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Durable scope advice
MADMAX:
--- Quote from: frazierw on November 03, 2025, 02:53:58 PM ---If I crash on my bike with my gun, regardless of what scope I have, I would check 0 to make sure.
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100% :yeah:
Ac04:
--- Quote from: bowman on November 03, 2025, 03:36:20 PM ---Rokslide has a ton of info about this on there. Your rifle is a complete system. Not just the scope to worry about being off. Could be a mounting problem as well.
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What else should I be looking at as far as my system goes? I mounted it myself for the first time earlier this year, I spent a lot of time researching it, I made sure to degrease and used blue locktite on my rings and bases and they’re still tight, anything else that’s screaming at you that I should check? I’m shooting a tikka with hawken hybrid rings with the dovetail so they’re directly on my rifle.
MADMAX:
Have you been to the range yet ?
I’d basically remount everything
Check ring screws
Check bases
Check scope alignment in rings
Bore sight
Shoot it
Sneaky:
With that setup its most likely something broken inside the scope. Time to move on. Go with SWFA, maven rs 1.2, any nightforce. Sorry you missed your buck, good on you for addressing it.
pickardjw:
The TLDR on Rokslide "Drop Test Approved" Scopes is:
SWFA SS (6x, 10x, 3-9, 3-15)
Nightforce (any model)
Trijicon Huron, Credo, Tenmile
Maven RS1.2 (current favorite for most)
As others mentioned, there are other factors that could contribute to zero loss than just the scope. I've been following the same guy's scope mounting method among other things (action screws degreased and torqued to min. 50 in-lbs on a Tikka). The thread is a little outdated, most guys over there are using paint pen instead of Loctite 242 now due to some curing issues. But the process and torque values are still pretty accurate. Under 17 in-lbs on the scope rings is asking for slippage.
https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/scope-mounting-to-maintain-zero.78482/
None of this guarantees your rifle won't lose zero from a relatively minor impact. Each rifle system needs to be tested, but it's good data for reference.
I'd still check zero after a fall from a bike.
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