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IF IT DON'T TRACK WHEN ITS STATIC MOUNTED IT SURE IS HELL AINT GOING TO FIX ITSELF WITH RIFLE RECOIL, this is a concept nearly everyone on this forum is dumbfounded over. recoil is not going to fix a [bleep] tracking scope. you do this type of testing when you first buy a scope, you can do it also later to check it. Yes recoil can and does cause issues with tracking. but you check this first to identify what problems there are BEFORE Wasting ammo.

That has nothing to do with tracking.

On the other hand, some members on this forum are so "dumbfounded over" the expectation that the factory should have already determined whether or not the scope tracks while "static mounted" and then act accordingly ie fix it if there is problem before the scope ever leaves the factory. I guess that's too much to ask.

jordan dude sometimes your just full of it. everytime I posted about static testing, nearly everyone said it was an invalid form of testing because I wasn't shooting the scope.....now that this type of testing is showing itself more into the mainstream, I am just pointing out I have been doing this for years and the rampant dumbassery around here can be cut with a knife. We have pack mentality and many here see one guy doing something different, ie actually figuring out how to make his own testing methods, instead of applauding them. the pack attacks and says shoot it instead, LOL

nightforce is the only company I know of that touts the testing you suggest. have you considered that the company selling the scope ALREADY KNOWS the scope doesn't track like it should? have you considered that few people would likely ever notice the difference? and that the company knows this and that the few people that figure it out will just get a refund or use customer service. I had 2 vortex viper pst 2's have the same exact tracking errors brand new off the shelf. The truth is many scopes don't track correctly from the factory. the company selling them often does not care. leupold is an example. they came on here and basically told campfire members that complained about tracking problems that we didn't know what we were talking about. several weeks back I posted a pic of the turret assembly breaking on my leupold and how it has only 2 very small dinky threads that hold it to the scope tube, these threads have to hold the entire click adjuster assembly to the scope body and hold back the spring pressure of the erector itself, AND lastly hold the seals down to maintain waterproof.

jordan dude sometimes your just full of it. everytime I posted about static testing, nearly everyone said it was an invalid form of testing because I wasn't shooting the scope. never mind that there is no way to figure the exact amount of tracking error shooting it, ( I can figure it within 1%) recoil and the way you hold the gun on the bench causes differences in point of impact, the accuracy of the rifle is another challenge. nightforce doesn't check their scopes for QC by "shooting" them. they test their scopes in a fixture. now that this type of testing is showing itself more into the mainstream, I am just pointing out I have been doing this for years and the rampant dumbassery around here can be cut with a knife. We have pack mentality and many here see one guy doing something different, ie actually figuring out how to make his own testing methods, instead of applauding them. the pack attacks and says shoot it instead, LOL

Cumhole ur such a drama queen. You should open up a nail salon and not waste ur talents here.

Nobody cares about your stupid jig, or your opinion about what doesn’t or doesn’t work for hunting scopes.

A 22lr that’s even medium accurate will tell you everything needed to know about tracking accuracy.

any decent scope has a ruler inside of it. Use it to test tracking acvuracy. You got 42 mils of elevation in a 6x and 26 in a 3-9. 1% error will show itself. Real fast. If I can’t see it, not worried about mental masturbation. We’re not building a house with a micrometer either.

Would rather punch holes in cardboard then attach a scope to a pole at a children’s playground like a creap.

Alraedy posted a few months back. Been doing the same testing for 4 years. Meanwhile the dip hits kept saying shoot it