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Gerry Atric
Optics Journeyman Joined: April/21/2011 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 340 |
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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 ?
Gerry Atric
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Dale Clifford
Optics Jedi Knight Joined: July/04/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5087 |
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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 got your share of them. |
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I love little league baseball-- it keeps the kids out of the house
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Midwest_Hunter
Optics Apprentice Joined: January/07/2011 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 102 |
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get good rings and mounts! |
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Gerry Atric
Optics Journeyman Joined: April/21/2011 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 340 |
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Nice of you to sacrifice and bear my troubles
Could you please elaborate, is there a brand, or a range of brands that have this defect and ought to be avoided ?
Gerry Atric
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Dale Clifford
Optics Jedi Knight Joined: July/04/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5087 |
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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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I love little league baseball-- it keeps the kids out of the house
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Tip69
Optics Master Extraordinaire Tip Stick Joined: September/27/2005 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 4155 |
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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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take em!
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Altrisk
Optics GrassHopper Joined: June/28/2010 Location: Cape Town Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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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!
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Ed Connelly
Optics Retard God of no Chihuahua Joined: December/16/2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 24225 |
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Some of those old Tascos are built like tanks.
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