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<blockquote data-quote="toddc" data-source="post: 740224" data-attributes="member: 4566"><p>Anything you mentioned has merit. The real trick for buying glass isnt asking a buncha keyboard cowboys its LOOKING THRU THE GLASS side by side. I usually allot 1 or 2 DAYS of looking before I buy glass. The guys at the store will begin to think youre nuts but your eyes "adjust" to some glass better than others. Repeatability in everything you mentioned should be fine. If it isnt return it. You can actually check elevation accuracy if the scope has mounts and the store counter is glass and level. Line the scope up on something horizontal a long ways away...further is better. Then adjust the knob to its far setting and back to original. If its still pointing at the same line its g2g. Ive never done that buying glass but I have done it while on a trip to check a suspect scope. I screwed a mount to my tool box and found my scope jumping 3-4" at 100 on the 3rd turret revolution. NOT GOOD. Ive used it since quite a few times on other scopes. Best part is it will check both elev. and windage. I got my gun shop to installl one and we do box tests on an oil refinery about 1 mile away. We center the scope on a patch of rust on a tank and then the other patches of rust have a certain amt of moa or mil to get there. If they arent on the dots ya got an issue. Still need to shoot it but its kinda neat to get a look at how the thing actually moves...some might surprise you with how they move....you can see a big diff between some brands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toddc, post: 740224, member: 4566"] Anything you mentioned has merit. The real trick for buying glass isnt asking a buncha keyboard cowboys its LOOKING THRU THE GLASS side by side. I usually allot 1 or 2 DAYS of looking before I buy glass. The guys at the store will begin to think youre nuts but your eyes "adjust" to some glass better than others. Repeatability in everything you mentioned should be fine. If it isnt return it. You can actually check elevation accuracy if the scope has mounts and the store counter is glass and level. Line the scope up on something horizontal a long ways away...further is better. Then adjust the knob to its far setting and back to original. If its still pointing at the same line its g2g. Ive never done that buying glass but I have done it while on a trip to check a suspect scope. I screwed a mount to my tool box and found my scope jumping 3-4" at 100 on the 3rd turret revolution. NOT GOOD. Ive used it since quite a few times on other scopes. Best part is it will check both elev. and windage. I got my gun shop to installl one and we do box tests on an oil refinery about 1 mile away. We center the scope on a patch of rust on a tank and then the other patches of rust have a certain amt of moa or mil to get there. If they arent on the dots ya got an issue. Still need to shoot it but its kinda neat to get a look at how the thing actually moves...some might surprise you with how they move....you can see a big diff between some brands. [/QUOTE]
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