SCOPE TRACKING...anyone test their scope?

[AlbertaAl]

I bought a like new - but used, MARK 4 M1 turret, TMR reticle, .250MOA
Mounted this on a SAKO 6PPC and prepared to sight-in @ 100 yds.

Needed an additional 1/4 inch RIGHT and would have been finished the sight-in job. One click RIGHT and the bullets began printing 1/2" too far

I immediately did a "tracking" test by shooting every four click intervals.
The bullets did not print accordingly in 1" intervals.
The bullets varied spacings were 1-3/4", 1-1/2" and 1"

I'll be re-doing this test as I was short of ammunition and would like to monitor barrel temperature and conditions.

I've overlooked doing a scope tracking test for many years.
Especially with all the multitude of Leupolds that I own.
My Nightforce scopes track 100% as sighting-in is usually completed with a handful of shots.

I spoke to LEUPOLD service on the phone and they admitted that TRACKING is never 100% ....and isn't considered a scope malfunction under their lifetime warranty This is an huge "eye opener" as I never considered to have to look backwards when shooting LEUPOLD

Of course once your rifle is sighted-in with any scope then you're good to go as long as you aren't twisting knobs.

I'd like to know how good or bad your scope tracks...

[Hog Patrol]

How bad was the wind blowing? I've had the same experience with Sightrons, Leupolds, Burris, Bushnell, Clearidge, and Weavers. They all track ok and come back to the same spot on a four corner test but the POI changes don't always correlate to the knob movements. As an aside, except for a couple rimfires, I only use the Burris rings with the inserts and windage adjustable bases. You can tweak the scope and never touch the windage knobs.

[larryinIA]

My results, on the couple scopes I checked mirrored HogPatrol's results. I have had, or still have a couple that tracked as they were supposed to, click for click, and really only remember one...I'm going to miss that scope. It is a Leupold 6-20x50 VXIII.

It is about the only one I really twisted knobs on, and always returns to zero.

Larry

[xring]

Al , here is something you can try if you experience this again . Lets say you want to go 2 Clicks to the Right . Go a few more Clicks like say 5 to the Right and come back 3 . This takes up some of the slop in the Adjustments and does work in some cases . I know this can be a pain if you are a knob twiddler instead of a Reticle user for Windage and Elevation corrections , but I would give it a try before sending it to Leupold .

[Verminator]

Al

I have 3 Grand Slams that I love to shoot and they all track true, but the click values at the turrets are not reflected on the target and the windage and elevation click values do not give equal results on the target either. I have a Super Slam that seems pretty close but I haven't done alot of knob twisting with it and didn't have any difficulty setting it up and zeroing.

The only 2 scopes I've owned that gave predictable results on target based on adjustments at the turrets are a trijicon ACOG and surprisingly a millet trs.

[AlbertaAl]

I didn't have any wind during my day at the range.
I'll surely be testing all my scopes and if the tracking doesn't give me positive results then the scope is gonzo.

Owning equipment that doesn't function as it should is of no interest to me.
I'm really disappointed right now because I absolutely like the Leupold TMR reticle and M1 turrets.

I'll update my results another day.
Thanks for everyones input