Scopes

[centerring]

Is there any way to tell if your scope has lost its center? Meaning it woun't hold center.

 

[tim]

I'm assuming you're asking if a scope will hold POI . A Hood scope checker is the best way to verify a suspect scooped against a known reliable one.

 

[Doug]

Scope Checker??

Let’s Check our Scope:
Three terms to understand - POA & POI and Return to Battery
Most good equipment will return to Battery!
Let’s check that first.
Center your scope on the X.
Now move your rifle back & forth in your rest.
Does the scope always come back to the X??
If not then probably it is your equipment & not your scope?
Stop here & fix your Equipment.
If it returns to Battery then?
Next fire a few rounds down range & return to Battery.
Is your Scope POA is still on the X?? & you POI is all over the target?
If so then it is probably not a Scope problem!

Next if you really want to check how good your is scope – “Shoot The Box!”

 

[tim]

Yes Doug, scope checker, the only, repeat only method to verify wether POI is moving in very small increments, which is the usual way they tend to slip. They allow a check within the tolerance of a crosshair or small dot, none of which having anything other than a full bore rail gun will determine by sliding in a rest.
Once you understand the methodology behind Charly Hood's simple, effective device allows. If its good enough for center fire guns shooting 5 shot groups in the .100's at 100 yards, they are more than adequate for our .22's.

 

[Boyd Allen]

Using the Hood scope checker, the only thing that the rifle does is provide recoil. Its accuracy is irrelevant.

 

[tim]

Using the Hood scope checker, the only thing that the rifle does is provide recoil. Its accuracy is irrelevant.

I don't know what point you're trying to say but the theory is that most target capable guns are able to often put 2 bullets in the same hole. By using one you can easily pin down issues with a suspect optic.
Some Leupold owners simply send them back every few years with trumped up issues simply to have them checked under their great warranty.

 

[John Kielly]

Some Leupold owners simply send them back every few years with trumped up issues simply to have them checked under their great warranty.

.... and seem to get a response in kind.

Had a friend who returned a scope twice because it was not holding poi & twice Leupold said that they put it on the machine & it tracked fine. That was the limit of their service.

It wasn't until the image dropped while he was on aim that he identified loose components or a delaminated lens.

 

[tim]

.... and seem to get a response in kind.

Had a friend who returned a scope twice because it was not holding poi & twice Leupold said that they put it on the machine & it tracked fine. That was the limit of their service.

It wasn't until the image dropped while he was on aim that he identified loose components or a delaminated lens.

I hear ya. Myself, I know a guy who went to high school with this guys cousin that had a neighbor that once thought he overheard the same damn thing.

 

[John Kielly]

tom,

Can't always understand Yank talk. Can you explain.

John