Scopes at Raton

[johnk]

On another forum, a newbie member going by the name of James Kelby implies that the NF 15-50 scopes were going belly up at Raton in great numbers.

Did any of our team members hear anything along those lines or is the story a very nasty bit of commercial sabotage by a competing supplier?

[lewis reynolds]

Correct me if im wrong but Kelby is a distributor for march scopes is he not?

[Brad Y]

Dave hit the nail on the head in his reply. All scopes will fail. They are mechanical items. Sometime mechanical items need fixing. Its what a good warranty and carrying a spare scope at a major prize shoot is for. I reckon its probably a bit of a dig at the competition. I wasnt there but when you have Larry Bartholome AND Dave Mc both saying there was alot of other stuff going on that could affect POI than just a scope, I would be inclined to believe them.

[johnk]

Kelby was pretty specific, saying 20 instances of failure. I am surprised that such a claim would be made by somebody of such high repute in the accuracy game.

[aaronraad]

I know it's a video of 50BMG recoiling at +70ft-lbs and a 308W is about 16ft-lbs, but it gives you an idea of the harmonics the scope endures each shot.

high-speed video of scope and barrel flexing on a 50BMG

Scopes might be tested to 375H&H recoil or even 50BMG recoil but there is still a limit as to the number of times they can handle the recoil. The old spring recoiling target scopes of the early 20th century start to look more durable.

I also confirmed the YouTube video of "Range Time with Cory & Erika - Erika shooting Serbu BFG-50A .50 BMG" has nothing to do with scope flex.