All of you guys aren't your average firearm user, and do better than me, and much better than my guides and clients. My brother is the worst. The dings on Hoyt's lovely .358 are actually my fault too, he kept it mint climbing the slopes and then I hurriedly shipped it home to him in his awesome hard case with... loose objects. Beauty.
I can plead and plead and be disappointed when I get the rifles back, setting my expectations at destruction and from there everything's positive.
Scopes will be small Leupolds for sure to tackle that Q.
Bah... good honest damage, just makes them more interesting, as long as it doesn't affect function... and walnut is easily restored...
While my OCDness demands perfection, my clumsiness keeps me grounded in reality...
Emerson; I do see a difference between and honest gouge resulting from a slip and fall crossing a talus slope to stalk a goat and a gouge caused by leaning your rifle against the side of your truck and then driving off forgetting that it was there...





















































