I had one of the first Leupolds marketed as a "long range tactical" scope. They came with a mil-dot reticle or fine crosshairs at the time. I opted for the fine cross hairs. Great scope, beautiful clarity. Leupold stayed on top of the scope game for awhile after that.
But over the course of many, many years, Leupold quit listening to customers saying what they wanted. During this time I was working retail and did many side-by-side comparisons with rifle scopes. Not only did they not listen to the shooting public, they ignored up and comer optics companies who were listening to customers.
The next time I was in the market for a long range scope, I looked at everything Leupold was offering and asked what everyone else was happy with. The rave reviews over Vortex products seemed too good to be true.
Found a great deal from Camera Land on a "used (opened, never mounted)" Vortex Viper PST 4-16x50mm first focal plane, illuminated reticle. With Leupold the options at the time were either the FFP or the illuminated reticle, not available together for only just over twice the price of the Vortex.
Admittedly that scope saw only a sighting in session or two, then I put it up for sale. After posting it, I noticed a small speck on one of the lenses inside and informed the buyer. Called Vortex. Vortex said "Send it in! Unconditional lifetime warranty!"
Vortex removed said speck, replaced the seals, recharged the scope, and didn't charge a dime.
Yes, Leupold stands behind their products. But so does Vortex, at half the price.