IIRC... from some of your magazine articles scopes are getting way better in recent years????????????
Where is the light weight hold-zero-and-track, 300 $ scope?
You would think these scope makers would get a clue and make things more rugged.
There is no free lunch. However scopes could be A LOT better at what scopes are supposed to do- hold an aiming point consistently and adjust correctly every time. But we will never see that because very few actually shoot. Even here with a board full of aficianados all anyone crows about is "glass". One of the least important attributes of modern scopes. But it is "seen" by every singe dude who doesn't shoot. People buy scopes (and rifles) so they can pull it out of the safe and brag to their buddies about the "glass".... To "see" zero retention, tracking, correct and consistent adjustments when actually used would require people to go and shoot, which would lead to worn out barrels and rifles that don't look brand new.
In other news.... Last week two 3-9x42mm SS's went through just shy of 2,000 rounds on top of Recce's, with 99% of those rounds being dialed. Will check zero on both tomorrow, however they were still zeroed as of midday on Friday. As expected here were no weird calls or unexplained shots the whole week. To be fair a Bushnell 3-12x LRHS performed correctly for a few hundred rounds as well as a couple NF's and a Leupold 10x40 M3.
