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A warning about NIKON riflescopes YMMV
bpost
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I have bought a few the NIKON .223 scopes for the AR platform it is a great scope and really holds zero well.
The 3-9X40 COYOTE SPECIAL, not so much. The BDC reticle has failed yet again, it was just replaced last year. There are supposed to be round circles with the largest your center aiming point and smaller ones down the vertical cross hair.
This scope has failed twice in the same manner. The smaller circles go oblong then the main aiming circle goes football shaped. I will be sending it back again, for 15 bucks shipping, to see if they will fix it right this time or put a different reticle in it.
Don't know if you have had the same experience but I broke my own rule on rifle scopes and am now paying the price. Buy Burris (or Nightforce) and cry once.
The 3-9X40 COYOTE SPECIAL, not so much. The BDC reticle has failed yet again, it was just replaced last year. There are supposed to be round circles with the largest your center aiming point and smaller ones down the vertical cross hair.
This scope has failed twice in the same manner. The smaller circles go oblong then the main aiming circle goes football shaped. I will be sending it back again, for 15 bucks shipping, to see if they will fix it right this time or put a different reticle in it.
Don't know if you have had the same experience but I broke my own rule on rifle scopes and am now paying the price. Buy Burris (or Nightforce) and cry once.
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I have bought a few the NIKON .223 scopes for the AR platform it is a great scope and really holds zero well.
The 3-9X40 COYOTE SPECIAL, not so much. The BDC reticle has failed yet again, it was just replaced last year. There are supposed to be round circles with the largest your center aiming point and smaller ones down the vertical cross hair.
This scope has failed twice in the same manner. The smaller circles go oblong then the main aiming circle goes football shaped. I will be sending it back again, for 15 bucks shipping, to see if they will fix it right this time or put a different reticle in it.
Don't know if you have had the same experience but I broke my own rule on rifle scopes and am now paying the price. Buy LEUPOLD and cry once.
I fixed it for you permanently just like Leupold is permanent once you get one. American made and lifetime warranty. None of that LIMITED warranty terms in fine print.
Let us know how your public relations experience with Nikon Customer Service works out for you???
I'm not a fan of Nikon CS.
BE Aware that Nikon CS can leave a bad taste in your mouth that never goes away.
quote:Originally posted by bpost
I have bought a few the NIKON .223 scopes for the AR platform it is a great scope and really holds zero well.
The 3-9X40 COYOTE SPECIAL, not so much. The BDC reticle has failed yet again, it was just replaced last year. There are supposed to be round circles with the largest your center aiming point and smaller ones down the vertical cross hair.
This scope has failed twice in the same manner. The smaller circles go oblong then the main aiming circle goes football shaped. I will be sending it back again, for 15 bucks shipping, to see if they will fix it right this time or put a different reticle in it.
Don't know if you have had the same experience but I broke my own rule on rifle scopes and am now paying the price. Buy LEUPOLD and cry once.
I fixed it for you permanently just like Leupold is permanent once you get one. American made and lifetime warranty. None of that LIMITED warranty terms in fine print.
Let us know how your public relations experience with Nikon Customer Service works out for you???
I'm not a fan of Nikon CS.
BE Aware that Nikon CS can leave a bad taste in your mouth that never goes away.
Many moons ago while purchasing my BAR MkII .338WM at Boondocks in Eagle River AK I was shown a Leupold scope in a side by side comparison to a 1.5X6 Burris Signature. That demo SOLD me on the quality of Burris optics, it was visibly better than the Leupold.
I must admit that was 30 years ago and products are not stagnant, many Burris scopes are now made in the Philippines.
My beef with Leupold is the line is hard to decipher. I don't know what is the top tier scope and the bottom rung products are. Burris is easy there are few lines to figure out.
quote:Originally posted by bpost
I have bought a few the NIKON .223 scopes for the AR platform it is a great scope and really holds zero well.
The 3-9X40 COYOTE SPECIAL, not so much. The BDC reticle has failed yet again, it was just replaced last year. There are supposed to be round circles with the largest your center aiming point and smaller ones down the vertical cross hair.
This scope has failed twice in the same manner. The smaller circles go oblong then the main aiming circle goes football shaped. I will be sending it back again, for 15 bucks shipping, to see if they will fix it right this time or put a different reticle in it.
Don't know if you have had the same experience but I broke my own rule on rifle scopes and am now paying the price. Buy LEUPOLD and cry once.
I fixed it for you permanently just like Leupold is permanent once you get one. American made and lifetime warranty. None of that LIMITED warranty terms in fine print.
Let us know how your public relations experience with Nikon Customer Service works out for you???
I'm not a fan of Nikon CS.
BE Aware that Nikon CS can leave a bad taste in your mouth that never goes away.
Sony IS NOT THE SAME QUALITY as between 1965 and 95. Still have a WORKING 45 year old Sony "Tummy TV". My Sony LED flat screen quit after 5 years. Japan = High Debt / Offshoring (sound familiar).
Sonys reputation goes down another notch when people start asking:
What's better, Monica Lewinsky or a Nikon CS Scope, depends, It's all a matter of taste.
The issue I have with Burris, is that they built their reputation as being "Made in USA", just like Leupold. Except now that may or may not be true. This seems blatantly dishonest & puts them on my 'do not buy' list.
When Leupold decided to sell scopes made somewhere beside the USA, at least they had the good sense to buy another scope brand name (Redfield) and not tarnish the Leupold brand.
The Warranty transfers even if you bought the scope used.
Zeiss- unquestioned lifetime warranty- that you will never need.
The Warranty transfers even if you bought the scope used.
As is Leupold's warranty.
They made very clear lenses in their surveying levels & the pricier theodolites. But the crosshairs in a level are usually etched in the lens, and most Nikons used wire or hair in a cradle instead.
I'll bet the designers didn't figure on vertical stress stretching the reticle material.
Like I said; lenses.
Burris, Leupold, Swarovski, even Sheppard use good glass; Nightforce makes it grunt-resistant.
such as
(1) Warranty coverage begins on the date of purchase. In order to make it easier to provide you with warranty service, Zeiss strongly suggests that you send us the completed warranty registration card within 60 days of purchase.
from this link
https://www.astronomics.com/zeiss-warranty-information_t.aspx
You ever notice also that some of them phone numbers for warranty service or customer service is like waiting on Xmas for a real person to come to the phone.
Next thing to Microsoft customer service in Pakistan.[;)] Savage arms for example is one that immediately comes to the top of the list.
I am a fan of Leupold scopes, too. But, having said that, the last Leupold I ordered, a VX-III 1.5-5X, was shipped to me directly from China!
Well according to Leupold's website you bought a counterfeit scope.
From the link below:
Leupold riflescopes are all designed, machined, and assembled in our Beaverton Oregon manufacturing facility. We do not have any other riflescope manufacturing facilities or offices anywhere in the world. So if you come across a Leupold riflescope being shipped into the United States from China, it is a very likely a counterfeit
https://www.leupold.com/service-support/resources/counterfeit-warning
My scope literally says designed, machined and assembled in the USA on the side. The box says it was made in the USA. I had heard that the lenses might come from Japan, but that even then it still has a enough domestically produced parts that it qualifies to be a USA made product. Even if the lenses are from Japan, that is not a bad thing.
I have a Redfield Revolution that has stood up very well to terrible weather (temps from 8*F-112*F), snow, sleet, and rain, decent recoil (30-06 loads).
I suppose my Redfield and the one talked about in the earlier post may have been made under the same name in different times/places?
Either way, good luck to the OP with getting a new scope that you like!
Their customer service is great. A few years ago I bought a used 4-12 Nikon scope on eBay. It worked OK but the image wasn?t quite as crisp as my other Nikon scopes or my Leupolds so I sent it to Nikon to see if they could adjust it for me. I was prepared to pay for their service. However, a week went by and I received a package from Nikon that contained a brand new 4-12 Monarch. You can?t beat that kind of product warranty or customer service.
I am a fan of Leupold scopes, too. But, having said that, the last Leupold I ordered, a VX-III 1.5-5X, was shipped to me directly from China!
You probably got a China clone. Leupold sent out warning about such few years ago, like maybe 4 years ago and how to ID a clone scope with their name attached.
You can do a search for such on-line.
Here is one link with warnings about such.
https://www.leupold.com/service-support/resources/counterfeit-warning
I am a fan of Leupold scopes, too. But, having said that, the last Leupold I ordered, a VX-III 1.5-5X, was shipped to me directly from China!
NOT a Leupold! And don't ask me about a Trijicon laser I bought, LOOKED real all around until it wasn't. Buy only from real dealers.