NcStar Scopes

[bscott]

Hey guys I know that cheap can cost you high in the end result of things. But I would like to get some feedback on the NcStar scopes. Have anyone used them? Do they hold up?

 

[Spotcheck_Billy]

NcStar?

Run quickly in the opposite direction. As quickly as you can.

 

[bscott]

I gotcha billy, I have another buddy who told me to do the same as you have advised. Thanks for the info

 

[fslflint]

haha, I got an ncstar scope for just a little over nothing. I bought it to play around with, and also like that I could show people what a mildot reticle looked like without trying to explain it forever.

the scope lasted for about 7 rounds. just enough to get the rifle zeroed. it was just enough to get one good 3 round group. then it started jumping all over the place. it would jump about 1 moa after each shot. I thought it was kinda funny.

to be fair I had put it on my varmint rifle which has a muzzle brake on it and is nicknamed the scope slayer. lol

 

[Spotcheck_Billy]

Spotcheck--

Where are you basing all the running from?
Do have NC scopes?,what models)
What is the problem with them?

Appreciate your input.....
Donovan Moran

Donovan,

I frequently volunteer as a range officer at our club range, especially on new member orientation days and at our free hunter sight-in days that we hold right before the big game seasons start.

I've observed that NcStar and some other Chinese knock-off scopes are the ones that fail most frequently. I've seen them lose their ability to adjust w&e, go completely blurry, lose the ability to hold any semblence of a zero, and physically break apart. The worst one that I've ever seen came apart internally. When I looked at it through the objective side I could see pieces of glass floating around inside. And this scope was mounted on a .243! The only positive thing that I can say is that as they break the importers will keep sending you new ones to replace them, but as you're well aware that gets awful old in a hurry. Even the ones that have stayed "functional" have barely repeatable adjustments, glass only a bit better than what's found on the bottom of a Coke bottle, and parallax that is included with the scope at no extra charge

Just a bad deal from the get-go!