Having to send a Maven 1.2 back

[FowlMouthA400]

Getting ready for a NRL Hunter match last week shot this group pictured at 850 on Monday. I figured I was good but I’m ocd and wanted to shoot it again Tuesday just to validate velocity with a few more shots….couldnt hit anything Tuesday morning. Went back to the zero board and it was low left 6-8” began chasing the zero around for over a hour and never could get it to hit the same spot more than two times in a row and then it would jump around again. Changed scope and put 5 in a quarter. Will mail off this week and update when I have an answer.

 

[flyfisher117]

It happens. At least it was now and not in the field.

 

[FowlMouthA400]

Update….maven sent me a brand new rs1.2. They just said something was wrong with it they couldn’t figure out so sent the new scope on. From time I sent in to receiving new scope was about 2 weeks they had it 3 days after receiving it before I got the email about sending the new scope.

Hopefully this one will not have the same fate.

Am I wrong for not having 100% trust in the scope and wondering if/when it will happen again?

 

[Marbles]

Wrong, no.

The RS1.2 is less likely to have issues than say a Vortex or Leupold, so your odds of having a good one on the second go should be high.

How old was the broken one? The downside of Maven is they may have altered a spec that effects the reliability over all. But too early to say.

Personally, I would beat on the new one a bit to rebuild trust.

 

[swavescatter]

Nightforce fail too. I'm guessing that the Maven RS 1.2 is the most widely community-drop-tested scope of all time. When these caught fire tons of guys were dropping them and passing. It's a solid scope design and you just got (un)lucky.

 

[ShootOkHuntWorse]

How early on did you buy this maven? Aren’t there some sticky magnification rings on the later ones but not the first batch of RS 1.2? Just curious.

 

[Wrench]

They all break. If you think yours doesn't....send it to me. I'll kill it in a week. It's my superpower.