I've got a new Nikon Monarch 3-12x44 w/ BDC. I spotted a decent buck with my binos at last light. The buck was @ 350yds and had walked out of the treeline and onto a field. Raised up the ol' .308 so that I could get a better look at his head and, hopefully, a shot.
As I looked through the scope (set on 12x) all I could see was whitish-gray. For a second I thought it was me but I put the rifle down and up again and the picture was the same. I thought maybe there was condensation on the lens so I wiped them off quickly and peered through again. No good. Raised the muzzle up and could see the sky and the various cloud lines. Lowered the scope back to the (darker) field and could only see white. Eventually, I tried turning the power ring down to 5x and guess what - I could see through the scope again. Unfortunately, I needed the scope set to 12x to use the BDC which was on-the-money out to 400yds. Tried turning the the power up again and the sight picture was a total white-out unless viewing the sky.
By this time it was too late to shoot so I packed up and left. About a 1/2 mile away I ran into another hunter. I was telling him the story and guess what he says. "The exact same thing just happened to me". He was using a Nikon Monarch 2.5-10 and couldn't understand why he couldn't see through the scope. He also could only see the sky in the top edge of the scope.
What are the odds of two hunters experiencing this odd problem, at the same time, in the same hunting place, with the same make & model scope?
Has anyone ever heard of this? What do you think the problem is? Something inherent in the Monarch series scopes?
As I looked through the scope (set on 12x) all I could see was whitish-gray. For a second I thought it was me but I put the rifle down and up again and the picture was the same. I thought maybe there was condensation on the lens so I wiped them off quickly and peered through again. No good. Raised the muzzle up and could see the sky and the various cloud lines. Lowered the scope back to the (darker) field and could only see white. Eventually, I tried turning the power ring down to 5x and guess what - I could see through the scope again. Unfortunately, I needed the scope set to 12x to use the BDC which was on-the-money out to 400yds. Tried turning the the power up again and the sight picture was a total white-out unless viewing the sky.
By this time it was too late to shoot so I packed up and left. About a 1/2 mile away I ran into another hunter. I was telling him the story and guess what he says. "The exact same thing just happened to me". He was using a Nikon Monarch 2.5-10 and couldn't understand why he couldn't see through the scope. He also could only see the sky in the top edge of the scope.
What are the odds of two hunters experiencing this odd problem, at the same time, in the same hunting place, with the same make & model scope?
Has anyone ever heard of this? What do you think the problem is? Something inherent in the Monarch series scopes?
