Tommy needs glasses...

[ol_spark]

Now that I've got the hardwood floor ordered, I have a couple of days to tinker. Got out Tommy or Tinker, depends on who you talk to , Got every thing all set up to test fire some 190SMK's and on the 3rd shot, the recoil of the gun sent the focus to a big blur. No matter which way I turned the side focus on the Leupold 8.5x25 VX III, I could not get it back into focus. I had used some red lock tite to hold the rings and bases in place earlier because I was having trouble with it coming loose, so I wasn't too thrilled about having to remove it. Not too much trouble, I just applied a little heat to the bottom of the mounting screw via a hot screw driver tip and the torx heads came undone. Anyhow, that was in the evening, after dark that I removed it. I waited until morning to box it up for shipment. I gave it one last look and ran the side focus knob and you would have thought that nothing was wrong with it. I called Leupold service for some advise and they said that since there wasn't anything wrong with it now, he doubted that they could find anything wrong with it. He suggested that I put it back on the gun and try it again. Well, I did that. During the sight-in process, the 2nd shot, the scope goes blurry again. Same as before, I can't adjust it. So now I'm in the process of sending it in to Leupold for repair. Guess I should of got a SS That's OK, I really didn't want to shoot anyway. It was much too nice of a day to enjoy outside. Back to the flooring project for now.

[royinidaho]

The scope has Macular Degeneration. Get some stuff called "ISense" at the local GNC or whatever.

Also it probably wouldn't hurt to take a couple of tablets yourself. 2 in AM 2 in PM.
It'll go a bit of a ways towards preventing it.

No kiddin'



PS that's whatcha get for bad mouthing the SS with the fat dots.

PSS: did the hard wood floor thing in kitchen and hallway. Get the air nail gun. The El Manual one still brings on bad dreams. Also i'd send the wife on at least a weeks hunting trip. Then figger out how to get rid of the dust before she returns.

[ol_spark]

U R still a hoot.

So far I've purchased 3 scopes over $600 and 2 out of the 3 had to be sent in for repairs. One of them, numerous times. Wonder when #3 is going to go wrong. I suppose on some high mountain, high dollar hunt that a guy just can't trust a low dollar scope on. I have numerous Weaver, Bushnell, Redfiedls, Trasco, Burris, Nikon that cost way less than $600 that have been used alot more and have not required repair. Talk about statistics. Do you really get what you pay for? Or is a $200 scope built 15 years ago better than a $900 scope built today? If this was the correct forum, there would be all kinds of guys saying buy a Nightforce, no Loppy's are the best, get a Swarovski, no a SS.

I think Tommy is just too rough on toys and needs to learn to play with others better.

By the way, I have a $80 Tasco with mildots on a 300RUM that has outperformed this Leupold. Go figure. Some people just have all the luck.

Thanks for the advice on the pills and air gun.