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Scope got knocked; Has it spoiled your hunt?
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<blockquote data-quote="widetrackjack" data-source="post: 2389218" data-attributes="member: 120893"><p>I've had a few scopes "knocked off" from a fall in years past but more often what I've had happen to myself and have witnessed happening to others is the windage or elevation turrets being turned from pulling the rifle in and out of the scabbard while hunting horseback. Last year while hunting in Wyoming I noticed my elevation turret was not on zero from pulling it out of the scabbard so many times. It had turned at least a half revolution. I wasn't sure which way to turn it to get it back to zero so I laid the rifle over a fallen tree in the prone position and pulled the bolt out. I sighted down the bore on the center of a stump about 100 yards out and adjusted the turret so the crosshairs would meet the center of the stump. By doing this it got me within just a few clicks of true "0" and I was able to zero my rifle scope in the field without scaring any game off. I'll only purchase "zero stop" scopes or "locking"turret type scopes from now on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="widetrackjack, post: 2389218, member: 120893"] I’ve had a few scopes “knocked off” from a fall in years past but more often what I’ve had happen to myself and have witnessed happening to others is the windage or elevation turrets being turned from pulling the rifle in and out of the scabbard while hunting horseback. Last year while hunting in Wyoming I noticed my elevation turret was not on zero from pulling it out of the scabbard so many times. It had turned at least a half revolution. I wasn’t sure which way to turn it to get it back to zero so I laid the rifle over a fallen tree in the prone position and pulled the bolt out. I sighted down the bore on the center of a stump about 100 yards out and adjusted the turret so the crosshairs would meet the center of the stump. By doing this it got me within just a few clicks of true “0” and I was able to zero my rifle scope in the field without scaring any game off. I’ll only purchase “zero stop” scopes or “locking”turret type scopes from now on. [/QUOTE]
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