Hope I’m not stepping on any toes with other vendors but there is a retailer that sometimes has a few “Demo” scopes for sale they may have been LEO demos or customer returns so they technically have been used before not “New in the Box” so to speak. I called ahead and said I’m not sure which scope I want for sure so can I buy 2-3 of the demo scopes and I’m not going to put the demo scope in a mount and torque it down but I want to compare them at sunrise, sunset, and during the day to see how the glass looks and the reticle looks as well. They agreed and said I could return in 10 days with no restock fee only because they were used demos and I pay return freight and insurance. They said they will inspect the demo scopes before I ship out so don’t torque them down and all will be fine unless you damage it.
I ordered three different scopes plus two new ZCO‘s from Mile High Shooting full retail these were not demos. Out of the four I tried I liked a model I thought initially I would like the least which was one of the demo models. I preferred it based on the glass alone and that my eye seemed to like it the best but I did NOT torque it down and go shoot it until I decided I wanted it. I returned the other two demos and got a full refund no problems because I did not damage them or put them in a mount and torque them down. Downside obviously is I couldn’t shoot with them but looking thru the glass at various times of the day and even night was helpful to me. Again these were not “New in the Box” scopes all had been used before and you could see light ring marks. I sold the ZCO’s here. I only opened one of the two ZCO’s to check it out. May not be what you are looking for but was helpful to me.
