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Scope got knocked; Has it spoiled your hunt?
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<blockquote data-quote="emp1953" data-source="post: 2389233" data-attributes="member: 71817"><p>On a horseback guided hunt many years ago a pack horse, carrying my rifle in a scabbard slipped on rocks on a hillside and went down on its side with my rifle underneath it. The horse was fine. No marks on the rifle, the butler creek flip up rear cover was broken at the hinge. We were 3 hours from our destination so the guide had me fire a shot. Zero had not changed. It was a Nikon 4-15x. The next year it did leak and fogged. I sent it back to Nikon, they made it right and 22 years later I'm still using it. It all depends on the scope and the circumstances. In 52 years of hunting I only used a scoped rifle's iron sights one time and that was on a deer that ran straight at me and was so close I couldn't make out a POI in the scope. That is my only rifle with iron sights. I put lower non see through mounts on it and immediately had the scope cut my eyebrow. So I put the higher see thru's back on and never cut my eyebrow again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emp1953, post: 2389233, member: 71817"] On a horseback guided hunt many years ago a pack horse, carrying my rifle in a scabbard slipped on rocks on a hillside and went down on its side with my rifle underneath it. The horse was fine. No marks on the rifle, the butler creek flip up rear cover was broken at the hinge. We were 3 hours from our destination so the guide had me fire a shot. Zero had not changed. It was a Nikon 4-15x. The next year it did leak and fogged. I sent it back to Nikon, they made it right and 22 years later I'm still using it. It all depends on the scope and the circumstances. In 52 years of hunting I only used a scoped rifle's iron sights one time and that was on a deer that ran straight at me and was so close I couldn't make out a POI in the scope. That is my only rifle with iron sights. I put lower non see through mounts on it and immediately had the scope cut my eyebrow. So I put the higher see thru's back on and never cut my eyebrow again. [/QUOTE]
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