What did I do wrong in my previous life

[Windmill01]

I put a New Hawke Airmax 4-12*42 on my HW77 after it killed a brand new UTG. Before the UTG died the rifle was grouping exceptionally well from out of the box useing H&N FTT 5.53. Shot that tin of pellets and from the next tin it started to go bad. I had more flyers then a fly party on a cow paddy. Yep some of the pellets fitted very loose into the breach and they shot high and a smidge off to the side but I could control that to some degree. I bought three different head sizes in the FTT and the rifle liked the 5.53’s and 5.54’s the best. 

I still had too many flyers for my liking as it just didn’t shoot straight any more, so I ordered a pellet sizer from over the pond. Maybe that would fix my problem. I thought our mail service was slow it’s taken the US postal service 7 days to get it to Chile and still has to swim over to Aus. Anyway I though maybe it’s the scope, nooooooo it couldn’t be. Put on an old spare Niko Sterling 4-12*42 cheapie. Bullseye ? Bullseye Bullseye ?. If this keeps up I going to buy a 12 fp kit to see if that saves the scopes.

So i go back to title of this rant “what did I do bloody wrong in my previous life”

Gary

 

[addertooth]

This actually surprises me. I have UTG scopes on 16 and 18 FPE springers and they have held zero... luck of the draw I guess. That, and I did not kick any kittens as a small child.

 

[Windmill01]

Addertooth I had a UTG that lasted on my LGV for 12 months and I have one on my 22 Trail at the moment. But some where down the line I got a couple of dud scopes. They were replaced quickly by the sellers but those replacements still suffered from shifting poi either straight out of the box or after a couple of hundred shots. I wasn’t expecting this from the Hawke, that was one of the reasons of buying this scope to stop the rot. Must have been a few seconds sent to Aus and I managed to luck them all.

Gary

 

[intenseaty22]

That sucks and surprises. The only scope any of my full power Springers ever killed was the one that came packaged with the Gamo itself. Don't think it lasted 2 days. UTG and Hawke have held up perfectly. Do you have any warrantee on the scope? 

 

[JohnL57]

I've had UTG reticles break and had a Hawke Airmax fail on an R9 after very few shots making around 14 fpe. The replacement UTG broke the reticle again, the Hawke is fine so far but lives on a rifle that doesn't see much use. I do like the AMX reticle used on the Airmax series. The only scope I have never heard killed by a springer is the Leupold 3-9x33 EFR which is a little beyond my budget. 

 

[likkitysplyt]

Had a UTG 4-16x42 that bit the dust on a Hatsan 125 Sniper Vortex … got one just like it on a Marauder .25 that has been spot on for about 3 years

 

[shambozzie]

Your previous life was fine. However, your Hw77 need a tune. John in PA east coast or Motor man left coast. Just saying.

 

[Windmill01]

The Leupold is out of my budget also John. Christian I think that there is a lifetime warranty on the Hawke but I’m going to wait a while before getting it replaced. Where I got the Hawke the shop did a deal after one of the other scopes and a ZR mount failed. 

I get my scopes through the mail, I wonder if the mail service has something to do with te high failure rate I’m experiencing at the moment?

 

[fishinwrench]

I really like the UTG 3-9X32AO on my Gamo Swarm. It's a good match for the gun....BUT....I have wrecked 4 of them (all have failed by reticles busting or falling down) and now Leapers has stopped replacing them for me. 
It seems as if they think I am playing games with them or something. They replaced the first 3 right away, no hassles, but this last one it sounds like they are gonna balk and refuse to replace it. They won't even issue me a RMA# so I can send it in to them to inspect.

Bummer! 

 

[Windmill01]

fishinwrench It sounds as if their lifetime warranty has a number to it.

Gary

 

[fishinwrench]

"Windmill01"fishinwrench It sounds as if their lifetime warranty has a number to it.
Gary

Yeah they apparently feel like I am shooting a "real scope crusher" and that odds are it's gonna keep happening.....which it probably will, and they gotta draw the line somewhere. So I kinda understand.

I'm not gonna bash them and throw a fit over one of their 80.00 scopes. They tried hard enough, I'll let them off the hook and choose another scope for the ol'Swarm.

 

[Windmill01]

Fishinwrench a while back when I thought I was buying a D56 Target Hunter I bought a couple of cheap 4*32 AO scopes. One was a UTG and the other one a Niko Stirling. I put the UTG on my scope killing 177 Trail and being true to form it ate for breakfast within a week. However i then fitted the Niko Stirling. It’s still going strong a that’s with nearly one tin of pellets. I may have to turn a turret one or two clicks now and then but mostly each time I take the Trail out of the safe it’s on the money. The glass is ok for what I use it for and the rifle is my plinker so it gets a lot of use. The scope cost $82.00 Aus.

Im now thinking of buying a couple for my HW. I often shoot the Trail out to 40 or 50 metres, so if one fails on my high recoiling HW it’s no biggie to replace it. When you consider I paid nearly $400.00 Aus for the Hawke and it only lasted a couple of weeks.

Gary

 

[Windmill01]

I forgot to mention that the poi started to shift initially on the Niko too but I started moving the turrets fully up and down and sideways for a few minutes and that fixed it.