Rifle scopes you'd love to see Form test

[Aviator]

I suspect the answer to a wandering zero will be...anything but the scope.

Rings, fasteners, action bedding, barrel deflection from the fall...anything but the scope.

NF doesn’t seem to have a problem with this.

 

[eric1115]

I suspect the answer to a wandering zero will be...anything but the scope.

Rings, fasteners, action bedding, barrel deflection from the fall...anything but the scope.

Just once, I want to hear their (not just them but Aaron Davidson on Cliff Gray's podcast or Ilya or any of the nay-sayer "experts") answer to why it's possible to set up a rifle with good connections and a good scope and have it pass, then mount the scope in question and have it fail, then put the good one back on and pass again.

 

[JGRaider]

Just once, I want to hear their (not just them but Aaron Davidson on Cliff Gray's podcast or Ilya or any of the nay-sayer "experts") answer to why it's possible to set up a rifle with good connections and a good scope and have it pass, then mount the scope in question and have it fail, then put the good one back on and pass again.

Go to Koshkin's website and ask him if you really want to know. I'm sure he has his reasons for making light of the RS drop tests.

 

[mj23polaris]

Not sure where else to post this, but looks like the Hornady podcast is trying to tell us something.

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Have not listened to it yet. I bet it’s full of you need to shoot a 30 shot group etc etc. As someone who went through troubleshooting a shifting zero over the summer I’ll only use NF rings, NF scopes, Zeiss s3’s and trijicons.

Did sxs test with a nx8 in nf rings on one rifle and a zeiss s3 in warne mtn techs on another rifle. Shot 10rd groups each rifle. Left paper up put rifles on floor of truck drove 8 miles home put them back inside, handled like rifles not glass. Did the same test next morning on same paper same aiming point. Nx8 rifle shot the same as day before bullets went in the same group. Zeiss, .3 low and .2 left.

Sent scope to zeiss it passed inspection, put it in NF 3 screw rings. Got a good zero put the gun in a soft case in the bed of a truck drove from northern wy to NRL grand slam in AZ and zero was perfect right where it was when I left. Never had an issue all weekend.


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[RockAndSage]

Just once, I want to hear their (not just them but Aaron Davidson on Cliff Gray's podcast or Ilya or any of the nay-sayer "experts") answer to why it's possible to set up a rifle with good connections and a good scope and have it pass, then mount the scope in question and have it fail, then put the good one back on and pass again.

I would too. In general I don't like to cast shade on people trying to put out good info, but for different reasons both are really failing their communities. Both should be at the top of the mountain shouting about how important drop tests are - and each's excuse-ridden protests and deflections are just pathetic.

Ilya seems way more focused on his optics geekery - which has its place. But he shouldn't be recommending "hunting scopes" if he hasn't tested them with something as simple as the protocols being done here. The "Dark Lord of Optics" seems to be afraid of uncovering these repeated problems others have repeatedly and consistently experienced here.

And Aaron Davidson would be drop-testing the hell out of his optics and shouting it to the world about how rugged they are...if he'd had them built to handle that kind of force. He's avoiding that. And it says volumes. He's such an exceptionally good marketer and promotor of his brand, there's no way he'd sleep on that. He'd be telling everyone how rugged Revic scopes were, and doing demos, if they actually held up.

So, the excuses are lame.

 

[JGRaider]

Maybe Koshkin tests his hunting and shooting scopes with his own protocol? Not sure but it's possible. I wouldn't trust AD from Gunwerks with anything coming out of his mouth.

Sorry to say, but practically nobody thinks these RS drop tests are the "protocal of scope testing" except lots of people here.

 

[Ryan Avery]

I would too. In general I don't like to cast shade on people trying to put out good info, but for different reasons both are really failing their communities. Both should be at the top of the mountain shouting about how important drop tests are - and each's excuse-ridden protests and deflections are just pathetic.

Ilya seems way more focused on his optics geekery - which has its place. But he shouldn't be recommending "hunting scopes" if he hasn't tested them with something as simple as the protocols being done here. The "Dark Lord of Optics" seems to be afraid of uncovering these repeated problems others have repeatedly and consistently experienced here.

And Aaron Davidson would be drop-testing the hell out of his optics and shouting it to the world about how rugged they are...if he'd had them built to handle that kind of force. He's avoiding that. And it says volumes. He's such an exceptionally good marketer and promotor of his brand, there's no way he'd sleep on that. He'd be telling everyone how rugged Revic scopes were, and doing demos, if they actually held up.

So, the excuses are lame.

Revic Acura 5-25x50mm Field Evaluation

This is a field evaluation of the Revic 5-25x50mm scope. This scope was sent to Ryan Avery for an evaluation. The scope: 35.1oz Turrets: .25 MOA per click, 25 MOA per revolution, revolution indicated, with a zero stop. Windage is capped, and revolution indicated. Elevation turret...

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[eric1115]

Maybe Koshkin tests his hunting and shooting scopes with his own protocol? Not sure but it's possible. I wouldn't trust AD from Gunwerks with anything coming out of his mouth.

Sorry to say, but practically nobody thinks these RS drop tests are the "protocal of scope testing" except lots of people here.

I hear you, and if no scopes passed the eval as it is configured I would put more value on their dismissive attitude. But there are scopes that consistently pass, and since switching to them (and good mounting) I adjust zero when using different bullets, powders, etc and that is it. No more little tweaks now and then, no more odd flyer first rounds, no more "beginning of season" zero adjustments that used to be the norm for me with Leupold, Vortex, Athlon, etc.

Maybe it's my biases, but it seems to me that the evals do exactly what they're purported to do. Accelerate the "failure in regular field use" timeline and expose the scopes that will at some point exhibit loss of zero from normal riding in a truck or on a backpack or getting shit a lot and I have yet to hear a good argument about why they are not valuable/valid. Just poorly informed and/or bad faith arguments for the most part, seemingly motivated by brand loyalty or dislike of Form personally.