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Got the Compact 4x back today with a new reticle that was broken from the vicious recoil of a Ruger 10/22.
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10/22 rifles are hard on scopes. Mine have eaten several and I hope they get shot enough to eat a few more.
Suck bullets simply suck.
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What brands of scopes were you using on the 10/22 ?
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Guessing they used Ballistic Tips, which just "blew up" on the surface..... They make deer bullet proof too.
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Did you catch the History Channel's Special on snipers and the reenactments of some their classic shots last night ?
In one, a guy tried to duplicate Carlos Hathcock's classic kill by putting a bullet down a scope and into the head of a target. He tried a couple of times, but the scopes stopped the bullets. They didn't even exit the occular lenses..... You guessed it, they were Leupold hunting scopes.
How's that for tough.... E Are you serious? You did see that was actually a Tasco right???
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Did you catch the History Channel's Special on snipers and the reenactments of some their classic shots last night ?
In one, a guy tried to duplicate Carlos Hathcock's classic kill by putting a bullet down a scope and into the head of a target. He tried a couple of times, but the scopes stopped the bullets. They didn't even exit the occular lenses..... You guessed it, they were Leupold hunting scopes.
How's that for tough.... E Did they say what bullet and round they were using? Those old Russian sniper scopes may not have been that tough. I have an autographed copy of Carlos' book. I think it was a Russian sniper rifle, IIRC. Guess I could look it up. If Carlos Hathcock said it happened, I don't see any reason to doubt his word. Seems some bozo is always wanting to pull someone down or call someone who's no longer around, a liar. DF
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Got the Compact 4x back today with a new reticle that was broken from the vicious recoil of a Ruger 10/22. Be careful you don't get some scope eye with that kicking mule I guess they must have replaced the 10k 375 H&H recoil machine with a 10/22 test bed. Now that is some forward thinking
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Hay Aic. Someone finally found a good use for a loopie.....  dave Dave, UPS has been using loopies for a while now... (to increase their bottom line from all the back and forth freights to Leupold's service department...  ) Aic
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Maybe I need to switch to standard velocity ammo..
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What brands of scopes were you using on the 10/22 ? I've run the gamut from blister pack scopes to scopes in the $4-500 range and have seen many of them puke. I can't say exactly why (I have my guesses), but the recoil of the cartridge is unlikely.....  I presently have 3-9X33 compacts on both of my present 10/22 rifles. Probably only a few thousand rounds through one and only a few hundred through the other. I suspect another 12-15,000 rounds may find the need to send one of them back for a rebuild.....
Suck bullets simply suck.
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Hay Aic. Someone finally found a good use for a loopie..... dave Dave, UPS has been using loopies for a while now... (to increase their bottom line from all the back and forth freights to Leupold's service department... ) Aic They sure got enough of my money doing that. ...What do you call the front objective lens of a loopie? ..A target  dave
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The test used standard .308 match ammo.
They later tested a scope with fewer lenses like the one Carlos Hathcock shot through. With that scope, the bullet went all the way through and punched through the head of the dummy behind it. Nobody was trying to call gunny Hathcock a liar. E
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Maybe I need to switch to standard velocity ammo.. CB caps would be best ....
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Guessing they used Ballistic Tips, which just "blew up" on the surface..... They should have been using the tsx's as they "overpenetrate".....Just sayin.... 
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I wonder how well the W&E adjustments worked after that little exercise?
IMHO, these days there is far too much nitpicking over the optical qualities of rifle scopes, which are first of all aiming devices, and too little on mechanical reliability.
Paul
Last edited by Paul39; 04/14/12. Reason: nitpicking
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They are SUPER tough.... until you put one on a BB gun.... LOL
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