I suppose that assumption was baked into my previous statement.
Think about the alternative though. Snipers constantly missing targets because the scope can’t hold zero. Was that happening? Then they are rezeroing on what would have to be a daily basis in a FOB. Was that happening? And...
Were they? Could be.
Kyle using a Leupold is believable - particularly before Leupold ran into the problems that they currently have. Even if its a different version of the Mark, or a previous iteration.
Not sure what other companies are trying to latch onto his story. That would be suicide...
I'm so on the fence with this one for a deer / elk gun. I have a Tikka that's 6.5 lbs and it kills me to add a 20-25 oz scope to it.
The SWFA UL is SO light, a reasonable price...and it mostly passed the test. That eye relief is horrific though and I question its low light capability.
The...
You've talked about the reliability testing that manufacturers should implement (and that NF does). Given that Trijicon does this type of testing (on some models), are you starting to assume that the models that undergo that testing are g2g?
I've been contemplating putting iron sights on my deer rifle for this exact reason. If there aren't many good hunting scope options, and the ones that exist are either expensive or heavy, maybe irons are the better option for deer hunters out to 300 yrds.