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Scope field evaluations on rokslide
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<blockquote data-quote="4th_point" data-source="post: 2977212" data-attributes="member: 13585"><p>I think that you have made some great points about shooting form, but he posted a group with the new scope that looked good. We don't know if the shooting rests changed between new scope and old, or if he went from being a bad shooter to all of a sudden being good, but I think it is not unreasonable to believe the claim that the scope was bad.</p><p></p><p>I was helping a friend with a 3-9x that had performed as expected on a hunting rifle for several years, until it lost zero. Hunting rifle, not target rifle. Mounting was solid. Groups were similar to what was shown above. I hand delivered the scope to the manufacturer. The scope came back with a clean bill of health. Next outing, the groups were all over again. We bypassed standard customer service and went to someone I knew. We asked that the scope be tested on a rifle for zero retention. He reported back that the scope would not hold zero and provided a brand new scope. The new scope was sold before the wrapper was removed. And replaced with a different brand that has not failed with hundreds of rounds with pretty decent recoil. Both brands are ones that elicit strong emotions at various forums!</p><p></p><p>Without knowing the exact cause of the functional failure, we can't really predict the nature of the symptoms (patterns). Sometimes, but not always. Weird things can happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4th_point, post: 2977212, member: 13585"] I think that you have made some great points about shooting form, but he posted a group with the new scope that looked good. We don't know if the shooting rests changed between new scope and old, or if he went from being a bad shooter to all of a sudden being good, but I think it is not unreasonable to believe the claim that the scope was bad. I was helping a friend with a 3-9x that had performed as expected on a hunting rifle for several years, until it lost zero. Hunting rifle, not target rifle. Mounting was solid. Groups were similar to what was shown above. I hand delivered the scope to the manufacturer. The scope came back with a clean bill of health. Next outing, the groups were all over again. We bypassed standard customer service and went to someone I knew. We asked that the scope be tested on a rifle for zero retention. He reported back that the scope would not hold zero and provided a brand new scope. The new scope was sold before the wrapper was removed. And replaced with a different brand that has not failed with hundreds of rounds with pretty decent recoil. Both brands are ones that elicit strong emotions at various forums! Without knowing the exact cause of the functional failure, we can't really predict the nature of the symptoms (patterns). Sometimes, but not always. Weird things can happen. [/QUOTE]
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