Is this scope okay?

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Last fall I shot a nice boar with my 35 Whelen and while descending the rise where i had hidden I slipped, fell and landed hard on the rifle and scope. I cleaned the gun up an put it away but made a note to closely inspect and test the optics this spring. Visual inspection revealed no damage other than the expected cosmetic scratches. Today I took it to the camp and set up at 100 yards off of a rest. First shot was 12 inches off zero. I took a second shoot without adjusting to see if the rounds would group and they did (about 1 inch apart) made the adjustments to move it about half way back to zero and fired 2 more rounds. The second set of rounds grouped as well and moved the appropriate amount towards the point of aim. I than made another set of adjustments and fired 4 rounds and all hit within 0.5 inch of the point of aim.

My question is, can a scope get that far out of whack from an impact and still be able to hold zero i.e be functionally undamaged? or should i be worried that the zero i just set will drift even though it seemed to hold for those 4 rounds.

In case it matters the scope is a Swaro Z3.
 
Sounds like you're not convinced.
So take it to the range on every outing and pound a couple rounds and
see wtf happens.
Sooner or later you'll trust it.
Nothing like ???? wandering t'ween dem ears.
 
If you bent the mounts a little, recheck screws torque. Then play with the turrets all the way each direction. And then rezero it. Then you can test if it hold zero just by strapping it on the quad and give it a ride.
 
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