can you over tighten
#1
Nontypical Buck
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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!!!
I have the rings cranked down pretty good!!!
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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.
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.
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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!!!!
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RE: can you over tighten
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!!!!
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!!!!
Did you try some of the suggestions from a few people on here? None of my business, just curious.
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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
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
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RE: can you over tighten
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.
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.