Thread: Worth repairing this scope?

Way back in the early 90's I had an American client have a bit of a mishap in a large boulder field, and landed on his rifle with the scope on the bottom. The scope was a Burris, scope hit a rock on the front bell housing and bent it about 7-8mm out of line down towards the barrel. Didnt have opens, didnt have a spare scope. After a bit of thinking, I suggested we had nothing to lose, so used the head of an iceaxe to lever it off the barrel until it looked like it was in line. Then we sighted it in and about 8 shots later was shooting fine. The hunt continued successfully for another week. Tough scopes those Burris

I had this with a brand new Leupold. It's a prick and the eye doesn't like having the scope corsshairs at 45deg at all... With the scope out at an angle the corrections just suck.

Originally Posted by No.3

I had this with a brand new Leupold. It's a prick and the eye doesn't like having the scope corsshairs at 45deg at all... With the scope out at an angle the corrections just suck.

bollocks....... for bush hunting in thick stuff it is awesome....the ONLY reason my main bush rifle isnt like it anymore is the post n rail reticle.
its not a new idea,cullers were doing it many years ago.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

bollocks....... for bush hunting in thick stuff it is awesome....the ONLY reason my main bush rifle isnt like it anymore is the post n rail reticle.
its not a new idea,cullers were doing it many years ago.

Nah - the rifle ends up on a cant to all hell as the eye tries to level the reticle out. Its one thing to have the reticle off a little bit on the piss away from the turret screw axis - as long as the screws are perfectly in line horizontal and vertical but like that Leupold I had that was assembled on the piss it just didn't work at all. Wasn't a case of being hard to zero, it was just every shade of wrong. I actually clipped a chunk of timber on the range I first shot it at as the bore was so far out of line to the centreline of the scope...

If the reticle straight up and down isn't suited to the bush, get one with the old 'German No2' style (thick horizontal and half height vertical with a point) or a red dot. Much better...

Iv got an old 2-7x33 maybe il have to double check leupold of a similar vintage on my .22mag thats also a similar vintage its awsome if you can get it fixed I would

put your target on the board at .45 degrees IF your scope is turned... if scope dials are one on top one on side and its still going up when up is dialed ......do everything as per normal.
be aware some scopes of this era are half inch per graduation

Take to H&F and send it to Beretta NZ as they are the agents Burris have a real lifetime warranty and it will be repaired or replaced I sent one back last year of the same vintage due not focusing and was replaced in a month with a new one, cost me $5 in postage Not being the first owner is irrelevant to Burris They very good to deal with

Originally Posted by Ruger7mm

Take to H&F and send it to Beretta NZ as they are the agents Burris have a real lifetime warranty and it will be repaired or replaced I sent one back last year of the same vintage due not focusing and was replaced in a month with a new one, cost me $5 in postage Not being the first owner is irrelevant to Burris They very good to deal with

Just been off the phone with them and thats exactly what they said to do! Pretty good customer service I must say!

If the crosshairs are exactly 45 degrees to the turret it suggests someone set it like that on purpose. I’d use it as is and enjoy the authentic history.

send it to Beretta and they will probably give you a new (but modern) scope

Reticle element is usually a ring that screws into the back end of the scope and locked there with a little thread locker. They sometimes come loose and rotate out from recoil. Fixed 1 a few weeks ago by removing eye bell and simply turning the element straight again and applying small amount of thread locker. Was a cheap scope so wasn't worried about the re gassing, just did it quickly in a clean, dry environment. Worked perfect. Burris 'forever' warranty is great- have had 2 older scopes replaced with new (through Beretta nz). Also when dealing direct with burris, sent a scope to them for repair, they sent me an email saying the scope was bent (they don't repair or replace in that case) but they sent me their 'bent scope price list' and I was able to buy a really nice replacement at a excellent price. They were great to deal with. Even back a few years ago sending the scope to the US was expensive! Getting scopes repaired in NZ is almost a thing of the past- Rackstraw Instruments may still do it, shame really as this repair would be a 10 min job for someone with the right gear/skills.

There was a guy in one of the Hutt's who regassed a redfield I had for a very reasonable price. I want to say it was 40 bucks but i don't actually remember.

@Old_School update time,how did you get on in the end???

After seeing this thread, I took in an older fixed power Burris (probably mid 80's manufacture at a guess) that the crosshairs had moved.

Guy at the store mentioned that the warranty applied to scopes manufactured after a certain date but would send it away.

I guess we will wait and see what happens.

Originally Posted by NZShoota

After seeing this thread, I took in an older fixed power Burris (probably mid 80's manufacture at a guess) that the crosshairs had moved.

Guy at the store mentioned that the warranty applied to scopes manufactured after a certain date but would send it away.

I guess we will wait and see what happens.

Update: The old scope was replaced with a new 3-9x42 Droptine, no questions asked. Took about 2 weeks turnaround once the scope was (finally) sent away...long story there. Great service from Beretta NZ