The Assassin’s Creed....

I’m curious what loads were settled on. Just picked up a fieldcraft in 6.5 creedmoor and am deciding which bullets to try first. It’s also wearing an swfa 3-9 so the loads won’t matter much. It’ll be spraying them all over like a shotgun probably.
 
I shoot with a buddy with another SWFA scope. We put a pile of rounds under them out to 1200 yds this summer (I have two). At the end of it all, we figured we ought to check zero’s. All scopes were spot on. They had not shifted zero at all. And they have been run up and down a bunch.

I’ve shot a bunch of bullets in the CM. With RL 16 they all have been excellent. Right now I’m using 123gr Scenars. And I recommend Lapua brass.
 
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I would buy one of the SWFA's if they would make one with an uncluttered reticle. With the good adjustments they have, they don't need a bunch of hash marks
 
Uh oh, Bill is becoming one of those hipster snipersexuals with their junky Asian scopes.



All kidding aside though, when choosing optics I like to buy American. It really helps keep their ammunition sector afloat, having to fire 37 rounds re-zeroing my scope every few months.
 
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Slimbo said:
Uh oh, Bill is becoming one of those hipster snipersexuals with their junky Asian scopes.



All kidding aside though, when choosing optics I like to buy American. It really helps keep their ammunition sector afloat, having to fire 37 rounds re-zeroing my scope every few months.
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Now thats funny right there, thanks for the laugh Slimbo.......
 
I have an SWFA 3-9 and a Nightforce NXS 2.5-10X32 on very similar rifles. Other than the illuminated reticle in the NXS, one scope is as good as the other. No difference in optical quality that I can see, and one tracks as well as the other.
 
Problem with SWFA is they don't deal with Canada direct anymore. So they won't ship you a scope and if you have a problem with a scope it has to go to England, which is where I shipped my SWFA 6x SS to a few months ago and haven't heard anything since, despite several emails to follow up. If you are an American they are an incredible value though.
 
Just an example of what can happen with prominent turrets; videos of midgets tossing rifles over the bank notwithstanding. This is why, for a serious hunting rifle, I don't really want prominent, exposed turrets on a scope.
 
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Thank you. That’s interesting and a new one on me. We’ve found them to be very durable and repeatable. And not just for the price point. Hope you get it sorted soon.
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They seem very durable but when a massive 500 lb steel object gets slammed into the turret while the rifle is held securely in place, something is going to give.


For the record I’ve also had leupold and vortex turrets come off, but in a much more traditional firearms usage manner.


To SWFAs credit, they said they would warranty it, whereas Leupolds warranty wouldn’t cover something like that.
 
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Gatehouse said:
They seem very durable but when a massive 500 lb steel object gets slammed into the turret while the rifle is held securely in place, something is going to give.


For the record I’ve also had leupold and vortex turrets come off, but in a much more traditional firearms usage manner.


To SWFAs credit, they said they would warranty it, whereas Leupolds warranty wouldn’t cover something like that.
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FWIW
Leupold warrantied my bent tube and dented objective. I didn't need to send emails or send it across the ocean. But it did take 10 days.
 
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