I was doing a little shooting today first four shots not what I expected accuracy wise a little over 1moa at 100 yards.I typically shoot 3/4 moa with this gun. Decided to take a break and the gun tipped off the sand bags fell 5 inch's and landed on the scope. I waited ten minutes then took two more shots they were 4 inches higher then the previous 4 shots. My question is do you think the scope is broken or just " knocked out of alignment" the gun is a defiance action,manners, stock bartlien barrel . The brand of scope is irrelevant to this question as it has performed perfectly the last 5 years
Gun tipped over on bench! scope broke?
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I would verify the mount- remove the scope and reinstall being sure that it's torqued correctly, then test it. If it still tracks true, you're good. If not, call the manufacturer and see if they can help troubleshoot if you aren't able to just send it back under the warranty
Varmint Hunter
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My buddy dropped his rifle out of his ladder-stand. The Leupold scope slammed right into a steel rung on the way down. Smashed it pretty bad. I removed the scope and returned it to Leupold explaining what happened. To my surprise, they fixed the scope free of charge. Now that's great customer service!
huntsman22
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If my scope couldn't handle a 5" fall, I'd be dumping the *** as fast as I could, no matter the irrevellance of the brand......
I don't understand your logic behind saying brand is irrelevant because it performed "perfectly" while being babied the last five years but now you are asking if these guys think its ok after taking a fall. I hate to tell you but brand absolutely matters. Some scopes have warranties that need to be used. Some don't need warranties.
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Lol. The type of rifle is irrelevant to a topic related to scope disability. Right away I find it weird to withhold that yet offer information not relevant.
You need not take to the internet. It's easy to check if a scope is broke or not. Start from square one, retorq the rings ( which rings and mount IS information that should be listed) and rezero the rifle. If it holds zero, Great.
Next get a piece of cardboard or paper and make a long plumb vertical line with like a 4 ft level and make some tics every 3.6 or 1.04 inches (mil or moa) and check tracking.
If it tracks like it did before, returns to zero and holds zero, or within a acceptable range then it's all good. Personally, all my scopes are secured in the rings and mounts torqued and blue loctited to their respected specification. I have broken more scopes from drops then have had move around…
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Barrelnut
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A 5" drop is not much.... Scope may have slipped in the rings. I agree with rezeroing it and checking tracking.
Might be a good idea to remove the top part of the rings and slowly rotate the scope in the rings to check for any obvious wobble. That might indicate that the fall bent the scope tube.
Might be a good idea to remove the top part of the rings and slowly rotate the scope in the rings to check for any obvious wobble. That might indicate that the fall bent the scope tube.
You make my point as to why the brand is irrelevant.
If I would have said it was a Nightforce You would have said it was the mounts that moved, and if I would have said its a Leupold you would say the scope is junk.
Incorrect. I never assume anything but reputations are seldom not earned. If it were mine I'd check tracking and return to zero.
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I disagree you stated in a previous post that I baby my equipment. That my friend was an assumption.
