After buying a new air rifle I took the scope off my 22 CZ (well a guy has to try his new toy) so I had to buy another.
I opted for the Leupold AR Mod 1 AO 6-18 x 40 I purchased Warne rings as always found them to be a good solid mount and reliable.
A quick no hassle phone call to Uttings saw my scope arrive, it was very well packed, with some swift manipulation of the scissors I got to the Leupold box, off with the cellophane wrapping and I was there.
Inside the box lay my new scope in foam protectors, fantastic, the first looks revelled a quality product, the build is superb this is one tough cookie upon raising it to the eye the glass was bright, rotating the dioptre brought the cross hair razor sharp. Tighten the locking ring and it is good to go.
I judge scopes by looking at the name tag on a satellite dish approx. 200 yards away (1/2 inch letters), if I can read it and it's sharp the scope gets mounted to a rifle, if not it not then back it goes, the Leupold passed the test with ease.
Next job was to mount it on the rifle and set the eye relief, with the Warne torque wrench this is a simple task five minutes later job done.
Zeroing was easy, the clicks are very positive, on 18x mag the focus was pin sharp and target detail was easy to read, the distance calibration on the AO lens was spot on so will give good range estimation, out in the field the colours looked superb, and as the light started to fade vision was still good, then darkness fell, backing the magnification down to 10x the scope was still useable with out the lamp.
The clicks are 1/2 MOA I thought this was going to be a problem but not so, with the average rabbit head over 2 3/4 inch its no big deal, with 56 MOA of adjustment there is more than enough for the 22 CZ.
At a cost of £569-00 it is not cheap, but you get what you pay for in optics and you want to ensure a clean kill so reliability is the name of the game.
Judging it against my Schmidt and Bender 5-25 x 56 PM2 costing £2,450 it's exceptional value for money so much so I have ordered another for the 22 WMR /17HMR
As mentioned above, I bought this scope from Uttings, I have to say their service was first class and fast with next day delivery, I have ordered a few things from them now, I fine they are reliable with good understanding of the products they sell and bend over backwards to serve the customer.
Hope you find this review of help
Mike