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Stuff happens, but a Minox ZA-5 is not what I would call a "cheap" scope. Burris FF is a decent scope that has worked well for me. The Veracity not so much, even after a trip to Burris.
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I had a Vortex Diamondback 4-12, that was bad new out of the box.
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I have had 6 scopes fail over the years out of maybe 50 ish. 1 leupold vx-II Wouldn't hold zero fixed and sold 1 Burris fullfield 2 would dial left and right was sent a new one still on an old 243 4 vortex 3 vipers 2 wouldn't track and one wouldn't hold zero , 1 razor hd lh side focus quit working all 4 fixed and all 4 sold I have 6 leupolds still all work great Have 1 other burris works great
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Am I to understand that scopes other than Leupolds fail sometimes?
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Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Am I to understand that scopes other than Leupolds fail sometimes? Heresy, and everyone around here knows it.
Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.
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Is "made in China" a common factor in all 3 of your failures?
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i dove into the Vortex pool once. new out of the box diamond back on a savage 22 mag. shot a shotgun pattern at 50 yards, couldn't hit the backboard at 100. swapped it out for a tasco something i had laying around and the 22 mag shot little bitty holes at 100. got the vortex replaced and sold it.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire Ranger
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i dove into the Vortex pool once. new out of the box diamond back on a savage 22 mag. shot a shotgun pattern at 50 yards, couldn't hit the backboard at 100. swapped it out for a tasco something i had laying around and the 22 mag shot little bitty holes at 100. got the vortex replaced and sold it. I had that experience with an expensive Burris 8-32X. It was on a heavy barrel .223 which I thought was shot out because it had 2,000 rounds through it. I'm used to magnums. A friend told me I could get thousands of accurate shots from a .223. I replaced the Burris with a Tasco 6-24X. The next five shots at 100 measured .312".
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Cheap scopes do cheap things. Yep, and Expensive scopes do expensive things.
BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill
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I wouldn’t really recommend the diamondback line from vortex. However, the warranty is pretty good so you can send it back and get a new one for free, or use it as a credit for a more expensive scope I believe. But the viper line is about as low as I’d go from vortex. Just my opinion.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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This is a Vortex. Who the hell names a scope after the swirl in the toilet?
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Had a Weaver 2-7(Marksmen I think on a .270.),bought new made in America fog. Weaver just changed hands, Winchester maybe and the warranty meant nothing.That scope replaced a Japanese Tasco 3-9 that still is working on a 30-06.
Bought a Simmons 1.5X4.5 and had it puke. Had the receipt from Bass Pro and they replaced the scope with a 10pt 1.5x6. Had the original 30 years. Never liked it but liked its replacement. That said old Redfields and Weavers still work but the glass isn’t coated like today’s.
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