About to be real unpopular....
After the "Why can't people accept...." post, figured what the hell I'll drop my new Maven.
1- I did not follow the scope eval test, only did the drop portion, did not shoot between drops, did not run through elevation and windage twisting
2- The gun is not proofed/bonded to chassis
3- I did not have an allen head to fit torque wrench for the scope ring screws, tight w small end of allen wrench
4- The ground may have been harder than suggested
5- I personally wouldn't put much in my own eval, will remount to different rifle and try again another time
6- Lots of variables unaccounted for
7- No I'm not selling you this scope (yet)
Tikka .223, Sportsmatch, Maven 1.2 at 100 yards
Everything was degreased and loctited on assembly 2 days ago.
Hand loads (amateur) 1st round 50gr varmit load
2nd round 77gr hpbt
I did two rounds of drop test (3x18 and 9 x 36), had a .4 mil right shift after the 1st set of drops.
(sorry for the ass crack)
Checked action torque (60ftlbs), ring bases as tight as I dared, ring screws hand tight via short end of allen wrench.
Rezeroed with different ammo (actually left it .2mil high rather than burn ammo) redropped as above. Again 0.4 mil shift to right
Let it Rain
The scope didn’t move in the rings? You said you marked them. Hand tight with the small end does not seem enough.Sleeping pad (3/8”) foam under a doubled up moving blanket on loose gravel. Guessing someone on here can tell me the exact weak point in my system w the consistent right shift.
There are two predrop (10 shot) zeros posted each followed by the corresponding post drop 10 shot groups.
The caveat is on the “predrop” 1 photo the three outside shots (top right, outside left, and one other) were the site ins, the 10 shots in the middle would be the “zero”.
I’ll swap the maven onto a tikka/KRG/Bravo and put the SWFA 3-9 off it onto the .223 and run a head to head when I get time