I have never used the Leupold rings you reference. However, the Zeiss rings have not performed well, with some seeing the scope slip in them.
I have used the Seekins rings for a while and are the sweet spot for reliability vs cost for me.
1. I prefer the Trijicon Zero Stop to others.
2. The reticle looks busy, but in practice, I don't find it to be. I shot a whitetail on Saturday without illumination and never thought about the reticle.
I hunt in AL with very similar terrain. I have used everything from cheap binos to Swaro EL’s. To me, with short fields and low-light performance, the Zeiss Conquest 8x42’s are the sweet spot. My son has been using a set for a couple of years now and they are a great pair of binos. I would look...
30 in-lb on the receiver and 35 in-lb on the rings. Have used this on multiple rifles and scopes and never had one come loose.
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I have read that the internals are the same, then read that they aren't. Not sure what is true. I do believe that the glass is the same though, as I have both and see no difference.
I would do a pre-order with Airguns of Arizona. They get routine shipments and you should have them in no time. If you need something right now, they have the HT073's in stock.
The advice for shooting off a bipod is solid. My son has a Mauser M18 (almost the same rifle as yours). Shooting off bags, it is routinely <0.5MOA rifle. When we shot it off a bipod, it was easily a 3MOA rifle and was very erratic with shots all over the place. Come to find out, the stock...