You should try that with your new VX5HD since you have so much confidence in it. Then you can let us all know how the customer service experience is when you send it in for repairs.A friend of mine is a guide, he uses a Leupold, was one of the many who recommended Leupold to me.
Texted him this evening, asked if he knew what brand of scopes are used by any other guides he knows. His response, was Leupold, except for one who uses a Zeiss.
It might be fun to email some of the scope makers, asking if they would be willing to donate to me a scope. If any do send me a scope, take them and do some of my own testing. Its probably a long shot that many, or any, would donate scopes to me, but would be fun if they did.
1. Could push each scope of the edge of my table onto the floor, sideways, and end 1st.
2. Throw each of them 5 times as hard as i can into the field.
3. Fill my sink full of water, and put them in there for an hour.
4. Put them all on the rear rack of my ATV, put 2 rubber snap straps over them, to hold them on, then leave them there for a week as I go about my work. That Should subject them to lots of vibration, and bumps.
Then mount, and shoot them, groups of 5 shots at each of 100, 300, and 600 yards, to see if their settings will still work.
Does that sound like a good test?
How are you going to establish protocols, what will be your control?
You should try that with your new VX5HD since you have so much confidence in it. Then you can let us all know how the customer service experience is when you send it in for repairs.
Clearly many of you have not read beyond the first sentence or two on the Rokslide thread.
Simmons had an interesting design to support the erector tube, patented I believe, that was claimed to make those scopes with that feature very robust.I think the rings are cold welded to it as well.
Sounds like a Leupold cult club lolCan't do that though, then how would he be able to rig it for his nightforce scope to win?
The bias is strong in him.
So strong it's a huge turn off to some people.
I'll never ever buy a nightmare scope, just because of the video history of his cool aid drinking.
I'm more likely to believe the experiences of the people who I know, and talk to in person regularly.
All of them swear by Leupold, because they just work well, and don't need a cult members club.
I have one as well, was on my 270 wsm for a few years then went onto my 50cal encore. Scope is 22 years old and never lost on either. Still have it on my original Encore barrel incase I have to use it for a backup to my smokeless barrel.I have a Simmons scope I bought in 1986. It hasn't lost zero in over 35 years and spent most of those years on a 7 RM. It's from back in the days when they were made in Japan. Just sayin...
When your horse falls it always falls toward the rifle and scabbard...at least in New Mexico they do.You use a scabbard on a horse, trust me, you will see failure. That is pretty harse treatment compared to riding in the the back of a vehicle in a case. A horse doesn't care about rifles or Optics, they care aabout footing and they don't care what they have to do to be where they want to be.
What mounting system did you use on your rifle?