5 Best Leupold Scopes For Your AR-15

Best for Close Range Hunting: Leupold Mark 5HD Rifle Scope

Leupold crafted a clear and versatile scope with a vast range of magnification with the Mark 5HD 7-25x56mm rifle scope. What’s best is that gun enthusiasts won’t have any issues with the weight of this scope, which comes to just 13 ounces.

The 5HD is packed with several excellent features. You’ll fall in love right away with the feel, shape, and size of the elevation and windage knobs of this Leupold scope. It has a sturdy and positive feel with audible clicks when being adjusted. With some tweaks, the brand has now placed the elevation under zero m, which is advantageous in some shooting scenarios.

With two reticle options for the second focal plane, you have the choice between the TMOA Plus and the Impact-60 reticles. The difference between the two is that the TMOA Plus carries a more straightforward design with an open target point at the center, while the Impact-60 has Xmas Tree-type horizontal and vertical hold-offs. Both reticles will take some time for you to get used to, but both can contribute to a more precise and more powerful shooting experience.

One of the main selling points of this riflescope is its impressive brightness and clarity. You will never complain about low light settings and glare when you have this scope attached to your AR-15. The brand is confident with its HD Edge-to-Edge Lens Clarity and HD Light Management System. Leupold’s lens coating also helps negate the effect of micro-flaws on the lens.

This scope can keep up with the wear and tear, and exposure to extreme climates as it is waterproof, fog-proof, and shockproof. Leupold has tested this scope to up to 33-foot depths in varying pressure alterations and has observed no cracks, leaks, or anything that can shorten its lifespan.

Despite its beefy look, this is one that you can carry around with you all day, every day, so you can always have that clear scope with sharp images and magnification.

Best Scope For Competition: VX-3HD CDS-ZL Duplex Rifle Scope

This scope is a hunter’s dream come true. Everything that you’d ever want for your AR-15 scope is served on a silver platter – you get a solid package strong enough to endure the usual wear, tear, and constant exposure to the natural elements.

It also gives you impressive performance even in low light settings thanks to the brand’s Elite Optical System. The VX-3HD rifle scope from Leupold is indeed pegged as the best scope for the AR-15 in the market today. Much of this is attributed to its ability to deliver superb dawn to the dusk light transmission for its images. It also reduces glare in huge percentages when in harsh and blinding light settings. On top of these, the images are retained in the highest resolution with clarity. These are prerequisites that shooters and hunters demand on their adventures.

You will appreciate the VX-3HD’s ergonomic controls and match-grade repeatability, making this scope a user-friendly and easy-to-use accessory even if you’re wearing gloves. The last thing you need when on a shooting and hunting adventure is to pause and figure out the bolts and knobs on your scope.

Thanks to its revolutionary CDS Zero Lock dial, you can be assured that your dial’s movement is controlled solely by you – the lock system prevents any accidental mishaps. Adjusting the CDS Zero Lock dial follows a simple approach too, since all you have to do is to push to unlock the dial, make the changes, and then rotate it back to zero so you can lock it in place. There are no complicated processes, and no visuals needed because all you require is tactile feel to make any adjustments.

You will enjoy this scope as you can bring and use it anytime, anywhere since it is designed to be fog-proof and waterproof with scratch-resistant lenses.

This one is definitely worth the money. If you want clarity, good imaging, and superb performance, look no further.

Best for Long Range Tactical: Leupold VX-6HD Side Focus Firedot Duplex Reticle

Branded as the most versatile scope, ideal for all hunting seasons, the VX-6HD Leupold scope boasts a robust 6x magnification, giving you that extra edge when shooting and hunting. Paired with Leupold’s Twilight Max Light Management System, you get additional hours of hunting while still enjoying clear views. With ambient light conditions, this scope’s rugged housing comes in a non-glare matte finish, ensuring that your game will be in its relaxed state, not knowing that you’re out to catch it.

FEATURES:

• Second Focal Plane
• 6:1 zoom ratio = 6 times more magnification at high power
• Color Illum: FireDot Duplex CDS-ZL2
• Style: VX-6HD 4-24x52mm
• Dimensions: 14 x 3 x 2.75 inches
• Sport Type: Hunting

Aside from guaranteed superb image quality, the VX-6HD also has an integrated scope cant indicator so you can expertly level the reticle’s crosshairs without the need for special tools or complicated math. This will help you have excellent aim on your target even if you are at an extended distance and range.

Thanks to this scope’s proven erector system, you can be confident with the level of accuracy that you can get each time you use the scope. It also comes with a Guard-ion hydrophobic lens coating specially intended to eliminate image distortion from dust, debris, fingerprints, moisture, and water. You can have that right-on-target shot regardless of the environment that you are in.

Leupold aims that with this scope, you can have a better long range shooting experience; thus, its CDS custom dial is designed to be one of the most manageable systems to adjust even at longer distances. Paired with a ZeroLock, your dials will always be secured, so accidental rotations and unwanted adjustments are out of the picture.

The Leupold VX-6 3-18×44 is a superb long-range scope choice for your AR-15. With this scope, you have complete control over the adjustments that you need, sans the complications. It is a straightforward accessory that can give you the edge you need for a better shooting experience. With its side focus design, you can have ease of use when out on the field, and the scope’s FireDot reticle gives you the advantage of absolute precision targeting.

Best for Open Country Hunting: SX-2 Alpine HD 20-60X60MM Angled Spotting Scope

If you enjoy the outdoors’ adrenaline and you don’t want to worry about your scope being too delicate, then this spotting scope is for you. It can easily keep up with the adventures that you and your AR-15 crave.

A must-have if you are a serious hunter or a professional shooter, this angled spotting scope from Leupold allows you to tick off the HD performance of your optics kit.

The SX-2 Alpine HD is intended for harsh conditions – as a result, it is 100% fog-proof and waterproof. Its lenses are diamond coated too, so there’s no need to worry about scratches.
An immediately noticeable feature is its humongous eyepiece made of clear glass. This permits convenient all-day glassing for superb clarity and brightness. Paired with the brand’s exclusive Twilight Max Light Management system and you are given additional shooting hours in low light settings.

With this scope, you can see better even with reduced light while at the same time minimizing glare. When locking in your target, it is essential to have clear visuals so you can shoot with 100% accuracy.

Furthermore, the eyepiece is also designed to be rotatable and angled, so you have the advantage of having multiple viewing angles without causing discomfort on your neck and eyes. When aiming, having a wide sight of your target can make all the difference when you are about to make the shot.

Guaranteed for life, this scope will surely give you a new perspective on scopes. It reduces eye-strain and fatigue and has a rotating tripod adjustment ring to provide you with even more flexibility when glassing larger areas.

FX-4.5HD SERVICE RIFLE 4.5X24MM CDS-ZL2 HPR-1 Rifle Scope

This scope is definitely what was missing in your arsenal in your previous NRA service rifle matches.

The Leupold FX-4.5HD scope is known for its relentless performance and in any competition, this will help you score better.

Like any Leupold scope, this is also designed with the Twilight Light Management System, which is renowned for delivering superb clarity and impressive brightness by achieving a perfect balance among light transmission, image contrast, and glare reduction. All these components give you those impeccable visuals to your targets without any smears and visual distractions.

The FX-4.5 HD service rifle can give you long-term peace of mind too. It is proven and tested to survive the brand’s recoil simulation machine, called ‘The Punisher’. By successfully surviving this simulator, you know that your scope can withstand a minimum of 5,000 impacts and more.

Additionally, it is waterproof, shockproof, and fog-proof. Its lens comes coated with guard-ion hydrophobic material, making it scratch-resistant.

There is no turning back once you have a taste of this solid Leupold brute of a scope. A smart investment, you can expect to enjoy it for many years to come.

VX-FREEDOM 2-7X33 HUNT-PLEX

Just as the name suggests, freedom is what you’ll feel when equipped with the VX-Freedom 2-7×33 mm SFP rifle scope. If you like to shoot and hunt rough and most of your accessories are used and abused, this will blend right in and take the beating like a pro.

Very well made with sights that deliver you with a clear image, you will be surprised that this falls under the budget price category.

True to the brand’s commitment to delivering versatility and superb performance, the Freedom will make an ideal scope for you, regardless of it being your first ever scope or even your 50th accessory. This is best for the conventional and hard-edged American hunter, AR-15 owners, rimfire plinkers, and long-range shooters, an all-American product designed, assembled, and machined in the US.

The lens coating of this rifle scope is most impressive. Leupold refers to their trademarked coating as the ‘Twilight Light Management System’. It is more than capable of transmitting maximum light while simultaneously improving the objects’ colors and vibrancy. It is designed to contrast highlights and even the shadows when the light is not at its best, especially during dusk and dawn. You also won’t have any problems with glare because the coating applied to this scope ensures that this is reduced.

Ideal for both newbies and expert shooters, this optic’s controls are user-friendly. Thanks to its power adjustments, you can make quick modifications as needed. It also has convenient windage and elevation finger-click adjustments.

This Leupold scope offers a generous eye relief of almost 3.74 inches in its highest magnification and 4.92 inches at its lowest setting. At only 13-oz, you get a scope made of 6061-T6 aluminum, making it a scope that you can bring with you to all environments.

Value for money, you can’t go wrong with the Freedom series of the Leupold. It knows how to add in that extra oomph to give you absolutely excellent performance.