Posted By: Hirogen
Is this scope okay? - 05/16/19 02:42 AM
Last fall I shot a nice bear with my 35 Whelen and while descending the rise where i had hidden I slipped, fell and landed hard on the rifle and scope. I cleaned the gun up an put it away but made a note to closely inspect and test the optics this spring. Visual inspection revealed no damage other than the expected cosmetic scratches. Today I took it to the camp and set up at 100 yards off of a rest. First shot was 12 inches off zero. I took a second shoot without adjusting to see if the rounds would group and they did (about 1 inch apart) made the adjustments to move it about half way back to zero and fired 2 more rounds. The second set of rounds grouped as well and moved the appropriate amount towards the point of aim. I than made another set of adjustments and fired 4 rounds and all hit within 0.5 inch of the point of aim.
My question is, can a scope get that far out of whack from an impact and still be able to hold zero i.e be functionally undamaged? or should i be worried that the zero i just set will drift even though it seemed to hold for those 4 rounds.
In case it matters the scope is a Swaro Z3.
My question is, can a scope get that far out of whack from an impact and still be able to hold zero i.e be functionally undamaged? or should i be worried that the zero i just set will drift even though it seemed to hold for those 4 rounds.
In case it matters the scope is a Swaro Z3.