irishlad
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Yesterday got done cleaning my Savage Desert Tactical 6.5 CM, stumbled on a mat and dropped the rifle. Damaged the elevation turret on my Vortex Viper PST Gen ll. Already on the way back to Vortex. 
Damaged my scopeš”
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horsemen61
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Iām sorry to hear that on the Plus Side Vortex will take care of you and give the Whole scope a look over while they have it!
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irishlad
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Yup, super nice when I called this morning.
JFrank
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Definitely unfortunate, but hereās a question for vortex owners; Are you less careful of accidents knowing you have that warranty or the same as if you had a super expensive scope without the blanket warranty ?
Curious.
Curious.
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You sure it didn't happen as you were repelling into a hot zone? 
I treat most of mine all the same. Some games or activities are rougher on things than others but mistakes happen.
I'd rather bust any optic I had than get hurt though, as long as I didn't need it at that moment to keep from getting hurt.
I treat most of mine all the same. Some games or activities are rougher on things than others but mistakes happen.
I'd rather bust any optic I had than get hurt though, as long as I didn't need it at that moment to keep from getting hurt.
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irishlad
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No, just not as graceful as I was in my younger days. I try to stay off of ladders nowadays. Use to make my living on them and telephone poles. Donāt go Duck hunting by myself anymore either. Tough getting old!!
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JFrank
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I found myself being a little more nonchalant knowing I had that warranty.
Just me being honest, with a Nightforce I find that Iām always extra intent while handing the rifle.
Just me being honest, with a Nightforce I find that Iām always extra intent while handing the rifle.
It's not fun to send something back. I've got three different diamond backs but haven't bashed a scope. Yet
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1) Iām just as careful - or just as careless - with all of my gear.
2) Most of the āsuper expensive scopesā on the market have just as good warranty/customer support as Vortex, they just donāt advertise it as vocally as Vortex or āVortex Nation,ā so the hypothetical experiment kinda falls apart. I WOULD, however, not buy a āsuper expensive scopeā if they didnāt have a similar warranty backing it - too many options to dance with which DO come with that quality of warranty as standard.
JFrank
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NF doesnāt warranty self inflicted as does Vortex, sure theyāll fix it but you may have to write a check for at least a part of the cost.
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I've thrown a bunch of those into barrels at 3 gun matches, I put them pretty high on my list of "durable".
JFrank
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At $2000 each , Iām pretty careful not to abuse.
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I didn't have to pay for my ATACR to be fixed when I sent it in - I discovered the windage was slipping, most likely from myself and the previous owner running it into barricades at PRS matches. No, I didn't use the scope as a hammer, but I haven't done so with Vortex optics either.
JFrank
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Yes weāve seen that before , how well it worked is anyoneās guess but thatās not to say theyāll replace it free as does Vortex.
Stuck on 15x, everything else worked fine.
If you have that kind of story, who knows.
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If you have that kind of story, who knows.
Another.
Another Nightforce bullet hole story
JFrank
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I wasnāt meaning to derail a thread, but this is the original question.
What do you think about it.
Thats a bummer! It does happen tho, I dropped one of my guns on my Midas BTR taking it out of the safe and killed it, fell on a Nikon a while back and crunched it too.Yesterday got done cleaning my Savage Desert Tactical 6.5 CM, stumbled on a mat and dropped the rifle. Damaged the elevation turret on my Vortex Viper PST Gen ll. Already on the way back to Vortex.
I try not to do dumb stuff with my gear (emphasis on TRY), but it dosent mater if its my 50 dollar simmons thats out of production or 1200 dollar meopta that ive got no idea what they will warranty(with optics i just assume its a you break it we will fix it, unless noted otherwise), they get treated the same.
JFrank
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I think itās bit of a derail but thats how threads go sometimes, they just evolve into something else. This one wasnāt about how tough Nightforce scopes are.
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jmorris
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Yeah, they are tools to win. Expensive but still tools for a job.
You would cringe at the holster wear on my SV (makes a NF not seem too bad of a price) but all of that wear is part of how I mastered a sport.
In any case the OP didn't have actions that equaled his intensions. Accident and they happen.
Now, lets talk about the plus side of just leaving the dirty rifle in the case...
Out here? Splotchy rust red is great camo!
gotboostvr
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Out here? Splotchy rust red is great camo!
Rust? What's that? I live in Southern Arizona
Its what happens when water falls from the sky all the damn time!
Trade u water for that shiney stuff i hear people speak of......uh......sunlight?
Yeah i need to mow my yard too......
gotboostvr
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Its what happens when water falls from the sky all the damn time!
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Trade u water for that shiney stuff i hear people speak of......uh......sunlight?
We've got plenty to spare!
Mowing your yard? Don't miss having to do that!
I can't fathom trying to maintain a lawn here, I don't know how people do it. Seems sisyphean to me.
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