bumping your scope

[JB'STAXIDERMY]

So i was hunting yesterday evening and had my equinox strapped to my treestand after the 45 min hike up the mountain ( which was straight up) i got to my tree and took my stand off and it slipped and hit the ground on my scope.... ( twilight dlx) took a pretty good lick. So i shot it today and it was about 3 in high and 2 in right at 50 yds .... a couple of shoots and she was zeroed in ....... has anyone else bumped there scope and it not be off or was it way off.

[TheBig1]

Literally two hours ago I was shooting some Diablo Lumens in with Bolt Cutters. I was using my wife's camping chair because my fat guy chair is in the mountains in my blind. I shoot, put my hands on each arm and push to stand up. The left arm of the chair broke and I knocked The Griz off of the table with my video camera attached to the top. Luckily for me The Griz is like a cat and landed right side up, no damage done.

Took a shot at 50 yards and was still drilling groups.

[GrassyKnoll]

because my fat guy chair is in the mountains in my blind.

I enjoy your humor...

[TheBig1]

because my fat guy chair is in the mountains in my blind.

I enjoy your humor...

I call um like I see um!

[longbow joe]

Sometimes when you bump a scope you actually can "rotate" it in the mounts the simple impact can be absorbed just like recoil . Just make sure it the crosshairs are square. When i know a scope is good i take a sharp metal scribe n mark the areas where the rings have the gap on both sides with a micro line that way you have a visual to see if you have furure movement. You can also scribe a micro line along a ring to look for back n forth movement. .... anybody out there with a ruger 10 22 knows about scope movement there known for movin a scope with cheap rings. Scribing is free insurance.

[retrieverman]

I've always been told that if you "bump" a scope hard enough to alter the point of impact that you've damaged the scope internally, but I've never tried to prove or disprove that.

[ohiobuck]

Mine goes down on the scope every time. I can't get to lower onto the belly. I sit there trying for a few minutes every time. I usually wait till I get home and discharge in to my target. zero hasn't shifted yet. However..I haven't locktighted my scope mount screws. That needs to be done now. I can feel the slightest movement out of it.

[Pydpiper]

No mystery that the factory scopes are not military or competition grade, but they are perfect for what they are made to do.
I bump mine a lot, just doing normal stuff, and I never worry. Here is why:
I was settling in a new string in my early days, figured shooting it was the fastest way, and I was right. Set up 2 lawn chairs, one with a bag, the other, in my garage to lean my bow against. I was doing home renovations at the time, so whenever I got a second to run down to shoot it, I did.
I was in a hurry, I would shoot quick, recock, go back to my tool belt.
This is the same technique that I used to shoot my bow while the rope cocker was still on (long story).
House full of help, I stood my bow up to draw the string, like we all do, foot firmly in the stirrup, and pull. Well, I got sidetracked, half way up I got distracted, the bow fell forward and landed right on the scope. So hard that I had to pick little chunks of gravel that were embedded in to the aluminum housing of the scope, it hit hard.
Brought it straight to the backyard to see how bad I messed it up, and was pleasantly surprised when it made no affect on my POI, none. Since then, I worry a lot less about the other 20 little bumps it takes during an average hunt.
Hunt with confidence.

[Deerstalker]

I dropped my Equinox with a Nikon Bolt Xr scope from a 16' tree stand and no damage or change in POI from the CB or scope. I guess that I was just lucky.

[JB'STAXIDERMY]

I honestly think my scope moved because of the weight of my treestand and pack coming down on the eye piece of the scope is what changed my poi cause it was a good 25lbs of weight coming down on the scope and it was a hard enough impact that the scope made an indention in the ground ..... but it is nice to know that the majority of the guys have bumped there scopes and havent had any problems .... i also have a flemish string on my equinox and the poi could have changed from the string settling a little bit and with the scope but shes all good to go now just need the deer to cooperate and ill be happy