.Scarecrow.
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A couple years ago I put a Burris XTR 1-4x24 on my AR. One day I foolishly threw my rifle onto my bed. It bounced off a pillow, flipped over, and the Burris collided with the scope of another rifle sitting on a bipod. After close inspection, everything appeared to be fine, if I remember correctly it still functioned while shooting like nothing happened. The scopes collided on their adjustment turrets, so probably the worst possible spot. I could tell the corner of the illumination knob on the other rifle had hit the turret cap on the Burris, so basically a sharp metal corner hit the turret cap. Months later I noticed on one of the lenses inside, there was a small bit of tiny fluid droplets. They never increased or decreased as time went on. A few weeks later I decided to contact Burris about it. They said I should send it in right away because the accident I had may have caused a leak from the turret's lubricant into the scope tube. A buddy suggested I leave the rifle outside for a about an hour to see if I compromised the nitrogen purge. Luckily it was winter, so the rifle got cold fast, and after wiping the outsides of the lenses off, there was absolutely no internal fog, so we concluded that it was fine. Still I sent it in and they gave me a new one, (And a free Fastfire III). I'm still not sure if that fluid (Which was barely visible even if you were looking for it) was anything to worry about.
My question is, what kind of abuse can these kinds of optics take without experiencing damage? If that question can be answered. From what I saw, I feel that this scope got it relatively harsh, right on the weakest part, and struck right on the 90 degree corner of another turret.
I'm asking this because I don't want to baby the scope while training. I'm pretty sure that training won't cause accidents like I had, but if I could get some understanding that would be great.
-Thanks
My question is, what kind of abuse can these kinds of optics take without experiencing damage? If that question can be answered. From what I saw, I feel that this scope got it relatively harsh, right on the weakest part, and struck right on the 90 degree corner of another turret.
I'm asking this because I don't want to baby the scope while training. I'm pretty sure that training won't cause accidents like I had, but if I could get some understanding that would be great.
-Thanks