Today i was at the range shooting my .308 and everything was going well.. I left my rifle on its bipod while shooting my glock, when i returned to my rifle the crosshairs on my Tasco Target 10-40x50 were tilted real bad. Can anyone help me? or do i have a bad scope. Thanks for any help.
Tasco Target Malfunction?
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Tasco
YOYO, you just LOST your reticle,,,,,,,,,,,,
This is typical with tasco products......and many other inexpensive brands.
I suggest you send it back for repair,then dump it..and get yourself a Leupold..even if you have to charge it.
There is an old saying......."I'm too poor to buy inexpensive things".
Moral....easy, you have to replace them over and over again.
YOYO, you just LOST your reticle,,,,,,,,,,,,
This is typical with tasco products......and many other inexpensive brands.
I suggest you send it back for repair,then dump it..and get yourself a Leupold..even if you have to charge it.
There is an old saying......."I'm too poor to buy inexpensive things".
Moral....easy, you have to replace them over and over again.
swifter...
New member
Yup, that's what Trashco's best known for. Mine rattled when I shook it, 3rd shot from a .308. You want cheap, go to Swift optics, at least they replace them with no questions, no bullclinton, no $10 "fee".
Gunmart,
I reserve this for special people. You are one of the special ones.
First off, you need be advised that I have quite frankly forgotten more about the art of long range shooting than you will ever hope to know.
Second, If you doubt the first statement, TacPro Shooting Center, look it up. I named the place, you open your **** trap and name the time. Day or night it won't matter. I have a 5 round 1000 yard target on my wall signed by the CEO of TacPro, and witnesses, measures 8.925 inches. Shot the group in the dark. It ain't the best I've done.
Third, I don't own a Savage, but a newbie out there does. I will give you a handicap other than your lack of cranial oxygen flow, borrow his and install one of my junk scopes on it.
Fourth, if you don't like those odds, I'll do it with my 22-250. that should comfort you somewhat.
Fifth, Check with Tshoes prior to opening your idiotic trap.
The education you get may well save you from further public humiliation.
Idiotic homophobes like you make great targets. Come play in my house.
I reserve this for special people. You are one of the special ones.
First off, you need be advised that I have quite frankly forgotten more about the art of long range shooting than you will ever hope to know.
Second, If you doubt the first statement, TacPro Shooting Center, look it up. I named the place, you open your **** trap and name the time. Day or night it won't matter. I have a 5 round 1000 yard target on my wall signed by the CEO of TacPro, and witnesses, measures 8.925 inches. Shot the group in the dark. It ain't the best I've done.
Third, I don't own a Savage, but a newbie out there does. I will give you a handicap other than your lack of cranial oxygen flow, borrow his and install one of my junk scopes on it.
Fourth, if you don't like those odds, I'll do it with my 22-250. that should comfort you somewhat.
Fifth, Check with Tshoes prior to opening your idiotic trap.
The education you get may well save you from further public humiliation.
Idiotic homophobes like you make great targets. Come play in my house.
I agree with Michael, I've seen more of the Tasco Super Snipers on long range guns than I ever knew they could produce, on Stoner SR-25's, Remington 700PSS, AR-15's, M1A's, and even a Barrett M82A1. Had I not put a Sightron 4-16x42 MilDot on my own 700PSS, I would have bought one, and will probably buy one anyway, based on the solid performance that particular Tasco has demonstrated. The guy with the SR-25, shooting from the prone with bipod, was connecting with 4" square steel plates at 500 meters, and even managed to pop a couple of the 3" square steel plates. That ain't bad, not bad at all. Oh, before I forget, the match director was using a Savage chambered in .30-8mm Remington Magnum, and he could hold his own against the Remington, Sako, and Winchester folks, no sweat.
YoYo, Tasco will fix your scope or exchange it, no questions asked. Sometimes these things happen to the best of manufacturers, I even broke an expensive Leupold VariX-III 3.5-10x42 Law Enforcement model when the counter-recoil of my M14NM broke the reticle adjustment. Let Tasco do their warranty magic, they'll make it right.
YoYo, Tasco will fix your scope or exchange it, no questions asked. Sometimes these things happen to the best of manufacturers, I even broke an expensive Leupold VariX-III 3.5-10x42 Law Enforcement model when the counter-recoil of my M14NM broke the reticle adjustment. Let Tasco do their warranty magic, they'll make it right.
Ok Michael lets go.
first.i have been in the firearms business for almost 15 years and there is not much you are going to teach me about scopes or rifles.(however i do keep a open mind if you can prove your point!)
i build them, sell them and yes I even shoot them.
first off I can tell you without a doubt that tasco was our # 1 returned scope due to reticle failures.they are junk pure and simple. over 70 % of all tasco sold are returned to the factory shortly after due to this.in my young a stupid days i had tasco scopes on my bolt action sporters and none of them made it during a hunting season.just look at all the people that post on this board that have problems with them and that should be enough to prove my point.like i said they look good and there cheap so thats why there is a market for them.
second off savage probably has the best barrels on the market for a factory sporter.(i will give them that)the fact is that they also make the worst action made from cheesy cast parts and a 2 peice bolt design from hel l.ohh did I forget the crappy trigger and stock that they put on them ......????? you don't see major swat teams or the military endorsing them now do you!!!Enough said...
3rd off I am no bench rest wanna be and would not dream of getting sucked into a bench rest comp...(only a fool would do that and I am no fool)
I have attended many classes with Jeff cooper,louis awerbuck ,gunsite and randy cain. At gunsite last year I was able to break two flying clays with my scoped .308 and was able to complete the rifle jump in 18 seconds.(that was a class record)I hunted at the yo ranch this fall with Kenny Jarrett of Jarrett rifle and did not miss a shot the hole time. ROBCON who appears on this board will vouch for me my record speaks for itself.
as far as long range shooting is concerned it is easy to get behind a gun and shoot tight group's at 1000 yards.its another to be able to dope the wind, bullet drop,gauge distance and do it from a improvised rest in the field.
I won't win any medals at shooting matches and I won't get an autograph from anybody but you don't want me behind any rifle when it's pointed at you
first.i have been in the firearms business for almost 15 years and there is not much you are going to teach me about scopes or rifles.(however i do keep a open mind if you can prove your point!)
i build them, sell them and yes I even shoot them.
first off I can tell you without a doubt that tasco was our # 1 returned scope due to reticle failures.they are junk pure and simple. over 70 % of all tasco sold are returned to the factory shortly after due to this.in my young a stupid days i had tasco scopes on my bolt action sporters and none of them made it during a hunting season.just look at all the people that post on this board that have problems with them and that should be enough to prove my point.like i said they look good and there cheap so thats why there is a market for them.
second off savage probably has the best barrels on the market for a factory sporter.(i will give them that)the fact is that they also make the worst action made from cheesy cast parts and a 2 peice bolt design from hel l.ohh did I forget the crappy trigger and stock that they put on them ......????? you don't see major swat teams or the military endorsing them now do you!!!Enough said...
3rd off I am no bench rest wanna be and would not dream of getting sucked into a bench rest comp...(only a fool would do that and I am no fool)
I have attended many classes with Jeff cooper,louis awerbuck ,gunsite and randy cain. At gunsite last year I was able to break two flying clays with my scoped .308 and was able to complete the rifle jump in 18 seconds.(that was a class record)I hunted at the yo ranch this fall with Kenny Jarrett of Jarrett rifle and did not miss a shot the hole time. ROBCON who appears on this board will vouch for me my record speaks for itself.
as far as long range shooting is concerned it is easy to get behind a gun and shoot tight group's at 1000 yards.its another to be able to dope the wind, bullet drop,gauge distance and do it from a improvised rest in the field.
I won't win any medals at shooting matches and I won't get an autograph from anybody but you don't want me behind any rifle when it's pointed at you
Gunmart,
Hell son, I may just get to like you.
Helped a couple manufacturers design some optics currently on the market.
I have an engineering degree or two I think.
I've only shot for oh......41 years, none of it benchrest.
Done it for a living, done it betting my life.
Done it hunting game that hates me because God told it to.....done it hunting people who wanted me dead. Here I am.
I also build my own rifles. Built them for many others too.
Tasco's being the #1 return..yeah only because you won't handle BSA. Tasco makes one and only one good scope, and thats the SS series, and then not the M model. Yes thre are better...for twice the money. I own those too.
Savages.
Not part of the original deal but hell....why not.
Crappy trigger, yessir, thats what those three little slotted thingies are for. Makes a nice livable 2 pound no creep break.
Two piece bolt? Count again it's three major and three minor components. Weak link is the bolt head pin that the firing pin passes thru.
Stock, hell boy that's why they can sell them so cheap.
I never worry about police and military endorsements. Review the history of your profession and your going to find that 90 plus percent of all firearms innovations are civilian adopted by the military. Caring what the mil people use would have me shooting non adjustable stocks and 20 year old optics. Any civilian with 2 grand can be equipped with superior kit. For that matter, 1500 bucks would easily do it.
Lastly, I'm semi retired so about all I do these days rain or shine summer or winter is shoot in any and all conditions. You know, wind, boil, mirage. All those kewl buzz words. I'm an old man, the little things quit bothering me some time back.
Not real good at it either...have to use bowling pins for my 1000 yard fun targets. The group I cited was shot prone in the wind from a Harris bipod using a Remington rifle in the original BDL stock by the way.
Hell son, I may just get to like you.
Helped a couple manufacturers design some optics currently on the market.
I have an engineering degree or two I think.
I've only shot for oh......41 years, none of it benchrest.
Done it for a living, done it betting my life.
Done it hunting game that hates me because God told it to.....done it hunting people who wanted me dead. Here I am.
I also build my own rifles. Built them for many others too.
Tasco's being the #1 return..yeah only because you won't handle BSA. Tasco makes one and only one good scope, and thats the SS series, and then not the M model. Yes thre are better...for twice the money. I own those too.
Savages.
Not part of the original deal but hell....why not.
Crappy trigger, yessir, thats what those three little slotted thingies are for. Makes a nice livable 2 pound no creep break.
Two piece bolt? Count again it's three major and three minor components. Weak link is the bolt head pin that the firing pin passes thru.
Stock, hell boy that's why they can sell them so cheap.
I never worry about police and military endorsements. Review the history of your profession and your going to find that 90 plus percent of all firearms innovations are civilian adopted by the military. Caring what the mil people use would have me shooting non adjustable stocks and 20 year old optics. Any civilian with 2 grand can be equipped with superior kit. For that matter, 1500 bucks would easily do it.
Lastly, I'm semi retired so about all I do these days rain or shine summer or winter is shoot in any and all conditions. You know, wind, boil, mirage. All those kewl buzz words. I'm an old man, the little things quit bothering me some time back.
Not real good at it either...have to use bowling pins for my 1000 yard fun targets. The group I cited was shot prone in the wind from a Harris bipod using a Remington rifle in the original BDL stock by the way.
RE: Tasco Scopes...............
Yo Yo..........
Michael has had excellent luck with his SS model Tasco's.......I have seen him use one for a hammer......
They have, and still do work for him.......
I have "Tried", to own (3) SS "M" models.......
One went 250 rounds.and the focus went.....
Tasco replaced the scope, I got it back in approx 8-10 weeks.
I personally thought this a TAD tooo long.
A couple of nano months later...I purchased the second....I thought, heck, anyone can make a bad one occasionally.
Well, it lasted about 50 rounds........sent back same scenario.
Waited SEVERAL months before the allure of the "Good Looking", scope beckoned to me again...........
I mean, heck..they cost 1/3rd what a Loopie does....and a TON of .50 cal guys are using them, and Michael has several, and HIS work fine.......SOOOO........I get the third.
I mount it, on a .308 PSS........I am bore sighting it through the bore (naked eye), and am adjusting the focus........You got it....the FOCUS blew AGAIN.
NADA, no more.....nuff's nuff..........
To be fair....this only happened with the "M" models.
The rear adjustable objectives....do not seem to have this problem.
I pointed this out several times to the seller....and they did some checking on there own.
Tasco admitted, that IF you used MK4 rings....and happened to get them close to the towers...then the rings caused too much stress and caused the problem.
At this point, I decided that I had enough.
I have a 4x16........I have a 6x24 TS model...all have seen hunderds of rounds down range, from 300 Win Mag, to mostly .308.
They still work.......
Point here...the main problem with these scopes....the entire line..( and I think Michael would agree on this point), is that they are NOT a scope you would trust your hiney on...for GP shooting, go ahead....to each his own.
Me, I don't know about the rest of you, but it takes a while to mount a scope properly, and get it straight.
I only want to do it ONCE.........I buy scopes to install and forget about them........to me, this means at least Leupold quality.
Like I said, no flames, no rant....just my preference, and to each his own.
gunmart, when and if you and Michael shoot it out......I WILL pay money to see that one.......I know what he can do, and sounds like you got your stuff together also....would be fun.(;
Yo Yo..........
Michael has had excellent luck with his SS model Tasco's.......I have seen him use one for a hammer......
They have, and still do work for him.......
I have "Tried", to own (3) SS "M" models.......
One went 250 rounds.and the focus went.....
Tasco replaced the scope, I got it back in approx 8-10 weeks.
I personally thought this a TAD tooo long.
A couple of nano months later...I purchased the second....I thought, heck, anyone can make a bad one occasionally.
Well, it lasted about 50 rounds........sent back same scenario.
Waited SEVERAL months before the allure of the "Good Looking", scope beckoned to me again...........
I mean, heck..they cost 1/3rd what a Loopie does....and a TON of .50 cal guys are using them, and Michael has several, and HIS work fine.......SOOOO........I get the third.
I mount it, on a .308 PSS........I am bore sighting it through the bore (naked eye), and am adjusting the focus........You got it....the FOCUS blew AGAIN.
NADA, no more.....nuff's nuff..........
To be fair....this only happened with the "M" models.
The rear adjustable objectives....do not seem to have this problem.
I pointed this out several times to the seller....and they did some checking on there own.
Tasco admitted, that IF you used MK4 rings....and happened to get them close to the towers...then the rings caused too much stress and caused the problem.
At this point, I decided that I had enough.
I have a 4x16........I have a 6x24 TS model...all have seen hunderds of rounds down range, from 300 Win Mag, to mostly .308.
They still work.......
Point here...the main problem with these scopes....the entire line..( and I think Michael would agree on this point), is that they are NOT a scope you would trust your hiney on...for GP shooting, go ahead....to each his own.
Me, I don't know about the rest of you, but it takes a while to mount a scope properly, and get it straight.
I only want to do it ONCE.........I buy scopes to install and forget about them........to me, this means at least Leupold quality.
Like I said, no flames, no rant....just my preference, and to each his own.
gunmart, when and if you and Michael shoot it out......I WILL pay money to see that one.......I know what he can do, and sounds like you got your stuff together also....would be fun.(;
Michael,
I think we could be like the odd couple on TV.
Always bickering but still good friends.
Btw I would be the young and hopefully good looking one at 40...
I was trying to keep it simple with the rant about savage.
You are correct when you say "that's why they can sell them so cheap" that's because that is the market they are tapping into. I think the savage 99 rifle is one of the best lever guns on the market and the price reflects it so everything over at savage is not all bad. (I have no experience with there bolt action shotguns.)
As for the adjustable trigger on the savage rifle. I have found that they will adjust down to a decent trigger for hunting but not for what I call precision shooting. Also if you fiddle with them too much it seems to get the screws out of whack and they become continues adjustment trigger screws.(self adjusting may be a better word).
I too have hunted and been hunted so we have that in common.i have found that if your gears fails in the field it can ruin your hunt or your life.that is why I am so down on tasco."been there and done that"too many times.i think the ss tasco's are still the same "yugo"with a chrome package.same optics and tube with adjustments and reticle design that the tac crowd and target crowd is looking for.
as for bsa scopes they along with swift have done the best job of this century as far as marketing is concerned but they too are a piece of junk.
I think I can sum this up so everyone can leave happy and as freinds.if you are having success with the tasco ss series and are using it for target practice, enjoy.(just be sure to hang on to those warranty papers)
but if you are going to NEED a scope when the chips are down in a tactical environment or you get out of your back yard to hunt,plan on spending as much if not more on the scope as you do the rifle.
micheal,hope we can share some of the same bench in the future..i am out of here.......
I think we could be like the odd couple on TV.
Always bickering but still good friends.
Btw I would be the young and hopefully good looking one at 40...
I was trying to keep it simple with the rant about savage.
You are correct when you say "that's why they can sell them so cheap" that's because that is the market they are tapping into. I think the savage 99 rifle is one of the best lever guns on the market and the price reflects it so everything over at savage is not all bad. (I have no experience with there bolt action shotguns.)
As for the adjustable trigger on the savage rifle. I have found that they will adjust down to a decent trigger for hunting but not for what I call precision shooting. Also if you fiddle with them too much it seems to get the screws out of whack and they become continues adjustment trigger screws.(self adjusting may be a better word).
I too have hunted and been hunted so we have that in common.i have found that if your gears fails in the field it can ruin your hunt or your life.that is why I am so down on tasco."been there and done that"too many times.i think the ss tasco's are still the same "yugo"with a chrome package.same optics and tube with adjustments and reticle design that the tac crowd and target crowd is looking for.
as for bsa scopes they along with swift have done the best job of this century as far as marketing is concerned but they too are a piece of junk.
I think I can sum this up so everyone can leave happy and as freinds.if you are having success with the tasco ss series and are using it for target practice, enjoy.(just be sure to hang on to those warranty papers)
but if you are going to NEED a scope when the chips are down in a tactical environment or you get out of your back yard to hunt,plan on spending as much if not more on the scope as you do the rifle.
micheal,hope we can share some of the same bench in the future..i am out of here.......
WalterGAII
Moderator
"The Battle of the Geriatrics"!!!! I love it. You guys are about as close to leveling off on each other as I am to telling my daughter to bring home a DemocRAT for dinner.
You guys ought to mainline a quart or so of Geritol and think about how great things "usta be"!
You guys ought to mainline a quart or so of Geritol and think about how great things "usta be"!
Legionnaire
New member
Hey! I'll buy a ticket to the shoot-off!