Originally Posted by Jordan Smith
Originally Posted by mathman
An old Weaver may have been mechanically tougher than the subject scope, the modern Leupold.

I wouldn't doubt it, but that doesn't change the fact that the line "the scope is used to kill game, so therefore it must work correctly" is simply a straw-man argument.
I watched him check zero on that rifle last fall. It was shooting about an inch to the left and put 3 shots in about a 1 1/4" group at 100. Not bad after falling 18 feet.