Review: Leupold CQBSS-New Pics

[Titleist]

I wasn't able to find the scope on Leupold's website. Has it even hit the market yet?

No, not yet.

[Eagle1*]

Just got off of the phone with an LE rep at Leupold and was told they have no idea as of yet when this will be available!

[JSantoro]

I'm still on the fence about how practical the exit pupil is at high magnification - I realize it's going to be limited, but the functional practical is something I'd love to have Kevin's perspective on.

How small the exit pupil is at 8x really stood out to me when I tried it. I'd like some more shooting time on one before making anything that sounds like a judgement or opinion, but the fact is that it's noticeably smaller that one would expect.

Whether it's a detriment or not remains to be seen, and it'll still boil down to a user selecting to use X optic with it's set of complications vs. Y of the same general type with it's own set of complications. Everything ends up being a design compromise between features, and all based on our personal/professional wants and pecadillos.

[KevinB]

Its available to certain Mil entities.

Folks keep buying them up so commercial releases get pushed back.

Small teaser pic


IMHO your dumb if you dont get the H58 reticle with Dot, some of the non Army folks wanted the TMR reticle which does not have a dot and is IMHO handicaping yourself with a 1.1- sight that does not have a dot to run at the 1.1

Maybe I am biased from Short Dot years, but I run the CQBSS on 1.1 and crank up as needed to 8x, and at 1.1 it needs a DOT...

[TehLlama]

Its available to certain Mil entities.

Folks keep buying them up so commercial releases get pushed back.

Small teaser pic


IMHO your dumb if you dont get the H58 reticle with Dot, some of the non Army folks wanted the TMR reticle which does not have a dot and is IMHO handicaping yourself with a 1.1- sight that does not have a dot to run at the 1.1

Maybe I am biased from Short Dot years, but I run the CQBSS on 1.1 and crank up as needed to 8x, and at 1.1 it needs a DOT...

Wouldn't the TMR reticle be the only other leupold option that would work well with the SFP/FFP reticle/illuminated dot setup? Could that be a viable (and maybe cheaper) option?
Are Leupold looking into doing something like this in a more affordable 30mm low power variable (maybe a 1.1-4x ITMR Mk4M2...?)

[Team Chuck Norris]

Cabela's indicates that they have a "limited stock" of these scopes.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shoot...3Bcat104535180



I note from the product description that the product is "imported."

I called Leupold and asked them to identify the country where the scope was produced. They said that they refuse to identify their "suppliers." I responded that I did not want to know the identity of their supplier, just the country. They again refused.

For $4k, Leupold cannot make the product in the USA?

Does anyone know they country from which this scope is imported?

And more worrisome, does Leupold even have the technical capacity to make a complete scope these days or has all that capacity been shipped overseas?

[KevinB]

Made in the USA. The Government has inspectors at the factory.