7daysinaweek Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Purchased a second hand scope recently for the 243 as wanted to replace my leupold ballistic milldot as find the reticle too hindering. Anyroads i recieved the scope, all appeared well and as described, nice clean glass and which retails at the 1k mark. Took a trip with one of me mates down to Minsterley range in Shrewsbury. Put the rifle frontend on a sandbag and i was looking down the bore, me mate asked me what i was doing? i replied i am bore sighting so can get on target with least rounds fired, dialed in trying too look technical as i had read up on bore sighting. Fires 3 rounds, not even on the the 24x36 inch plate, Arrrghh! so much for the me bore sighting, eventually got on target at an inch high at a hundred and well within a 1 inch group which i was extremely happy with as i have never had it group so well. Interestingly i usually use Hornady 100g interlock and got good groups with these after trying several other rounds, whilst i was at the range i picked up a box of Geco 105 grain tl and these grouped superbly better than the hornady and i am still trying to find a localish stockist as the rifle really likes them. Everywhere i have tried to get them has been out of stock. So the following week, early start at 4am, drives the 200 mile trip to Scotland usual ground In to before for guided trip, savage weather driving up the m6 past shap, saw several unfortunate collisions as the snow driving up was that bad for 40 miles was down to 20 mph. The forecast had not given this and on looking at reports caught lots of others out. The weather put me back and even though i have made the trip before and had allowed for good time, i arrived 40 minutes late to a constant flurry of snow, scenery absolutely stunning. Out straight away on foot and the guide said may be a little more difficult with snow underfoot without a breath of wind as sound carries and we would have to be super stealthy. fifty minutes into the stalk with non yet seen though a couple of hinds heard i turned to notice the the objective lens of the scope extremely misted, a quick wipe to reveal the inner of the lens looking like milk and had obviously failed in the wet and cold conditions, absolutely gutted. the estate rifle was in use on another part of the estate by another person so was really up the creek., withe the visibility down to virtually nothing we obviously could not continue so it was decided that we came off the estate and off to anther piece of ground and went back to the guides house and picked up another rifle. but it really eat into a good few hours which were lost from the whole day i had booked. The guide is an agent for ziess and remarked that any scope can fail, it was dissapointing Ifind out this far from home, he, ho! when i got back home after the 400 mile round trip emailed the seller and provided pics which you can see below and requested full refund which seller was happy to do and he was sending back to the manufacturer for repair/exchange as under warranty. Back up in the new year, going to buy a new ziess conquest dl and hopefully be sorted. will be getting out with the the rimmy now! atb 7diaw Edited December 10, 2016 by 7daysinaweek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Were you out at Forrest with Colin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Were you out at Forrest with Colin? Yes, did you recognise the ground? Fantastic up there! back up in the new year, had some good times up there the last year, top man is Colin! atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Fair play to the seller. Unfortunate but hopefully it's all sorted. Was it a new scope? Edited December 10, 2016 by oowee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Fair play to the seller. Unfortunate but hopefully it's all sorted. Was it a new scope? HI Owee no it was a second hand scope in apparent very good condition which had been purchased new by the chap i got it from. The scope new is a £1000 and i paid approx half that so was not a cheap buy for anyone. As said, got full refund from seller and he can get it sorted with the manufacturer. atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 Yes, did you recognise the ground? Fantastic up there! back up in the new year, had some good times up there the last year, top man is Colin! atb 7diaw Yes mate been up quite a few times , I'm also going up in the New Year ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 Fair play to the seller. I also had a bit of an issue with a second hand scope recently which worried me but fair play the seller was top notch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) Fair play to the seller. I also had a bit of an issue with a second hand scope recently which worried me but fair play the seller was top notch Hi Loyd yes, i recall your post, wasn't it concerns re marks on the objective lens ? glad you got a good outcome from the seller. The gentleman who sold me mine was very understanding re my concerns and once i had provided pictures he provided me with a full refund. I took pics at every stage of the packing and sent back special delivery, this helps cover most bases and helps should any disputes arise between parties. atb 7diaw Edited December 12, 2016 by 7daysinaweek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) Hi Loyd yes, i recall your post, wasn't it concerns re marks on the objective lens ? glad you got a good outcome from the seller. The gentleman who sold me mine was very understanding re my concerns and once i had provided pictures he provided me with a full refund. I took pics at every stage of the packing and sent back special delivery, this helps cover most bases and helps should any disputes arise between parties. atb 7diaw Yea mate, agreed reduced price fair play to him. Bought mounts but been very busy with exams and placement so not mounted it yet. Hoping I can get out foxing very soon Edited December 25, 2016 by Lloyd90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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