Leupold CDS Review | Ranch Fairy 

Awesome vid. Your adjustment was correct but 1 click is 1/4 moa = 1" @ 400.

This concept is simply ideal for any shooter who wants or needs to dial to distance rather than holdover, which invites aiming error. I have a Leupold Mk4 M3 with dials for .223, and M118LR. It works and since the reticle is mil scale I can use the scope to range distance to target.

Your 400 yard gong is HUGE!!! If you really want to fine tune your set up make your gongs MOA. That’s what we do.

I have one on my Ruger American Rancher 450 Bushmaster . And it works great!

Great video, I'm been trying to buy a leupold scope ..but I was not sure what to get..but now I dicide to get one of those. .thanks for that hook video...

I got a Ruger American Ranch 350 Legend two years ago. I see Leupold has come out with a Freedom CDS for 350 Legend. Can't wait to get it, zero it to 100 yds and use it deer hunting in 2021.

Nice. Just got one ordered, guess I'll need to wait 4-6 weeks. Can't wait to take it out to the desert and test her out.

If you sight in at 200yard zero those groups would have been way more tighter!

Yup, getting real close to pulling the trigger on the 3-10-50 CDS for my 270wsm. Been researching it, and it seems like a great system. I hunt the Prairies of Southern Alberta, so long shots on big ole Mulie bucks and Prairie Elk are a must sometimes. And being able to do your dial ups quick is what I need. Still thinking between this or the Nightforce SHV, but that's a heavy bastard. And no custom dials. Well, some after market. I might just spend the money and get one of the Vx6 2-12. Or even 3-18. Damn, too much good quality stuff on the market nowadays. Keeps ya guessing. Not wanting to buy something, then out hunting ya get a peak through a friends scope, and ya wanna sell yours for what he's got.lol Well, someone's getting rich of us hunters. Great review. Almost sold.lol

This system is grand for a hunting rifle, even their simpler setup. That just adjusts per MOA with zero lock

I have the cds Leupold on my 270 rem sendero. 5 shot 3/4 inch groups at 300 yards. Thats as far as I can shoot here . Love it.

@3:25-ish ... I'm a little confused. You said you need to adjust your scope dial 1 click left for 1" at 100 yds = 4" at 400 yds. I never heard of a rifle scope that move the reticle an entire inch at 1oo yds with just one click. Doesn't your Leupold scope adjust 1/4" (or 1/4 MOA) at 100 yds, which would be 1" at 400 yds?

Nice video! I just put a Vx6hd on an Ar 10 have been playing around with which ammo it likes the best, Really excited about getting custom dial.

Awesome shooting!! One thing, if you were dead on at 100 but off just a bit at 400, it could be that your scope is slightly canted. If there is the slightest tilt in your scope at distance it will show, but not so much at closer ranges. It will get worse the farther out you shoot. Great job though! That would have been a dead deer at 400...definately a deer great setup you have there!

So currently on the journey deciding what glass to put on my 7mm Rem Mag. Tikka T3x ... I think the Leupold VX-3I 3.5-10x50MM CDS WIND-PLEX is the way to go. I am getting all this figured out for an upcoming October hunt for Moose in Quebec Canada. The area I will be hunting apparently can give me anything from a 20 yard shot to a 1000. I do not have 1000 yards to practice. I can barely manage 650. Frankly I will not shoot past 600 and even that should be a monster that I just can't call in further and just can't let go. Ideally I would like to shoot at 400y and in. So here the question: With a 100yard zero on a CDS dial where would you hold on a 20 shot ??..... would you typically put the crosshair 1.5" or 2" above the spot you want to hit and squeeze off a shot or would you say a dead hold on a moose is good on a 100 yard zero from 0-100? Thank you !!! (I do not like arbitrary "oh it's in the kill zone, it's fine" shooting. I like heart shots which anchor animals within a few yards .... aim small miss small has worked well for me) p.s. Love the energy you bring to your presentation. Keep it up.

Looks like a nice Pre-64 Winchester.

This is a stupid question but I don't know anything about scopes. So is its 1/4 MOA and I click at 400 yards moves it 1 inch on the windage, does that mean at 400 yards moving 1 click on the top turret you replaced will also move it up 1 inch?

I purchased a Leupold VX-3i 4.5x14mm CDS, I have it mounted on a .308 Remington tactical. I had some problems with Leupold getting it to zero. I went to a gunsmith and we worked it out. From my zero of 100 yds. it would shoot plastic bottles at 350 yards. something went haywire and I was looking at a nice buck at 300 yds. No problems to this point. The scope was set one number 1. I had the rifle barrel out the window of a permanent stand with the dial on # 1. I turned to # 3 on my CDS and it would not turn. It was jammed. Now Maybe somone can give me some advice, but I am totally pissed. As many Leupolds I have owned (this is my first CDS ) I cannot figure this out, here in the middle of deer season. Thanks

I want to know how this CDS dial will change when made 800ft elevation to 8,000ft elevation.. how many clicks of 1/4 MOAs worth will it change? I hunt mostly locally at 800ft elevation but also wanna use the same set up for mountain hunt. No $ to buy any more rifle and scope according to my wife😢

So a lot of the "lower end" Leupold have the standard CDS nowadays and the VX3 and up have a ZL dial where it locks the zero. Have you had any issues while out carrying the gun or having it in and out of a case where not having a locking dial has allowed it to move? I have a few with the CDS-ZL already but am considering getting one with the standard non locking dial. My only concern is the turret moving on my while out hunting and I don't notice it when I am presented with a quick shot. Have you had that happen yet?

Very cool no non sense video thank you bud now I wish I was at the lease lol

1 click at 400 yards isn’t 1 moa. Not sure what you are talking about very confusing to me. Should have only moved it 1” I believe.

Well done!!

Thanks

If your group is traveling left and right as you change yardage then your cross wires are not Square to the receiver

Ok. I'm understanding the simplicity.. but given ballistic behavior.. this simply can't work at different altitudes. This scope knob can only stay accurate at the altitude you are set up for. Lets say we have a 7mm Rem Mag. Hornady ELD-X Factory Load of 162 grains (0.631 G1-BC) @ 2940 fps. Zero of 100 yds. Let's say your hunting in Austin, Texas (~500 ft. above sea level ~ 29.40 hg). Your 400 yds. your low 24.24 inches from zero. Now go to Colorado Springs, Colorado (~6,000 ft. above sea level ~ 24.12 hg). Same gun, same load, same setup, same temp & humidity .. Your 400 yds is now only 22.70 inches low from zero. Extend that to 800 and you have a difference of 130.26 inches to 146.28 inches... I just don't know how practical this can be for the traveling hunter, or just long range shooting in general. For hunting in your backyard every day... I can dig it. I guess limitations show up everywhere.

So when you made your 1 click adjustment to the left ... you took off the CDS dial and put the original dial back on? Then you Zeroed the rifle ... and then put the CDS Dial back on? Nice Shooting

I have the cds also on my savage 10, is there no cap cover on the top turret? I don't like that it can be bumped and inadvertently adjusted

There is nothing magic about it, it just counts clicks for you, but I love it on my 270 hunting rifle. For a tactical match rifle, I want more precision and adjustability, but for hunting, I love the speed and ease of this system.

Hay not a bow . Cool 👍🙏✝️

Does your scope have the pop up re zero windage knob? I am trying to figure out if I can dial the windage out on a windy day and take it back to zero on a calm day without screwing anything up.

wouldn't the 1 click move be 1 inch @ 400 yards?

Thank you Sir

So I shoot a 28 Nosler out to 1200 yds can the CDS turret handle that kind of distance I dont hunt that far I just like to plink out there. but you said out to 700yds and i have actually killed a deer at 946yds. I'm just curious is all.

I'll keep mine set up just the way it comes from the factory and do my own math and click the correct amount of Elevation D.O.P.E ....Data on Previous Engagements

I own the 3.5-10 VX3i cds but I have not sent off for my cds dial yet. Does this have a zero stop on the CDS dial somehow?

How is this different from dialing in the dope ? Is this just the turret, clicks still the same?

how can you lock the cds system? for dont move it in a hunting session

Just sent off for mine we will see in 5 weeks

I just got a CDS scope. Will the CDS work for zeroing in at 200yds or do I need to zero in at 100yds. I am doing an elk hunt and will want to make a 400yd shot. Thanks and nice video

Takes about 2 minutes to install the cds turret knob....why the funk wouldn't you do this?

How can I order from Turkey I live in Turkey

you see the right hand twist of the barrel

Sweet Winchester bubba a treasure.

what if you wanted to take a 6.5CM out to a mile?

Icecream??????

how exactly did you get your muzzle velocity? any tips in that area would be helpful

What magnification is that scope? I’ve been wanting to put a cds on my 6.5 creedmoor

Do all cds scopes go out to 700 yds max

what Leupold scope is that?

Not many have 264 win

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No reason to buy cds when you can buy custom turret labels for $30 for any scope from custom turret systems....😅