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<blockquote data-quote="Bigeclipse" data-source="post: 1036722" data-attributes="member: 52437"><p>I will make one comment and you can take it as you wish but I ditched my lead sled last year due to scope failure. Now full disclosure: the scope is a lower end burris fullfield II so that could be the issue. I shot it on a lightweight browning xbolt 300WSM. Everything was fine for 7 shots and then I was all over the place. 1inch group became 4 inch group. I put another scope on the rifle and back to 1inch group. I sent the scope in to burris. They deemed it unfixable and sent me a brand new scope. I have no idea what actually broke on it. </p><p> </p><p>Now I will say this, I used a lot of weight on the leadsled basically eliminating say 85% of the recoil. Members on this site told me that could have been the issue. Too much weight/recoil reduction sending all that shock into a lightweight rifle and then into the scope. </p><p> </p><p>So my advice is...if you truly cannot handle all those shots, which yes I definitely understand...then DO NOT weigh down the sled...maybe 5lbs max. Also, I would wait for your off season which is now for us but not sure for your hunting laws. That way if you do hurt the scope you can send it in for repairs well before hunting season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigeclipse, post: 1036722, member: 52437"] I will make one comment and you can take it as you wish but I ditched my lead sled last year due to scope failure. Now full disclosure: the scope is a lower end burris fullfield II so that could be the issue. I shot it on a lightweight browning xbolt 300WSM. Everything was fine for 7 shots and then I was all over the place. 1inch group became 4 inch group. I put another scope on the rifle and back to 1inch group. I sent the scope in to burris. They deemed it unfixable and sent me a brand new scope. I have no idea what actually broke on it. Now I will say this, I used a lot of weight on the leadsled basically eliminating say 85% of the recoil. Members on this site told me that could have been the issue. Too much weight/recoil reduction sending all that shock into a lightweight rifle and then into the scope. So my advice is...if you truly cannot handle all those shots, which yes I definitely understand...then DO NOT weigh down the sled...maybe 5lbs max. Also, I would wait for your off season which is now for us but not sure for your hunting laws. That way if you do hurt the scope you can send it in for repairs well before hunting season. [/QUOTE]
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