONLY difference is a little optical clarity and $1500, don’t be surprised when i pick the more affordable optic.
With that being said, Leupold is said to have a good warranty. So kuddos to them on that.
Oddly enough, a surprising amount of “top end” optics manufacturers have little to no warranties.
It’s the reason why I’ll probably never own a NightForce or S&B, even if I one day have the money.
I couldn’t imagine having problems with an optic only to call a company and have them tell me,”No, we build them right the first time. You’re stuck with it.”
(Yes i know someone that more or less ran into this exact issue)
Dang... That sucks... I have never owned a (Not) Force.. lol.. I have shot with guys that run them and seen the issues they have.. As far as Leopold goes, They would not take the guys word that something was wrong with the scope. They called it user error.. So I emailed them the video and they agreed then to take a look at it.. The scope has now been repaired and is being sent back to us.. We will see if its fixed. This is not the first one I have seen this way... Have a good one..
@@pantherhollow5290 Good luck with it!
@@ronaldhendricks3876 Thank you sir!!
It's obvious something was wrong with the scope.
very true, but others may not notice this issue
Lmao! This guy!... I'm waiting for the April foolsday joke! If this isn't a Biased Video, IDK what is ... There's a reason why the Mark 5 is a popular scope in PRS. And not the other 2, lol not sure your credible man.... you might want to show evedince to make these claims.
there is a video of the radical moving while turning the paralex
Can you please do a Sightron SVIII 5-40x56?
Is Mark5 bad scope?
no... the one I looked at was bad! they fixed the issue. I made this video so that others could see what issues one could come across .
Might better research on parallax and focus. it looks more like you're inducing a problem that's not there.
Camra does not lie.. the scope was returned, repaired and now shoots GREAT!!
So, no retest on the Leupold MK5HD which you said had an issue Leupold fixed.
Where is the retest, the initial test was two years ago.
Disappointing, unsubscribed.
that was not my scope so.... sorry no follow up!!! no need the scope was sold after it was repairer!!!
Not sure I can trust a guys opinion who can say the name right.
yea... me nether.. he is way to good looking!!
Do you know anything about march optics
Tes sir, I have an FX High Master and I love it..
@@pantherhollow5290 hell ya, im building a 6dasher and I'm thinking of one type of the march brand
@@tonydevich7937 they are worth the cost for sure.
I do not agree with your statement,,Thats what parallax is,,,,if it ain't in focus ,,parallax error will show up,,,and it does so in your video!!
ok.. well Leupold replaced the scope because they found something wrong!! Parallax should NOT shift off the target!!! just the background should change.. THAT was in the video.. LOL .. We now have a scope that works and that is what we needed!! Thanks for watching.
Now I know not to trust your channel.
You do not trust my channel? more truth is told here than any other channel.
tmr reticle is useless
Care to elaborate?
Are you selling Maven. Athlon and IOR ??? because I don't see any problem on a mk5hd unless you want to sell your stuff over it. Weird that I spoke to many people and seen alot of reviews about Leupold and no one told me to get a Cronus or a Maven over a MK5HD, No one.
well every scope brand has a bad apple once in a while!! These other scope mentioned are DIRECT comparisons that look as good or better. Compier them for your self!!
I have compared, and I cannot see your opinion be true, I clearly see distortion on all cronus gen 1 and gen 2 on outer part of the optic with much aberration. MAVEN NOT SO MUCH, however nevertheless it is there compared to the mark 5 is almost non existent! It's clear scope after scope the has been compared to. MARK 5 hands down I own the mark 5 in 5-25 and razor gen II in 4.5-27.
Am I missing a link to the video showing apples to apples?