Advice for a crossbow scope

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I purchased a scoped Eastman X-Force 800 Pro brand new at Dante last year. I fired a total of 10 cross bolts to sight the SOB in. Then, this past November, I fired another 10. By the 5th cross bolt, she'd started pulling to the left. By the 10th, I'd scrapped five cross bolts.

I must have adjusted a total of 30-40 clicks to get that SOB back on target since. Cost me another $70 in new cross bolts, mind you. Anyhow, after being sighted in perfectly, I managed to fire off another 10 shots before noticing yet another trend to shoot left.

I'm done! I shoulda known better when I saw the "Made in China" sticker. I need opinions on a multi-lined crossbow scope. It's a 1" body. I don't wanna refinance the farm, but I know I won't get anything of value for $100 either.

Suggestions, por favor?
 
I had this problem with my cross-bow. Have you tried blue lock-tite on the screws on the scope and bases. I would try this before you buy a new scope.
 
Excalibur has two scopes, Vari-Zone and Lumi-zone, either would work well for you. Crossbows are hard on scopes, these are made for that punishment.
Adjustable for the speed of your bow, cheap and have the best warranty out there, break it and they will fix it.
 
Metropolis said:
I had this problem with my cross-bow. Have you tried blue lock-tite on the screws on the scope and bases. I would try this before you buy a new scope.
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No, I haven't. I did initially find one of the two scope-mount knurled nuts loose (after scrapping the 5 crossbolts). I went thru the whole crossbow, retightened everything, though only that one knurled nut was loose. Checked everything once more when it started to pull that lefty $hit again, everything's snug :(
 
Pyd said:
Excalibur has two scopes, Vari-Zone and Lumi-zone, either would work well for you. Crossbows are hard on scopes, these are made for that punishment.
Adjustable for the speed of your bow, cheap and have the best warranty out there, break it and they will fix it.
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Well then, that settles it. I was aiming at paying around $200 max for a scope, but Le Baron has the LumiZone listed for $140, the VariZone for $100. All less my 10% discount.

http://www.lebaron.ca/pdf_files_fall09/archery/excalibur_scopes.pdf



They also have two TenPoint scopes, a 3x ProView for $217 and a 3x Multi-Line version for $164.

http://www.lebaron.ca/pdf_files_fall09/archery/tenpoint_proslider.pdf

So which one do I spring for? Oh, and is it ok for me to provide links to LeBaron, or is that a no-no? Is this called "hot-linking"? I know that in some cases it's not allowed, but seeing as this is just a catalogue...
 
I ended up with the Lumi-Zone. I asked to see the TenPoint at $200+. The salesman told me that I was better off with the Excalibur. She's been zeroed in already and ready to rock'n roll.
Thanks to all for your input ;)
 
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