Funny you should mention scopes but thats always my first suspect when something don't seem right. Either the scope, mounts, or ME mounting it
I got a good deal on a used M8 4X. The scope did not have a scratch on it and the optics looked good and since the deal was good I decided to send it back to leupold for a reticle change for $65.
It had a tapered crosswire originally and I thought that a #4 would show up better in the woods.
About a week after I mailed it in I am at a football game and get a call from leupold. I had a hard time hearing the lady because of the crowd noise. She said something like there was water in the scope and I figured she meant the scope was no longer waterproof.
To my surprise she said they were going to send me a brand new FXII 4X33 with the reticle change included! Thats pretty sweet service considering it was a 1960s built scope and me not the original owner!
Anyways I mounted the new scope on an old Marlin 336 (originally intended to mount the M8) and couldn't hardly stay within 20 inches at 100 yards.
I thought of returning it but decided to mount it on a different rifle and it worked perfectly on that rifle.... So I discovered I mounted it too tight on the Marlin with the rings clamping on some internals.... Just doing it right on the other rifle fixed the scope! So now it's back on the Marlin.
To make a longer story short I know it ain't the scope. Thanks for the advice.
