Scope problems I have had too many of...

Many years ago.. back in the late sixties I purchased a used Remington Woodsmaster Carbine semi automatic 30-06 (It was all I could afford back then, and I still have the rifle today actually) and on it was a scope under the brand name Herters. I think they have something to do with Cabela's today actually but could not say for sure. Anyway, took the rifle to the range to sight it in. No matter what I did the rifle would not hold true. Was working day and night so time was not a good thing for me.

The rifle had no sights, so I could not even take the scope off. Deer season was a few days away when I sighted (tried)in. Had no time to waste because of other obligations, so I went hunting with it. Got to the deer camp the day before. Decided to double check the scope. Shot at a 50 yard target and the cross hairs fell over inside the scope. NowI was paniced. No place to go, nothing to do. So I reset the cross hairs to what I thought was center in the scope and the next day I was out in the wood hunting. I had no idea where this rifle was going to shoot. So I new I had to get close.

About 7:00 AM out walks this nice little five pointer about 80 yards away headed right too me. I just waited until it was about 20 yards away broadside, aimed, if you could call it that dead center on the shoulder, and fired. That deer jumped straight into the air and took off on a run shot dead center through the side (gut shot). Every time he hit the center of the scope glass that of course had no cross hairs again, I pulled the trigger. I ended up killing that deer. I hit him two of the five times I fired. Back at camp with my deer the guys were kidding me pretty bad. I was kind of hot headed back then and did not take kidding too well. So I sat down with a screw driver, took the scope mounts off, and then beat that scope to pieceswith a rock.

I saved a little money and put a Bushnell Banner 4X on that scope, and with that cheap scope shot more deer then I care to remember for the ten years or so. Then my nephew decided to do me a favor and "clean my rifles." He also unscrewed the back of my Bushnell scope. Well that fogged up big time. So I replaced it with a Tasco World Class 3-9x40 and the rifle still wears that Tasco scope today and I have never had to adjust that scope. Just for fun, I sent the Bushnell scope back to Bushnell and they fixed it for free. That's on my Remington Fieldmaster pump .22 rifle. Now that is my long range squirrel rifle.