Cheap Scopes

Last Christmas a friend received a bolt action rifle chambered in 450 Bushmaster, complete with a 3-9X scope.  He wanted it for deer hunting. Because of his work schedule he finally got around to bringing it to my place for laser bore sighting a few weeks ago.  Then this last weekend I went with him to the range to help with getting the scope set.  He is not really a gun guy and never messed with a scope before. 

After some frustration we got it close and left it that way because of trying to minimize ammo usage.  Not only is that stuff expensive, but hard to get as well.

First, the click adjustments were mushy that required knob wiggling to hopefully get it set.  

Then we found, the hard way, that after adjustment something internal would require at least 3 rounds fired before things settled. Sometimes the first round after adjustment didn't change at all. I hope it hangs in there for his deer hunt.

Cheap scopes and recoiling rifles don't get along very well.  Years ago I purchased a cheap scope for my 7mm Mag. It lasted all of 5 rounds before the internals shook lose.

If he's not comfortable with using his new rifle, I'll let him use my lever action 454 Casull, and I'll carry my revolver in 357 Mag. I've taken many white tails with that old Ruger.