As anyone who has hunted with me in the past twenty-seven years can attest, I usually drop my rifle in the tundra every time I sit down to glass or take a break. The tundra is not all that hard and the fall is certainly more gentle than the recoil of a 8 1/2 lb 458. In all those years I have never had a problem with the little Leupold on my rifle and never seen one on any of the other half dozen I have on loaner rifles - and my guides and packer are a lot rougher on my rifles than I am.