Do you think I damaged my scope?

[osborne]

I'm going to have to wait a week in order to shoot again and see for myself but I figured I ask the question.

I was shooting with a few friends yesterday and let one borrow my CZ452 topped with a Nikon buckmaster 4.5-14X40. This rig is brand new and only been to the range twice. it has not been anywhere else. So two weeks ago I mounted the scope and brought it to the range. The scope was "centered" and was only shooting off 1.5" right at 50 yards on my inital sighting shots. I thought what great luck every went on perfectly aligned. Groups were running just over .5" at 50 yards

Now yesterday..... In a lasp of concentration while loading a mag my friend struck the rifle and it fell off the shooting table onto the concert floor. The rifle struck completly flat on its side. Upon inspection, outwardly everything looks fine, there are of course a few big dents in the stock and marks on the scope.

The end result was a 20" shift in pattern to the left at 50 yards. So i dialed in the correction and got the pattern back to were it should be. I only had about 15 min to continue shooting, so I got 4 groups in after the drop. all were around 1".

My only hope is tonight to loosen everything from the bases to the rings and hope that things settle back down.

If anyone has any suggestions other than mentioned above it would be appreciated.

Osborne

 

[Nine]

I'd take in off, all of it rings and bases included, then reattach & resight in.

Oh and;

Do you think I damaged my scope?

Probably. Time will tell though.

 

[Farlsincharge]

I had the same thing happen to a CIL .243 with an old BUSH scope on it. It knocked it out a bit, but after a quick resight it never missed a beat. As the previous post states Time will tell

 

[fisherking]

You could also take it off,balance the scope on two pieces of material of equal height and see if it will rotate with no visible wobble.If it wobbles,means the tube is bent.

 

[TDC]

So are you still friends with the culrpit?

TDC

 

[Ice-Pick]

Laff, it doesn't matter, I think your friend just bought a scope..!

 

[heavyBullet]

Hopefully, if its destroyed, your buddy will realize its a $300+ scope he just messed up and will pony up some $$$$$$. I'd also be more pee'd off on what damage he did to the rifle more than the scope.

 

[bisonhd]

Sounds like the tube is bent. Buddy should buy you a new scope, otherwise break something of his.