scope failure

[Dogleg]

what was wrong with the Rifleman? Why would you throw it out when Leupold would fix or repair it and you could sell it?

It might seem like that at first glance, but believe me there are scopes that I wished that I had just thrown out. By the time you run through the progression of suspecting the scope, testing, removing and replacing, taking a good combo apart for a test scope, shooting some more to verify that it was the problem, finding something to package it in, mailing and waiting for months in some cases then taking the now working combo apart to put the first scope back on you might not want it any more. Add in are you ever going to trust again? I have sold scopes that have been repaired, but only after practically begging the buyer not to take it.
Besides, there is a lot of satisfaction in slowly crushing a POS in a vice.

 

[PE90SHOOTER]

Dogleg explained the B&L vs Bushnell thing well. I had an older B&L Balvar on a 7mm Rem Mag for years. One the best scopes I've owned. Should not even be mentioned in the same sentence as a Bushnell! I currently have VX-III's on everyting. Either 3.5x10x40's or 3.5x10x50's for me, but I would buy a used Balvar again.

 

[oldbadger]

I went throuigh binges of buying scopes just because the price looked great; my boxo scopes contains about 30 or so that aren't worth the trouble of putting on a rimfire. There are Bushnells, Simmons, Leupolds, Burris, Tasco, and several Redfields down there, the only scopes that have done real good are the ones that weren't discounted junk from the very beginning, not to say that I haven't had some high end stuff go south!

Its all about the risk that you are willing to accept; I shot my last moose using a IOR 10X mounted on a Super Sporter..just because I hadn't done that before. The bullet went right where I expected. Generally, you can expect to get about what you pay for, once ina while you get less, but it is very rare to ever get more!

 

[303carbine]

I went throuigh binges of buying scopes just because the price looked great; my boxo scopes contains about 30 or so that aren't worth the trouble of putting on a rimfire. There are Bushnells, Simmons, Leupolds, Burris, Tasco, and several Redfields down there, the only scopes that have done real good are the ones that weren't discounted junk from the very beginning, not to say that I haven't had some high end stuff go south!

Its all about the risk that you are willing to accept; I shot my last moose using a IOR 10X mounted on a Super Sporter..just because I hadn't done that before. The bullet went right where I expected. Generally, you can expect to get about what you pay for, once ina while you get less, but it is very rare to ever get more!

"Very rare to ever get more",that's the sales motto for a lot of companies..........

 

[agilent_one]

what was wrong with the Rifleman? Why would you throw it out when Leupold would fix or repair it and you could sell it?

Took it on a rifle in a trade. Beat up POS. Not worth the time to send back, and I wouldn't have sold that scope to anyone.

Essentially, it was worthless - and beat to ####......

Not worth my time.

 

[Takujualuk]

Well, I have a 7 pound 358 Norma that has wrecked a fiberglass stock, a Burris a Redfield 5 Star and a Leupold.

The recoil forces and speed are pretty high. Now stocked in a heavy, dense peice of walnut (Thanks Ted) and mounting a light weight 2.5X fixed Leupold. Things have been ok for 200 rounds or so.

Point is any scope can fail. The Leupolds have such a great warranty that they likely put more care into them but having any one item fail is not statistically relevant. The old steel tubed fixed Weavers have been the only scopes that never failed me!