Portage,

A good friend has the same problem with his Leupold, (same model). He contacted the company and they told him it was not defective, howeverthey would fix it anyway.(sounds strange to me)

I have not made the decision whether it it worth my time and energy to to remove the scopeandto send it back to the factory. As I mentioned earlier, if it comes off that gunI will be purchasing a new scope to put back on.

Coolbreeze,

I think you may have missed the point of my discussion concerning tolerences. I was refering back to a previous post.