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<blockquote data-quote="packgoatguy" data-source="post: 2681047" data-attributes="member: 27192"><p>My 2 cents...</p><p>I hunt with young/novice hunters. They use my rifles, and I need to know that when I hand them a rifle, it will put the bullet where they aim (if they do their part). </p><p></p><p>I've seen shots go wild in the field a few times; one turned out to be a stock issue (had cracked at the action screws). The others were scopes which had zero shifts to some degree or another. </p><p></p><p>I certainly can't eliminate every variable in the field... but if I have a choice between a scope that is even marginally more likely to fail... and one that has is less likely to fail... I'll pay extra for the one less likely to fail, even if it has fewer features. I'll put it this way; I'd rather buy a scope that has a failure rate of sub-1% with No warranty, than a scope with a 20% failure rate but also has the best warranty under the sun.</p><p></p><p>For me, I've been happy with my swfa 3-9x42 this season; 3 deer, 3 elk in the hands of novice/young shooters (who are not always the most gentle with my equipment... youngest was 10 years old) and the rifle was still dead on when I shot it a couple weeks ago. I had a couple of the lht scopes last year... I don't anymore. I love the feature set and weight... I'm just not convinced they are as durable as I would need them to be... and it's not good enough that IF I have a problem they will fix it... I don't want to have the problem in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="packgoatguy, post: 2681047, member: 27192"] My 2 cents... I hunt with young/novice hunters. They use my rifles, and I need to know that when I hand them a rifle, it will put the bullet where they aim (if they do their part). I've seen shots go wild in the field a few times; one turned out to be a stock issue (had cracked at the action screws). The others were scopes which had zero shifts to some degree or another. I certainly can't eliminate every variable in the field... but if I have a choice between a scope that is even marginally more likely to fail... and one that has is less likely to fail... I'll pay extra for the one less likely to fail, even if it has fewer features. I'll put it this way; I'd rather buy a scope that has a failure rate of sub-1% with No warranty, than a scope with a 20% failure rate but also has the best warranty under the sun. For me, I've been happy with my swfa 3-9x42 this season; 3 deer, 3 elk in the hands of novice/young shooters (who are not always the most gentle with my equipment... youngest was 10 years old) and the rifle was still dead on when I shot it a couple weeks ago. I had a couple of the lht scopes last year... I don't anymore. I love the feature set and weight... I'm just not convinced they are as durable as I would need them to be... and it's not good enough that IF I have a problem they will fix it... I don't want to have the problem in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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