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Was doing shotgun drills with my Beretta 1301 Tac Mod 2 on Tuesday. I had a Vortex Defender-ST mounted on a Strike Industries plate - all screws pink Loctited and witness marked. I was mostly practicing "short stocking" (shotgun up on my right shoulder - like when doing a violin reload), firing 2 at a 3 yard target, back stepping and firing another round at 5 a yard target - and other variations. About 40 rounds in, I noticed a shot go way off - like 6 inches at 5 yards. I stopped to see what was up and noticed the dot had shifted to the left third of the window - dozens of clicks over! Plate and optic were still snug, witness marks unmoved.
I readjusted to dot back to approx zero and fired a slug at 8" target at 40'ish yards - a hit. Hmmm.....stopped for that day, came home and sent the it back to Vortex for review/resolution.
The Vortex Defender-ST is only a few months old, with maybe 400 rounds through it, and never abused or dropped. I'm concerned that whatever, if anything, Vortex decides to do, my faith and confidence may be irreparably shaken.
I search the web looking for any other such occurrences and found only one where the adhesive holding the window on a Vortex Venom had come loose. Any of you had a RDS fail in normal use (i.e., from shooting/recoil)?
I readjusted to dot back to approx zero and fired a slug at 8" target at 40'ish yards - a hit. Hmmm.....stopped for that day, came home and sent the it back to Vortex for review/resolution.
The Vortex Defender-ST is only a few months old, with maybe 400 rounds through it, and never abused or dropped. I'm concerned that whatever, if anything, Vortex decides to do, my faith and confidence may be irreparably shaken.
I search the web looking for any other such occurrences and found only one where the adhesive holding the window on a Vortex Venom had come loose. Any of you had a RDS fail in normal use (i.e., from shooting/recoil)?
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