Here's an update on King Optics scopes: I bought a used 3-9x40 on this site last spring. Never looked through it or held it in my hands as it was shipped directly to one of my boys in northern BC for him to try out.
He mounted it on a 300 Wby. a couple of weeks ago and said it was the best scope he'd ever looked through...and he's had lots of them. Sighting in was a perfect snap. Bore sighted the rifle, fired a 3 shot group, made one adjustment of a couple of inches down and left and the click stops did exactly what they were supposed to.
So off on an elk hunt. First day out in the rain and the scope literally filled up with water. He used a back-up rifle for the rest of the hunt (undergunned for elk), and phoned King Optics when he got back home. The gentleman he talked to was apologetic and seemed surprised. Since the model my son has is no longer in production he was offered an upgrade replacement at NO cost with the same lifetime warranty.
Any scope can fail in several ways, and it nearly always happens with a new scope within the first 20 rounds or the first exposure to bad weather. Get past these two hurdles and you're usually good forever. Optics and features being equal everything comes down to the dealer, and in this case no customer could ask for more.
He mounted it on a 300 Wby. a couple of weeks ago and said it was the best scope he'd ever looked through...and he's had lots of them. Sighting in was a perfect snap. Bore sighted the rifle, fired a 3 shot group, made one adjustment of a couple of inches down and left and the click stops did exactly what they were supposed to.
So off on an elk hunt. First day out in the rain and the scope literally filled up with water. He used a back-up rifle for the rest of the hunt (undergunned for elk), and phoned King Optics when he got back home. The gentleman he talked to was apologetic and seemed surprised. Since the model my son has is no longer in production he was offered an upgrade replacement at NO cost with the same lifetime warranty.
Any scope can fail in several ways, and it nearly always happens with a new scope within the first 20 rounds or the first exposure to bad weather. Get past these two hurdles and you're usually good forever. Optics and features being equal everything comes down to the dealer, and in this case no customer could ask for more.
