POS Leuplold…

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Also, your results dont conflict with the drop eval results, at least not yet. Its an eval designed to see if theres likely to be a frequent problem—nothing more. In no way, shape or form does it say there’s ALWAYS a problem.

Well said. It’s been said before but it seems to not be received.

[To be followed by a myriad of posts saying “But my xyz scope has never failed and I am a global traveler with 50 years of experience.”]

 

[2531usmc]

Scope Field Eval Explanation and Standards

This will be about the “why” of the field evaluations- specifically the drop “tests”. Let’s have a thought experiment. Let’s say you have spotted a buck across a valley, planned and executed a stalk which when you get to the last little knob up ahead, will put you within 400-450 yards of the...

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You should look at it. It’s simple and not excessive. 18-36” drops on a camping pad. It’s all the sort of impacts that could easily happen on a hunt. If a scope passes that it gets shot for 3k rounds and zero get tracked throughout. I’ve personally had scopes lose zero from falling over while leaned against a tire and even just from the vibration of riding in a truck on washboard roads in the desert. I would not say the results invalidate reasons to own a scope, but they do give you a better understanding of what to expect under field conditions when bad stuff happens.

Question…..why are you dropping it on a camping pad? I would think if you were trying to replicate real world conditions, you would drop it on hard packed dirt or a rocky outcrop?

 

[intunegp]

Question…..why are you dropping it on a camping pad? I would think if you were trying to replicate real world conditions, you would drop it on hard packed dirt or a rocky outcrop?

That's how low the bar is...most scopes can't even handle being dropped onto a pad, much less hard packed dirt or rocks.

 

[2531usmc]

That begs the question…….whats the point of the drop test? Dropping the rifle on a soft pad to see what happens?

 

[intunegp]

That begs the question…….whats the point of the drop test? Dropping the rifle on a soft pad to see what happens?

I don't understand the confusion. Yes, exactly, to see what happens. Most scopes tested can't handle being dropped onto a soft pad.

 

[Choupique]

Do you have anything to show that his dumpster evaluation isnt predictive of whatever failure he was evaluating for?

It was actually an excellent test. It was free, took about 10 seconds, and identified a design flaw.

Can't do anything except laugh, pick it up, and go whittle out something else.

I like the drop tests. 5 years ago if you told me there existed a scope that could be dropped on the scope from 3 feet in the air and not move zero at all, I'd have said no Fn way. I didn't know it was possible till I read that stuff.

Logical progression from there is "why do I have scopes that don't hold zero if dropped?" Its not like they cost more than comparable models that don't hold zero. They MAYBE weigh a little more? There's no negative to it, besides a good case of butthurt from being duped for a few decades on what I thought was a good scope.

 

[Kurts86]

I’m not sure how someone is honestly analytical if they have only owned 1 brand of scopes for decades at a time. Sure they can say it’s adequate for their needs but it’s hardly a competitive benchmark of what else is out there.