Hey fellas and gals, this is my first real post although I did the new member intro thread. I've run into an issue with the scope in my thread title. It is a mid 90's abomination of mil reticle and MOA adjustments. What can I say, I didn't know much about LR shooting and was in the process of learning it from TFTT/DAG, as well as, nothing otherwise that myself or my "armorer" knew of, was really available back then.
It's a good scope and has gotten me to 900-1000 but after coming back from the range where I was shooting in and zeroing my AI chassis, I went to slip the elevation turret to the zero mark but it won't slip. It won't turn without clicking, whereas the windage turret slips smooth as silk like it is supposed to. The rifle did take a short slow, sliding drop onto the tile, maybe a foot or so. It landed on the side focus knob but could have hit the elevation turret as well. This occurred since the last time I shot the rifle. It seemed fine with no apparent issues, not even a mark on the scope. I know these things are known to be pretty tough but maybe it knocked the turret housing out of whack so that it is binding, I don't know. I was thinking about giving a couple taps with a dead blow hammer and try to get it slipping freely. Anyone had this issue or got any smithing scoop? Send it back to Leupy for repair? Not that it probably matters but the rifle is a early 90's Remington 700 PSS .308. Thanks for any input.
It's a good scope and has gotten me to 900-1000 but after coming back from the range where I was shooting in and zeroing my AI chassis, I went to slip the elevation turret to the zero mark but it won't slip. It won't turn without clicking, whereas the windage turret slips smooth as silk like it is supposed to. The rifle did take a short slow, sliding drop onto the tile, maybe a foot or so. It landed on the side focus knob but could have hit the elevation turret as well. This occurred since the last time I shot the rifle. It seemed fine with no apparent issues, not even a mark on the scope. I know these things are known to be pretty tough but maybe it knocked the turret housing out of whack so that it is binding, I don't know. I was thinking about giving a couple taps with a dead blow hammer and try to get it slipping freely. Anyone had this issue or got any smithing scoop? Send it back to Leupy for repair? Not that it probably matters but the rifle is a early 90's Remington 700 PSS .308. Thanks for any input.
