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Mr. Longbeard

11-16-2007 05:41 PM

can you over tighten

your scope rings??? I have a Leupold scope that when I make adj it seems like the cross hairs are jumping... I'll make a 4 click adj and the bullet may move 1/4" then I'll make another adj and the bullet might move 3 or 4 inchs...

I have the rings cranked down pretty good!!!

bigcountry

11-16-2007 10:36 PM

RE: can you over tighten

Signs of a problem. Leupold will warranty it. Yes you can overtighten but usually won't show what you got.

Every long range scope I get, I do a bow tests, which basically is shooting and moving 4-6 MOA up, over, down, and back to make a box to see if it comes back to zero.

stubblejumper

11-18-2007 11:53 AM

RE: can you over tighten

The rings may also be out of alignment and causing the scope tube to flex,which can cause the internals to bind.

Mr. Longbeard

11-29-2007 06:22 AM

RE: can you over tighten

Thanks... I went out and bought a Bushnell Trophy... Prob solved... Will be selling the Leupold for what ever I can get... Prob won't be buying there scope ever again... If I ever decide to spend the money for a quality scope it will prob be a Zeiss... My nephew has one on his 300 ultra and man is that scope nice!!!!

bigcountry

11-29-2007 07:55 AM

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Quote:

ORIGINAL: Mr. Longbeard

Thanks... I went out and bought a Bushnell Trophy... Prob solved... Will be selling the Leupold for what ever I can get... Prob won't be buying there scope ever again... If I ever decide to spend the money for a quality scope it will prob be a Zeiss... My nephew has one on his 300 ultra and man is that scope nice!!!!

Well good luck with that trophy[8D]

Did you try some of the suggestions from a few people on here? None of my business, just curious.

Paul L Mohr

11-29-2007 04:05 PM

RE: can you over tighten

I am not huge Leupold fan, simply because of the price, but replacing one with a Bushnell trophy just somehow seems wrong.;)

You do know that Leupold would have probably replaced that scope at no charge to you. They are pricey but they have the best darn service in the industry.

I had a trophy on my 12 ga ultra slugger and it crapped out on me. Got to where it wouldn't hold parallax from shot to shot. I wasn't really distraught over it considering it was a $100 scope. But had I spent an extra 50 or so on a better scope it probably would not have happened.

Paul

johnnybravoo77

11-29-2007 09:23 PM

RE: can you over tighten

Give ya 50 bucks for broke @ss overpriced Leupold!!!!!!!

savage3006

12-03-2007 10:50 AM

RE: can you over tighten

Quote:

ORIGINAL: bigcountry

Signs of a problem. Leupold will warranty it. Yes you can overtighten but usually won't show what you got.

Every long range scope I get, I do a bow tests, which basically is shooting and moving 4-6 MOA up, over, down, and back to make a box to see if it comes back to zero.

Yes that is the square drill (http://www.gameandfishnetwork.com/download/T100-SquareDrill.pdf). I do that with any scope I mount.

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