In case you are thinking that total internal travel is 35 mils, that is also not correct. 5mil below the stop, so, in use, you do not get 35 mils. The elevation knob will go just 3 turns at 10mils / turn for 30mils exactly from the zero stop and has just. Leupold lists the Mark 5HD 5-25×56 as having 35mil for travel in its elevation. An excellent lightweight hunting setup with the Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25×56 sitting atop the Mesa Precision Arms Crux test rifle from a couple years ago in the McMillan Carbon Game Warden stock The design locks only at zero and contains turn indicators for both turns beyond that point. That option ended up being massively more popular than the original M5B2 and so was adopted, with an extra turn of travel, wholesale for the Mark 5HD line. The turret design was originally made as a secondary, lower profile option for the Mark 6 3-18×44. Leupold calls this elevation turret the M5C3. It also sports a lower profile, non rising, locking elevation turret with turn indicator and an even lower profile capped windage turret. At 30oz, it is substantially lighter than the 35-45oz typical for long range mil/mil FFP scopes in its price range. The most notable difference between the Mark 5HD and the scopes it typically competes with in practical rifle competitions is how much better suited the Mark 5 is for hunting applications.
Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25×56 Unboxing showing included sunshade and flip caps (rings are not included) The Mark 5HD product line has seen a good deal of success in this type of competition, with the number of competitors using it steadily rising year over year to the point that it is now one of the most popular optics in use. This reticle is the result of input from Leupold’s competitive shooters such as John Pynch, through whose podcast I expect most folks learned of it, and is designed specifically with an eye towards functionality in PRS type competition.
The model I am reviewing here today, the 5-25x56mm PR2 Mil, is likewise a new model in that it features a new reticle offering for the 5-25x56mm platform. Thus far it has been a successful line for Leupold and has already been expanded with the addition of a 7-35×56 model. Generally lower in cost than the earlier front focal plane product lines, the Mark 5HD line is a direct competitor with the top product lines of Vortex, Bushnell, Burris, and others. In 2018, Leupold added the Mark 5HD line to fill a good bit of that gap. However, it conversely left Leupold with no direct entry at a lot of popular price points and power ranges. The uniqueness of these product lines is an asset in many cases leaving them little or no direct competition to some models. The Mark 8 3.5-25×56 featured an uncommonly large erector ratio of 8x. Among the uniqueness of Leupold’s Mark 6 and Mark 8 product lines, the two LPVO’s were the first scopes I encountered featuring phase diffraction illumination, and the Mark 6 3-18×44 was both smaller and lighter than virtually all of its competitors. At around that time I reviewed a number of these scopes, including the Mark 8 1.1-8x24mm CQBSS, Mark 6 1-6x20mm, and later Mark 6 3-18x44mm products. These Mark 6 and Mark 8 product lines were both innovative and a bit outside the mainstream. Leopold first released FFP Mil/Mil offerings in 2012-2013. They are so big that they are actually the second largest aluminum consumer on the west coast (behind Boeing). – Reticle Options and the PR2-MIL Reticle
Les (Jim) Fischer BigJimFish Written: July 11, 2021
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