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I´m an old geezer but I have yet to experience a scope that doesn´t hold zero.
Have I been lucky or bought sturdy scopes or do I pamper with my gear ?
 
I have a variety of scopes; american/japanese/austrian/german (and a chinese, now sold).
The scopes are a mix of FFP/SFP, fixed/variable, they have one thing in common they all hold zero.
(even the chinese Hawke Nite-Eye did hold zero- it was thown out due to inferior optics)
 
I´m asking:
Is this "holding zero" really an issue ?
Is there a price-tag one shold exceed for mechanically good scopes ?
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dale Clifford Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April/25/2011 at 08:45
I´m an old geezer but I have yet to experience a scope that doesn´t hold zero.
Have I been lucky or bought sturdy scopes or do I pamper with my gear ?



I got your share of them.
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get good rings and mounts!

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Gerry Atric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April/25/2011 at 12:02
Originally posted by Dale Clifford Dale Clifford wrote:

I´m an old geezer but I have yet to experience a scope that doesn´t hold zero.
Have I been lucky or bought sturdy scopes or do I pamper with my gear ?



I got your share of them.
 
Nice of you to sacrifice and bear my troubles Wink
 
Could you please elaborate, is there a brand, or a range of brands that have this defect and ought to be avoided ?
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dale Clifford Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April/25/2011 at 18:26
I think if you ask enough, the good old bell curve shows up on all, of course it would be the "narrowness" of the bell after that. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tip69 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April/25/2011 at 18:48
not sure I've ever had issues with POI wither.  I think most of my issues were just differences in the ammo..... I always bought the cheapest!  Started into reloading to fix that!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Altrisk Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/05/2011 at 07:24
Had a Nikon Monarch ucc 4-12x40, that did not hold it's zero. Sent it in and received a brand new Monarch. I did wound a pretty expensive Oryx in the Kalahari dessert with that scope. Fortunately the follow up was succesfull.
 
I also have an old Japannese Tasco 3-12x40 that is pretty "loose" and hazy above 10x, but is always spot on. It was on my CZ550 when we rolled down a sanddune with a Toyota hunting vehicle. I threw the rifle away like a spear. After cleaning the rifle with diesel I took a few shots to see if the scope was still on target. 2 inches high at 100 metres...spot on!Yippee
 
 
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Some of those old Tascos are built like tanks.  
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