Is it all Leopolds

[Bugger]

Seems a little odd that you’d spend time here supporting influencers but then balk at spending time on youtube supporting influencers.

Could you elaborate on how my forum participation directly supports an individual influencer and boosts their content visibility?

Also just didn’t want to waste 12 minutes listening to that goofball talk trying to find your point.

 

[dieselchessy]

Since the recommendation was to "Watch till the end" I watched about the last minute or two and didn't recognize anything that would be anti-Form cult.

“Watch till the end” not “watch the end”. There were bits and pieces of scope wonkiness in different sections of the video.
Not “anti-cult”, but a point of reference from other than assumed to be cult members, as some were purporting that cult members were the main detractors.

 

[rickyw]

Cliff notes or time stamp for the important stuff? I try not to waste time supporting influenzars.

Start at 7:40

 

[dieselchessy]

Could you elaborate on how my forum participation directly supports an individual influencer and boosts their content visibility?

Also just didn’t want to waste 12 minutes listening to that goofball talk trying to find your point.

Your visiting and participating on this chat board drives traffic numbers. Those numbers drive advertising revenue and product and swag sales that directly supports the owner/influencers like Robby, Ryan, Aaron, ect..

Its very similar to the youtube channel business model except the primary content creators can be the wiling participants rather than the influencers themselves.

 

[Bcoonce117]

So anyways. Come on girls, let’s get Back to Leupold scope issues lol. Does sending your scope in actually fix the issue?

 

[TaperPin]

I’m not complaining, just enjoying what folks have to say, especially the hunting stories.

When someone has a scope failure during a hunt in one week of the year, I wonder what happened the other 51 weeks that gave them the confidence to use it on a hunt. Scopes follow simple physics of how they are handled and shot - they don’t know what tag you have or know the difference between a bump against something at the range or a tree. If a rifle is carried around shooting rock chucks, rocks, or coyotes, that’s pretty close to the same handling it encounters hunting, with many more rounds down range.

Honestly it would be entertaining to watch videos of the life of a scope showing every event in its history that knocked it off kilter. I bet it would show some bad habits people didn’t realize they have. It’s like the first time a kid shoots a crease in the hood of dad’s pickup when leaning over the truck to poke at a critter way out there. The number of low bipods is an easy source to point to for many malfunctions blamed on scopes. I stopped hunting with low bipods, primarily because they struggle to be tall enough to reach over things, and also when at the absolute lowest level to the ground where awareness of dirt, rocks, low branches, or whatnot is critical, the mechanics of setting a rifle down on the bipod and rotating the butt up to the shoulder helps to hide these things. Giant miss shooting down hill ups the odds even more.

Don’t get me wrong, if scopes are going crazy I wish guys would do a better job of documenting it over time. A notebook with a history of every elevation and windage adjustment is so much more interesting. Most ranges I’ve been to are pretty windy and it’s easy to lose track of how many guys shoot and complain the groups keep moving back and forth 1/2” from week to week, or even throughout the day. Duh, wind does actually affect 100 yard groups. It’s entertaining that they adjust scopes back and forth so much, and I’ve even caught myself wanting to do it without confirming it’s a wind issue.

 

[Choupique]

Does sending your scope in actually fix the issue?

It will return it to as-new condition.

 

[dieselchessy]

So anyways. Come on girls, let’s get Back to Leupold scope issues lol. Does sending your scope in actually fix the issue?

In my experience, no. But maybe it helps your conscience when you then sell the scope to not be selling w guy something you know is broke.

 

[ColPenguin]

Watch till the end. Don’t think he’s in the enamored with Form cult.

"I really like it, but...my zero has been off the last 10 times..."

Seems like he's going to get there, eventually. Maybe in a bit of denial. Maybe it takes him a little longer to reach the same conclusion. Maybe he doesn't want to jeopardize sponsorship opportunities.

"I'm going to change out the rings, and see if anything changes."

This is what any reasonable person should do. Eliminate the variables, try different rings, try the optic on a different gun.

On more recent videos I have seen him sporting a Maven RS1.2. Maybe he moved on after a bad shot when it mattered.

Some people really seem to hate on Backfire Jim, but I just see an adult onset hunter trying to figure things out, sharing his results. Chucking scopes into the backyard pool is just a different type of gear durability test than the Rokslide drop test.

Like much content on YT, the viewer cannot always determine impartiality and integrity of the reviewer. There is always the possibility that Jim, or any reviewer for that matter, isn't saying something because it could harm his sponsorships, quid pro quo arrangements and their business.