Scope field evaluations on rokslide

[Allen Lone wolf]

I'm gonna throw one in here. Built a custom Swedish Mauser a few years ago and grabbed a Simmons Atec scope in matte stainless on it (that nobody wanted) out of the store inventory. I have dragged that rifle through about everything you could imagine and it never lost zero. I finally decided to put a 4.5x14 Boone and Crockett Leupold on it .I gave the $250 (retail) scope to my son when I gave him a custom 300 short mag to get him by until he could buy him something better? 10yrs later it's still on the 300short mag and has never lost zero. Could he get a better scope? Yes. Would it be that reliable? Who knows? Go figure!

 

[buzby]

It's been excepted for as long as I've been hunting, That if you drop your rifle you pretty much have to expect the zero to move and check it ASAP. But if your dropping something from three feet bad stuff WILL happen. Today's scopes have so many features and small moving parts. Well, not much of a thought has to go into something moving. My rifle and scope ride in a padded case in all the vehicles it's transported. I expect bad things to happen if its dropped. I don't ride on horses anymore, my chevy RST has a very smooth ride. And I carry my rifle to wherever I'm hunting. I've never had one loose zero setting in a box blind. If this guy doesn't think vertical drops onto turrets from18, 36 inches to be abusive then I'm not going hunting with him. PS, he's not just dropping the scope, mostly what the scope makers do. He's adding an eight pound rifle to it. It's either expect it to happen, or return to shooting iron sights.

That's the whole point! Form was tired of "excepting" a loss of zero. Why should we be forced to except that your scope will loose zero at some point? Good news is, you don't have to! There are scopes that can take abuse and hold zero.

He doesn't hunt out of a box blind. He, and a lot of other people, hunt the type of terrain, where a slip or fall is a matter of when, not if. Obviously not everyone demands as much of their equipment, but to those who do, their equipment needs to tolerate use that some people might consider abuse.

Of course he's dropping them with a rifle attached. What real world scenario would dropping a solo scope validate?

 

[manitou]

Wow, 24 pages. Who'd a thunk?!!!

 

[manitou]

Yeah, backpacking in six miles with your whole camp on your back and 15 bullets (because ounces count) can be a bummer if the scope fails.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Based on the hunt descriptions and photos on this site over the years I'd doubt most of our members have walked 6 miles in their life while hunting.

 

[Allen Lone wolf]

Based on the hunt descriptions and photos on this site over the years I'd doubt most of our members have walked 6 miles in their life while hunting.

Can't speak to everyone but 3yrs ago at age 66yrs old I was invited to go to Wyoming with my then 46yr old brother (who is 3 days younger than my daughter).At the end of the trip he asked me if I had any idea how far we had walked. I simply said alot. His answer was 80miles. And he didn't have to wait on me either!

 

[WeiserBucks]

Can't speak to everyone but 3yrs ago at age 66yrs old I was invited to go to Wyoming with my then 46yr old brother (who is 3 days younger than my daughter).At the end of the trip he asked me if I had any idea how far we had walked. I simply said alot. His answer was 80miles. And he didn't have to wait on me either!

Whether they admit it or not almost all of the LRH membership are eastern whitetail hunters and they hunt double digit acres annually and dream of elk hunting once in their lifetime.

We have an extremely small number of legitimate backcountry western hunters here and there's nothing wrong with either way, it's just funny listening to folks comment as if they are doing something they're not.

If 75% of the membership here were being honest, they've never been West of Nebraska and never will.

 

[sp6x6]

I fell on this hill doing a follow up on a bear.Year and half ago,Still trying to heal my shoulder, shooting my bow daily, but not a lot of shots.Im 60 and I put in 200 miles this season, spring bear to now,Im still going to wolf hunt.My mark 5 I had to adjust since last season by .2 mil, which I had a shot go high on a elk sized rock I shoot at 950.Hope its not the scope, but now Im wondering.. I left my rifle down in trees do to terrain I carry 8- 338 NM/300 grain

 

[Montana'eer]

Whether they admit it or not almost all of the LRH membership are eastern whitetail hunters and they hunt double digit acres annually and dream of elk hunting once in their lifetime.

We have an extremely small number of legitimate backcountry western hunters here and there's nothing wrong with either way, it's just funny listening to folks comment as if they are doing something they're not.

If 75% of the membership here were being honest, they've never been West of Nebraska and never will.

Hell I'll walk 10 mile days just hunting upland.

 

[WeiserBucks]

**** skippy! But 90% of our members success photos are in a food plot with a box blind in the background.

 

[Allen Lone wolf]

I fell on this hill doing a follow up on a bear.Year and half ago,Still trying to heal my shoulder, shooting my bow daily, but not a lot of shots.Im 60 and I put in 200 miles this season, spring bear to now,Im still going to wolf hunt.My mark 5 I had to adjust since last season by .2 mil, which I had a shot go high on a elk sized rock I shoot at 950.Hope its not the scope, but now Im wondering.. I left my rifle down in trees do to terrain View attachment 518103

Hang in there brother! I wish you a full recovery and great success.

 

[manitou]

Hell I'll walk 10 mile days just hunting upland.

Not saying this about you but I did too when I had dogs...
but 10 miles in SD or Iowa is much easier than a mile in country like SP6x6 posted above... and the O2 difference is a huge affect.
There are chukar hunters out there that are machines though!

 

[Mark37082]

I'm a eastern whitetail hunter. I average 7 miles per day in the TN hills hunting. Nothing compared to mountains in the Rockies, but I'm not trying to impress anyone while hunting. I've busted my body plenty of times on greasy roots and rocks. My rifles have taken a fair amount of abuse over the years. Anytime I have had a serious drop of the rifle, I will check zero. The only time I can recall a significant issue was falling on the rifle and the scope hit a rock. The objective bell was flattened and the scope shifted in the rings. Hiked back to the truck and sighted in the scope after resetting in the rings. The lowly Leupold did its job for the rest of the season.

 

[PlumberEd]

Whether they admit it or not almost all of the LRH membership are eastern whitetail hunters and they hunt double digit acres annually and dream of elk hunting once in their lifetime.

We have an extremely small number of legitimate backcountry western hunters here and there's nothing wrong with either way, it's just funny listening to folks comment as if they are doing something they're not.

If 75% of the membership here were being honest, they've never been West of Nebraska and never will.

Yep I'm an eastern WT hunter but I have been west of Nebraska. Probably doesn't count though since it was California . I do like dependable equipment, just in case I trip on the walk out to my box blind. I have learned a lot by listening to you all. Thank you.