Just to start this is in no way a bash on vortex, just curious if this has been a common theme with these units as I'm currently running 2 PST's and 1 HST that had the failure. When I was ready to leave yesterday morning up bear hunting I flipped up my scope caps up to find a surprise, ocular lense cocked 45% and the entire focusing eye piece flopping around. This must have happened during the hike in since I looked through it before I left the house at 4 am, never took a spill or hit it on anything. Anyway called vortex, the folks were very helpful and scope is enroute to WI now to utilize that VIP warranty. It's a 4-16x44 Viper HST, 5 months old with 200 rounds, maybe it was the wicked recoil of my 165gr ab's and varget from the 308 win... Anybody else had major problems like this?