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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Wright" data-source="post: 2962585" data-attributes="member: 104363"><p>Leupold states their shock testing is done 5000 times at a shock level 3x the value of 308 Win recoil, during development of the scope, not in production random testing just to confirm its all still working. If that's their approach, I've had 5 of them go back for warranty and always returned with the explanation they have replaced the erector system. </p><p>A Zeiss V4 failed in the parallax adjustment.</p><p>A Burris, no comment was given as to what was fixed.</p><p>None of these were dropped.</p><p>My friends Vortex got out of production with rotated cross hair glass. Brand new.</p><p>I'm searching for something else too.</p><p>My problem with the engineering and manufacturing is, if the manufacturers are seeing these returns for the same thing, it's not getting fixed.</p><p>These didn't break by dropping them. They just failed for no other reason than recoil and dialing, well within Leupolds "torture test". They need more torture in testing and production to weed out bad designs, bad parts getting in production.</p><p>To purposely drop the rifle on the scope, I would expect damage to occur or a POI shift but it could come from bases, rings or the scope system. If it didn't shift POI, that's great. But I would have that shadow of doubt right in the middle of a hunt of a lifetime, or any hunt, that I might want to check this out for POI right as that monster elk is in my scope. Squeeze or no squeeze?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Wright, post: 2962585, member: 104363"] Leupold states their shock testing is done 5000 times at a shock level 3x the value of 308 Win recoil, during development of the scope, not in production random testing just to confirm its all still working. If that's their approach, I've had 5 of them go back for warranty and always returned with the explanation they have replaced the erector system. A Zeiss V4 failed in the parallax adjustment. A Burris, no comment was given as to what was fixed. None of these were dropped. My friends Vortex got out of production with rotated cross hair glass. Brand new. I'm searching for something else too. My problem with the engineering and manufacturing is, if the manufacturers are seeing these returns for the same thing, it's not getting fixed. These didn't break by dropping them. They just failed for no other reason than recoil and dialing, well within Leupolds "torture test". They need more torture in testing and production to weed out bad designs, bad parts getting in production. To purposely drop the rifle on the scope, I would expect damage to occur or a POI shift but it could come from bases, rings or the scope system. If it didn't shift POI, that's great. But I would have that shadow of doubt right in the middle of a hunt of a lifetime, or any hunt, that I might want to check this out for POI right as that monster elk is in my scope. Squeeze or no squeeze? [/QUOTE]
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