Comments on: When Good Scopes Go Bad — Making the Difficult Diagnosis

By: Dasher

Dasher — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 08:53:26 +0000

All scopes break down, even those that are hallowed in the BR world. If you won’t buy a brand because of that, then better get fixed iron sights.

By: Lonehunter

Lonehunter — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:43:24 +0000

I had the same problem with same scope crashed in a match. I sent it back and the next match it crashed again. It was sent back again and after many phone calls they sent me a new scope. The new scope functioned properly. I got rid of scope and won’t buy another that wears their name.

By: Matt D.

Matt D. — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:52:49 +0000

Mike you keep an extra $1600 NF around “Just in case?” Will you Adopt me?!?!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:30:49 +0000

I had concerns about a NF when a gun seemed to intermittantly ‘triple group’.
It was very subtle and load tail-chasing wasn’t fixing anything consistently. So I bought another just for comparison, and instantly the gun shot way better with it. Swapped em back & forth for sanity checks, then sent it off to NF to check it.
This was the fastest turn around I have ever seen(3days) and the scope was back completely fixed. Note on the invoice said glass re-bedded, but they didn’t charge anything.
Now I hold an extra scope as a ‘standard’ just for this kind of concern.

By: Matt D.

Matt D. — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:21:35 +0000

let me guess your “major name brand” scope had a reticule that was canted about 30 degree’s….. and it came back the same way as its “in spec”….

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:39:31 +0000

I had an issue when I was a Junior where my redfield palma was “locked down” with the vertical scale screws, and the elevation couldn’t change. I kept stripping the post where the elevation knob set screw contacted the screw post for vertical adjustment. When this happens the sight is all bound up and all you are doing is damaging the shaft where the setscrew contacts the post of the sight.

Leupold has a similar post/setscrew arrangement in their scopes. You need to index the post and knob by scribing a small line across both of them. You should check the knobs to make sure the shaft isn’t damaged. Back off the setscrews and the knob should slip right off (3 screws to a knob on a leupold). If you don’t have a leupold you should call the mfg as I don’t know how other scope mfg’s make up thier elevation knobs.
Ken