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So, who is going to drop their VX2 and report how it does?

The Toric tested was made by LOW? Right now I would not buy one.

Yes, the Toric is put together at LOW.

You do realize that the SWFA 6x is also made by LOW, and in the "same" test it also lost zero to the point that it could not hit the target.

Maybe the drop test is too harsh for the current manufacture of scopes except very high-end Nightforce and March.

Likely...it may be a bit much for NF or March. If the NF 2.5-10 had a heavier reticle I'd already have one....still considering. If I get one I'll drop it.

As a follow up, I pulled the SWFA, mounted the Toric and sighted in.

When bore sighting the scope almost all movement was vertical...a fair amount. I didn't count how many minutes but it was a lot. The scope was dropped directly on the capped high elevation turret which is ~level with the hinge on the front butler creek cap......at least it can be turned upside down on a table and rest on those two looking very level. Elevation cap and/or objective probably took the brunt of each landing. A note here..I should have re-sighted the SWFA before I pulled it. I believe it also was off mainly in the vertical (high).

Very little horizontal adjustment was needed, I think around 1/2 MOA, no more than I would consider usual from pulling a scope and remounting it.

Bottom line......dropped directly on top (3 times) off vertical (high).

Had to reset zero stops, etc Adjustments were good, after 0 was reset at 100 yards, the 200 and 300 up's were the same as before. Not long range, but enough I think it would have shown problems if there were any. I tried to tune in Tokyo a few times and everything was correct and repeatable when returned to 0.

I'm happy to say the scope and adjustments seem to be sound.

Thanks for the update on the Toric.

John,

I chatted online with Jon LaCorte, and mentioned it another thread. This might be the source of the rumor.

From LaCorte, "All of our scopes are designed for the same level of recoil resistance, durability as well as the mechanical construction such as tracking and return to zero".

Jason

For those that don't know, Jon LaCorte is the co-founder of Tract. Should have mentioned that in my post above.