NEW Leupold LCO optic

[evolDiesel]

I have this weird feeling of deja vu.

sinlessorrow was asking if it's $2K. The google machine shows you can have it for $1,257.

[Singlestack Wonder]

There are some trade-offs, but the utility of the D-EVO is better than a good 1-6x for most users. More will be apparent when it is officially unveiled.

Interesting comment. Over the years a lot of comments about the Elcan Spectre related to how having a 1 and 4 (or 1 and 6) only optic was limiting as there were instances when an in-between magnification would be required. With the D-EVO duplicating that functionality, will the consensus change since it's a Leupold vs. Elcan (note: individuals had other issues with Elcan but I am referring only to the magnification function).

[Failure2Stop]

Interesting comment. Over the years a lot of comments about the Elcan Spectre related to how having a 1 and 4 (or 1 and 6) only optic was limiting as there were instances when an in-between magnification would be required. With the D-EVO duplicating that functionality, will the consensus change since it's a Leupold vs. Elcan (note: individuals had other issues with Elcan but I am referring only to the magnification function).

In competition there are times that midrange magnification is desirable, though the D-EVO is not really being driven in that direction. As a combat optic, the immediate transition between 1x and 6x outweighs and mitigates the 2x-4x option.

[evolDiesel]

Should be an interesting shot show this year.

Yessir.

[WS6]

Maybe it's because I'm tired, but I'm just not understanding how this DEVO works. It seems like a 6X piggybacking on a RDS, except the 6X is awkwardly positioned to the side and in front of the RDS and the RDS is used as the primary optic instead of the 6X. Super weird and pain-in-the-ass-but-works-well-only-on-my-XBOX COD type images come to mind. I know F2S doesn't like junk gear, so I have to be missing something because it's not adding up I can't math right now.

[evolDiesel]

Interesting comment. Over the years a lot of comments about the Elcan Spectre related to how having a 1 and 4 (or 1 and 6) only optic was limiting as there were instances when an in-between magnification would be required. With the D-EVO duplicating that functionality, will the consensus change since it's a Leupold vs. Elcan (note: individuals had other issues with Elcan but I am referring only to the magnification function).

Its difficult to envision every application and I'm sure there will be those where a user wishes they had a 1&3, 1&4, 1&8.. etc., but the "magic" lies in how uninvolved the user is in transitioning between the two. To get all those other combinations you go back to a user manipulating something to adjust magnification. That brings you back to something like a Mark 6 1-6 or CQBSS. There's also the Leupold DAGR system [commercial version of ECOS-O] contracted by the Crane Division of U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center where you have a Mark 6 3-18 paired with an Aimpoint Micro T1. This is quite a bit heavier, bigger, more expensive and once again you manipulate a power selector and potentially break cheek weld depending on where you have the T1 clocked around the Mark 6 maintube. That said... you can hit targets at twice the distance but still engage close up.

[evolDiesel]

Maybe it's because I'm tired, but I'm just not understanding how this DEVO works. It seems like a 6X piggybacking on a RDS, except the 6X is awkwardly positioned to the side and in front of the RDS and the RDS is used as the primary optic instead of the 6X. Super weird and pain-in-the-ass-but-works-well-only-on-my-XBOX COD type images come to mind. I know F2S doesn't like junk gear, so I have to be missing something because it's not adding up I can't math right now.

Hopefully it will be out there enough after SHOT that guys will be able to understand what it does.

[Failure2Stop]

Maybe it's because I'm tired, but I'm just not understanding how this DEVO works. It seems like a 6X piggybacking on a RDS, except the 6X is awkwardly positioned to the side and in front of the RDS and the RDS is used as the primary optic instead of the 6X. Super weird and pain-in-the-ass-but-works-well-only-on-my-XBOX COD type images come to mind. I know F2S doesn't like junk gear, so I have to be missing something because it's not adding up I can't math right now.

The game changer is that the user does nothing other than a slight shift of the eye down to be at 6x.
When properly positioned, it is virtually seamless.

[Jake'sDad]

The game changer is that the user does nothing other than a slight shift of the eye down to be at 6x.
When properly positioned, it is virtually seamless.

Sounds amazing. If you like it that well I'm pretty much sold.

Nothing to stop Leupold from making a 4X version either if the market wanted it.

[Singlestack Wonder]

The game changer is that the user does nothing other than a slight shift of the eye down to be at 6x.
When properly positioned, it is virtually seamless.

Not unlike a piggy backed RDS on a higher power scope (i.e. Leupold MK6 3-18 with Aimpoint T1), but perhaps with less eye movement?