weaver t-36 problems maybe

[scooterman27006]

i have been cussing this 204 ruger in 700 adl remington for months but a local gun store owner took it and glass bed- trigger work and shot it some with factory stuffand said it was the scope and i need to send it back - both the gun and scope are new - sometimes it would shoot in the same hole then the next time it might be off 6 inches -- the reason i picked the scope - i have read so many times that they were great scopes for the money and held zero forever - well he says this is the exception and i need to send it back - he said he has never seen a bad weaver but believes this is the first - he said you can dry fire the gun and see it- well i dont know what i am looking for but i will send it back without question but i am curious of two things - how many of you fellas have had a bad weaver and what is it that i am going to see in the scope when i dry fire it thanks scoot

[Brithunter]

Hi Scooterman,

I believe that you may see the reticle jump or move slightly when you dry fire it. I have an old Khales 4x scope which looks like it needs to go back for a service as I noticed that this happened when I tried dry firing the rifle I had just out it on :rolleyes: Oh well the scope is about 40 years old.

[Catfish]

I`m an old guy and have been hunting and shooting since the late 1950`s. Over the years I`ve had alot of gun and scopes. I have had problems with every brand of scope except Leupold. I`ve got aprox. 30 Leupold scopes at present and have had far more of them than any other brand. I used to have several Weavers, all were made befor they quit makeing them the first time, and most were pretty good scopes. After I started going to Leupolds I still kept several of the old steel tube Weavers for my .22 rimfires, but today most of my rimfires wear Leupolds. I don`t know if your useing your .204 for paper punching or for varmint hunting. If it`s for paper punching the more power the better, but if your going to hunt with it first and punch paper second I would recomand a 3 1/2 x 10 Leupold Var-X111, that`s what mine wears. If you don`t want to put that much in a scope a 3 x 9 Vari X11 or Vari X1 leupold would still due all you need.

[Evan03]

we arent perfect neaither are the scopes we produce with our imagination and hands puts together.

i try to keep this on the hush side, shhhhhhhhhhh my 4.5-14vxIII has been back to leo for reparisshhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Catfish]

I must be really lucky. I`ll throw a gun in the truck and haull it around for week, not in a case, and then pull it out and expect it to shoot where it did when I put it in, and so far they have. I`ve got scopes that look battle warn, and they are, but they still work fine. I guess it`s like I`ve always said " I would reather be lucky than good any time." :D

[Evan03]

lol.

my 2506 wearing the 4.5-14 vxIII rides around on the floor of the peterbilt. i havent touched the turrets on this scope in two years or so. also behind the seat i have my 22lr wearing a 3-9vxII


both these scopes get beat on quite alot and look it to.

Evan