I had two Leupolds fail on my ruger 10/22,
Get a polymer slide stop pin for your 10-22.
Yes^^
Scopes seem to fail often on 10/22's. Not from the brutal recoil they produce, but a steel bolt smacking a steel pin after every shot. A non metallic bolt stop pin helps a ton with this.
Mini-14s have a rep as scope killers also. I don't know why but a good fix for that will gain better accuracy in the bargain is to trade the Mini for an AR.
Ohhh! I just reread a PM I have, from a member that very well should know, & a very interesting comment;
"Helicopter rotor vibration is notoriously hard on scopes"
Not that many of us will spend much time in a copter while packing a rifle, but just another example of how other things besides heavy recoil of larger cartridges can affect an optic.
