fatrap
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I can't believe I'm saying this but yesterday after returning from the range I had my DPMS LR .308 sitting on my bench awaiting it's turn to be cleaned. 'For some unknown reason the swivel and pivot bipod tilted fully upsetting the balance and the whole rig tumbled off the bench onto the concrete floor. I'm Still at a loss for why it tumbled. $90 Harris bipod, maybe It was set on something maybe not fully locked legs. Anyway the rug that occupies the impact spot on the carpet was upstairs being washed after the wife's geriatric cat used it as a litter box. Smack on the concrete! I picked it up and found not a ding just a small scratch on the scope tube. The charging handle and bolt carrier wasn't in the weapon sitting in a different place awaiting cleaning.
I figured the scope, a Millet tactical mildot /bar 4x16 was toast. So today I reluctantly drove to the range with a box of .308 reloads to access the damages. First shot at 100yds was high and to the right bout an inch. A few clicks and bang dead center on the one inch square bullseye. Followed by eight more overlapping or side by side. @200yds. bang! low and right, a few clicks adjust and bang! lower left of the one inch bull. Adjust and the next five shots formed an "H" all inside the one inch square bull. Followed by ten more rounds erasing the one inch square at 200yds just to see if it'd jump zero.
This is a Millet scope costing less than $400. It's view is very marginally less clear than my $1000 Leupold Mark IV on a custom 700 tactical/target rifle. I don't know if the Leupold would have stood the drop like this one. I went home and ordered another for my Target 300 Win Mag with HB that is being built and set up at IT&D in Ohio. Still can't believe it. That weapon scoped and with a 20 rnd mag weighs in at and even 15 pounds. Of course I'd be disappointed if the rifle didn't hold up. It ran flawlessly. But the cheap scope?
This story ends with the rug back on the floor and a much more carefully trigger operator. I get even the cat when the wife isn't looking. I think she needs a bath.
fatrap
I figured the scope, a Millet tactical mildot /bar 4x16 was toast. So today I reluctantly drove to the range with a box of .308 reloads to access the damages. First shot at 100yds was high and to the right bout an inch. A few clicks and bang dead center on the one inch square bullseye. Followed by eight more overlapping or side by side. @200yds. bang! low and right, a few clicks adjust and bang! lower left of the one inch bull. Adjust and the next five shots formed an "H" all inside the one inch square bull. Followed by ten more rounds erasing the one inch square at 200yds just to see if it'd jump zero.
This is a Millet scope costing less than $400. It's view is very marginally less clear than my $1000 Leupold Mark IV on a custom 700 tactical/target rifle. I don't know if the Leupold would have stood the drop like this one. I went home and ordered another for my Target 300 Win Mag with HB that is being built and set up at IT&D in Ohio. Still can't believe it. That weapon scoped and with a 20 rnd mag weighs in at and even 15 pounds. Of course I'd be disappointed if the rifle didn't hold up. It ran flawlessly. But the cheap scope?
This story ends with the rug back on the floor and a much more carefully trigger operator. I get even the cat when the wife isn't looking. I think she needs a bath.
fatrap
