The store I bought it at said they would exchange my Horton 3 dot scope for another new one. After removing mine, going back up there, waiting around, they said they didn't have another one to swap me out.

They actuallydid have one. It was a Horton remanufactured/repaired crossbow - said as much on the box. The scope on that one did not work at all, even after trying out a known good battery. The bow looked fine - I suspect this was another occurence of someone else returning one to Horton and it not being repaired. How can they send out a bow for retail sale again and not check it? I think there is another thread on this board about this happening.

Horton has said to send mine back for exchange. I'm leary given my limited experience with mine, the other at the store and what I have read about very, very similar situations. But I have no choice. It is not a good introduction to this brand. I now get to set my expensive new toy aside and wait a couple weeks for them to get mine and send me a new one. They did not offer to send me one out first to minimize my downtime or cover postage for their defective product.