Has your scope actually lost zero? Completely failed? Gas released?

What scope has failed you COMPLETELY?

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Just two brands.

Simmons - 3-9x40 prosport - cross hairs canted on first 10 rounds - replaced by warranty. New scope has been good for 3 years and many rounds.

Leapers 6-24 scope. Put it on M14, bad idea. It held a 10MOA zero. I took off the scope and used irons - 3-4 MOA. I put the scope on a 22, same problem. I gave it to a neighbours kid for his pellet gun. The squirrels thanked me.
 
My first scope was a cheap Tasco, because that was all I could afford at the time. Fogged up on a hunt 2nd year I had it. My brother had another cheap variable fog, but I can't remember what brand. I eventually upgraded to Leupolds and have only had one problem since, and that was covered by warranty. Scope was still useable, but only just.
 
leupold prismatic , was great on the 223 and 22's but maybe not so great on the .308 (m14)
lasted about 10 rounds after initial sight in. internally the lenses shifted is the best way I can explain it and it was loosened up real good.
still have to send it in to see what the Canadian service center can do for me.
 
Poll is completely invalid. You would need a thousand options for it. What make? What grade of said make? These first two open up hundreds of options alone. For example, what make and grade, is a variable on its own, so you would need to list every make and every scope from the cheapest to the most expensive. Then you need to factor in the amount of scopes sold by brand. If Leupold sold 10 high end scope and Bushnell sold 100 low end scopes. Was it properly installed? Was it installed on intended calibre? How many rounds? How many people in Canada own scopes and are not voting here? Etc. Poll fail.
 
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Tasco varmint scope wouldn't hold zero.

Bushnell banner that the ocular end came lose on the threads.

Of course both of them were more than 20 years ago, that's when I learned my lesson.

That's why ALL the guys crowing about the wonderful vortex warranty that they "took advantage of" when their vortex broke left me cold.
 
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Validity of the poll aside the only scope that ever left me stuck was a brand new Bushnell Elite 4200. Used it for about 300 rnds on a tikka t3 in 30-06. The magnification ring piled up on me, I couldn't get it to turn from 3x. When I took a few shots with it it was no where near POA. On the plus side it was exchanged on the spot to get me back hunting
 
I had a Leupold vari-x2 3-9 compact fail, twice. The erector fails and groups go from sub inch to 10-12" at 100 yards. Had a $75 Bushnell fail with the crosshairs coming loose and turning 45 degrees. Last fail was a vortex viper 5-20 x50 it piled up inside, turned the focus knob felt a slight resistance then a click, no paralax adjustment and groups went to paper plate size at 25 yards.

Leupold has repaired my compact twice no questions asked and within a week each time. Bushnell was tossed, Vortex is waiting on the "awesome" vortex warranty...
 
Hope people don't take this poll too seriously.

It doesn't matter how many failures there are from a certain brand. This is skewed data as it doesn't take into consideration the difference between a quality product vs a ####ty one from the same manufacturer. It also doesn't take into consideration how many of each scope was bought. Maybe scope X has the twice the number of failures but triple the number of sales compared to scope Y.

Not to say that this isn't an interesting thread but I hope people don't use it as a buying guide.
 
^ true, but it is interesting to hear different anecdotes; especially when regarding some brands that people always sing high praise about that you may not otherwise hear anything.

A couple days ago I had to send in my Zeiss Terra for warranty as it would not keep zero. I was told to expect to wait 6-8 months for it to be returned, so now I am needing another cope for hunting season and I can guarantee you it won't be a Zeiss - regardless if their "higher lines" may or may not be better, 6-8 months is pathetic when needed.
 
I wonder how many scopes - say over 5 years old - still have their original gas charge inside the tube? and how would you know?
 
Back about 20 years ago, I was moose hunting with my Remington 760 in 300 Savage which had a new Bushnell scope with BDC. We were camped back in moose country and on the first day I decided to double check my scope accuracy. We set up a target at 100yds and with my first shot everything went blurry in my scope and you could hear a rattle. Upon field disassembly I had found that the reticle had loosened off and fell inside the scope. I managed a field fix and resighted it and continued on with the hunt. A week later when I returned home I took the scope in to our local dealer, who provided a lesser temporary replacement to finish off the hunting season, while my scope went out for warranty. About a month later my dealer informed me that since the scope was disassembled in the field that warranty was void, however the dealer went good for a replacement scope, which was the loaner that he had provided me to finish off the season. At least I got a partial compensation for a deficient product, but I was not very happy, but I still continue to buy and use some of the Bushnell products, hoping that my luck will be better in the future.
 
Had a Tasco Varmint get rattled to death on an M14 after around 100 rounds. Got a brand new one in the mail three weeks later from the warranty people. I did NOT put it back on the M14.

Out of maybe 30 new scopes I have owned over the years, from $79 super cheapo's to $1200 higher end stuff, that's the only one that ever died on me. Just lucky I guess.
 
I've pooched 3 Bushnells and a pair of Baush and Lomb, and one Simmons. To be fair though, all three Bushy's were on springer air guns (although they were rated for springers), and the B&L were on a 300wm, and a 6mm remington. The bushnells exhibited a wandering zero after about 1500 shots each, and the B&L both lost nitrogen and fogged up, but no idea on the round count with those ones..... Lots though.

The Simmons had the reticle come completely free and started to rotate. That one had been on a 264 mag for probably 10 years hiccup free at that point.
 
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