The Zero Check Thread

[Mintie]

I don't have time to give an awesome full report like what I am seeing in other posts here, but I can report back on my real world findings. Using my rifles every day for work puts a fair amount of load on them, in and out of the safe twice a day, in and out of the car multiple times a day and they do about 100km on the road (and off road in some pretty bumpy places) around my trap run every day. It probably all adds up to a normal recreational hunters yearly use across a 2 week period. Back in the beginning I was using some pretty budget to mid level gear, Hawke, Leapers, Simmons, Tac Vector, Nikko etc and was often having issues with the zero wandering around a bit as the rifles got bumped or fell over in the car etc.. I ended up buying a Burris scope and a Leupold scope and some decent quality rings to go with them and the issues stopped immediately. Rifles that used to zero fine at the range and then miss animals on the next outing were transformed into rifles that hit every animal and haven't been adjusted since. After this revelation I sold all of my cheaper scopes and picked up a bunch of Leupold, Burris and Minox scopes and possibly just as importantly started using quality mounts every time. It also helps knowing that these brands all have no questions asked warranties, even when purchased second hand, but I am now starting to hear some stories about the new Leupold NZ agent not playing nice.