Porked my scope? What to do :(

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Porked my scope? What to do :(

Post by wayward » 03 Sep 2014, 3:01 pm

Totally my fault :(

Had my rifle on the bench with the caps off the scope and one of the legs of the bipod not secured properly.

Leg folded, rifle fell/rolled onto the hard bench and the side turret took the brunt of it.

Looking through it, it seems to adjust correctly and groups are holding for the moment. I only had a bout 15 rounds left by then though so couldn't do a lot of testing.

When you move the turret though it's gritty and clunky and has a real prominent *CLICK* in a bad way about it.

Do I just live with it or is the turret likely to just fall off eventually when whatever the problem is finally snaps off?
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Re: Porked my scope? What to do :(

Post by NukeBOMB88 » 03 Sep 2014, 4:17 pm

I think that you'll have to just wait and see what happens :( I dropped my .22 directly onto the scope from shoulder height onto concrete because the strap broke and I though that it would bugger it. As it turned out the rifle and scope both work fine , surprising enough considering that the scope is just a Nikko-Stirling cheapy
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Re: Porked my scope? What to do :(

Post by Seconds » 04 Sep 2014, 1:41 pm

You've probably just bent the stem in the turret.

Other than the connecting stem the internals could all be perfect. Should be easy to replace.

Who makes the scope?

Warranty?
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