What do you think about Burris Posi-Lock

Utahsmike

Utahsmike

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I just received my new scope. Its a Burris Black Diamond 4-16 x 50, Ballistic Mil-Dot. Sweet scope. Going on my .204. I originally was going to order it w/ Posi-lock, a $40 difference. The guy I talked to kinda talked me out of it and now I am wondering if I should get it. He claimed when sighting in some people found it moved their groups an inch or so, and made it a little more difficult to really dial in. And some of their people end up not using the feature. After thinking about this, if you released the lock, made your adjustment and then shot your group, and repeated as needed, it shouldn’t affect anything.
So how much does Posi-lock help? I am not hard on my guns, but they do ride on my rack on my ATV semi-regularly.
Is it worth the sending back, waiting a few more days, paying 40 more dollars?
Any good or bad experiences?
The Burris BD has 2 springs instead of the usual 1 and has about 14 lbs of spring pressure, the Posi-lock has the dual springs but when the lock is engaged it removes the spring pressure and locks the scope in.
What do you think, Posi or not? Remember the scope is exactly the same, no difference.
 
That's the problem. People are not using the Posi-Lock the way that the Instructions say to. You need to lock it back down before you shoot.

However, I wouldn't waste the extra money. The way the Burris Scopes are built you do not need the Posi-Lock to begin with, I have two of them right now. A FF2 on a .300WSM that I have shot hundreds if not a 1000 rounds out of without ever having to move the crosshairs from the original sighting. And a SS on a 22-250 that I also have No problems with..

Save the $40 bucks
 
If you have to pay for a feature to hold zero on the scope, I would buy another brand of scope. They are suppose to hold zero in the first place.
 
I really appreciate the feedback. I will go with what I have thanks again. I can put the $40 towards a good range finder. Thanks!
 
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