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Posted: 3/10/2005 1:28:05 PM EDT
| I have noticed when I install scopes on my rifles the top center recticle will bend to the right or left a little when I am finished tightening down the rings. Anybody have this problem? It has occured with different scope brands and different rings. |
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| Your post was not a slam. I may buy a Leupold or a Super Sniper someday. Saving for an EOTech right now. Most of my money goes into buying rifles. I can always upgrade the scopes later. I usually spend about 1/3 to 1/4 of the price of the rifle on a scope. Just wondering if the bent recticle after installing a scope happens on some brands and not others. I would think if you pay $200 or more for a scope it should not happen. |
 I did a search on Google for you and came up with this: Damaged Reticule I've had 4 scopes (2 of 'em Leupolds) that had their wire reticules bent. As the horizontally split ring was tightened near the eyepiece, the vertical compression of the main tube squeezed the round reticule cell in the same direction. That made the horizontal distance across the reticule cell longer. Which stretched the horizontal wire. As the split rings were loosened, the oval-shaped reticule cell returned to a round shape, but the stretched horizontal reticule wire now sagged down at its middle. Inverting the scope and tapping it a bit caused the upward-bowed horizontal wire to flop down and reverse its position. So, I think the reticule can bend if it's been stretched beyond its elastic limits which isn't very much considering the metal used. It seems that wire reticles can exhibit this behavior but etched reticles cannot so it's not necessarily how much the scope costs but rather how the reticle was created. Hope that helps. |
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I think I know what you're talking about. You put the scope in the rings, line it up perfectly, tighten it down, and it's canted off to one side...Right? You are simply tightening on one side of the ring too much. I usually do 1/4 turn on the left rear scope ring bolt, then a 1/4 turn on the right front, then a 1/4 turn on the right rear, then a 1/4 turn on the left front. I do this while holding the rifle with the stock against me, and the muzzle pointing away from me. I learned from a couple years working in a vocational mechanics class, the only way for things to go on straight, is to tighten them down evenly. WIZZO |
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