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How do these new Weavers

hold POI and do they track well. I had 6 of the old 36X weavers and while nice scopes none lasted on top of a 13.5 lb 30BR. Have they done anything different to shore up the erector tube support? Not trying to be cagey! Thanks
 
glp said:
hold POI and do they track well. I had 6 of the old 36X weavers and while nice scopes none lasted on top of a 13.5 lb 30BR. Have they done anything different to shore up the erector tube support? Not trying to be cagey! Thanks
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Greg. When the original 46's came out I believe in 2015, everyone who had one said that they had no issues with POI, but most of them who owned them ended up with oil spots on the lenses. Since these are being re-released, I'm sure they will be every bit as good as the earlier ones. Time will tell. Me, Chris and Brooksie all bought the T36XR which is the side focus 1" tube model and while I bought and sold mine real quick, those two guys simply love them.
 
glp said:
hold POI and do they track well. I had 6 of the old 36X weavers and while nice scopes none lasted on top of a 13.5 lb 30BR. Have they done anything different to shore up the erector tube support? Not trying to be cagey! Thanks
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The problem with the T-36 Weaver was the extremely small register surface on the gimble joint on which the anchored end of the erector tube pivots. This was all held together with a nut that preloaded the assembly. The wall thickness of all of these pars is rather thin.

I could never see this holding up to repeated recoil in anything much greater than a 10.5 lb 6PPC without being compromised.

I have no idea how the new scopes are built.
 
Swearing in benchresteese

jackie schmidt said:
The problem with the T-36 Weaver was the extremely small register surface on the gimble joint on which the anchored end of the erector tube pivots. This was all held together with a nut that preloaded the assembly. The wall thickness of all of these pars is rather thin.

Jackie! "Register Surface, Gimble Joint, Preloaded" and worse of all: "Erector Tube Pivot"! Your momma should wash your mouth out with soap for language like that. Tim
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Its not twice as big

michaeljp65 said:
gentlemen, what are your thoughts on the 1/16th dot, do you thinks its too big? Im going to start shooting 100-200yd BR soon and need a new scope for the PPC. I have a 1/8th dot Leupold on my hunting rifle, so im aware how small the 1/8th is but a dot twice as big, im not sure whether it would be a hinderance. Any thoughts?
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its 1/2 the size or an 1/8 dot. Should be about nright
 
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jackie schmidt said:
The problem with the T-36 Weaver was the extremely small register surface on the gimble joint on which the anchored end of the erector tube pivots. This was all held together with a nut that preloaded the assembly. The wall thickness of all of these pars is rather thin.

I could never see this holding up to repeated recoil in anything much greater than a 10.5 lb 6PPC without being compromised.

I have no idea how the new scopes are built.
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therein lies my concern in shelling out 800 or so bucks for a new Weaver. What are you really getting in terms of holding POI and honest tracking? All the advertising seems to revolve around large tubes, whiz bang coatings, supercalafragalistic glass and the like. Same ol same ol.
 
glp said:
therein lies my concern in shelling out 800 or so bucks for a new Weaver. What are you really getting in terms of holding POI and honest tracking? All the advertising seems to revolve around large tubes, whiz bang coatings, supercalafragalistic glass and the like. Same ol same ol.
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Greg. Buy one, if it has issues send it back. It's man made. Anything made by humans can screw up whether it's a $400.00 scope or a $3000.00 scope. Look what happened to Cline when he got a brand new 55 Comp and used it the first time. It was a lemon. Sht happens and you just have to deal with it.
 
Jim Pag said:
Greg. Buy one, if it has issues send it back. It's man made. Anything made by humans can screw up whether it's a $400.00 scope or a $3000.00 scope. Look what happened to Cline when he got a brand new 55 Comp and used it the first time. It was a lemon. Sht happens and you just have to deal with it.
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Well said. One thing I've had to discipline myself on is not venting my spleen to the seller or vendor right out of the box. That never helps get any resolution of the problem.
 
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adamsgt said:
Well said. One thing I've had to discipline myself on is not venting my spleen to the seller or vendor right out of the box. That never helps get any resolution of the problem.
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I've been at this for over 20 years and have experienced plenty of junk scopes. Until I know it's been engineered with the two most important parameters in mind I'll steer clear and let others experiment with their hard earned money.
 
glp said:
I've been at this for over 20 years and have experienced plenty of junk scopes. Until I know it's been engineered with the two most important parameters in mind I'll steer clear and let others experiment with their hard earned money.
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It does not need to be reengineered with those in mind because they were done properly from the get-go. They had a lubrication issue now fixed.
 
glp said:
I've been at this for over 20 years and have experienced plenty of junk scopes. Until I know it's been engineered with the two most important parameters in mind I'll steer clear and let others experiment with their hard earned money.
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Greg, in 20 years if you don't have an idea of which scopes function better than others, your just going to spend the next 20 years having the same philosophy and your still going to be using that same Leupold that you have. Get with the program. Open up that wallet, let the moths out, spend over 2K and get yourself a March or a NF Comp. Case closed.
 
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Tim

Thanks for the info ON THE WEAVER ISSUE.

Jim, nothing wrong with my Brackney leupolds, nothing at all. Any issues are with me. I may do that now that I've acquired my next moose rifle.
 
glp said:
therein lies my concern in shelling out 800 or so bucks for a new Weaver. What are you really getting in terms of holding POI and honest tracking? All the advertising seems to revolve around large tubes, whiz bang coatings, supercalafragalistic glass and the like. Same ol same ol.
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Three of us bought the original weaver 46's early on, and 2 of us had the oil dot problem. They went bad sitting horizontal in the off season over the winter, not while shooting. Strange!

We returned the scope & Weaver refunded the original cost, the original shipping costs,and the shipping cost back to Weaver.

You can't ask for better service than that!

I'm going to get a new one at some point because I really liked the scope.

Regards,
Ron
 
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