My sister knocked my rifle over once and it gave the scope a hard knock. It was only 2 inches off at 100 yds, but it was enough to tick me off. I could put all the rounds on a nickle with that rifle.
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And see this just supports it but there are other cases where it gets knocked off. The worse is my Military M4 for some stupid reason they will knock of my iron sight zero. But thats because they throw them in the back of a metal foot locker and ride them 4+ hours in a Humvee
I do every year before deer season starts. Check all the bolts also! I wouldn't want to take a shot at a deer and end up with a misplaced shot because my scope was off. 
I do every year before deer season starts. Check all the bolts also! I wouldn't want to take a shot at a deer and end up with a misplaced shot because my scope was off.
Dang....flash back from this last season....... beautiful nine pointer....
If you don't regularly shoot your hunting rifle you need to re-establish your cheek weld to stock and stock to shoulder. It's not so much about the scope losing it's zero IMHO.
I had an old Redfield 2x7 wide angle scope on my BAR for 25 years. It never lost zero in all those years. I would check it before deer season each year and it was dead on as always. A couple years ago I decided to go with the Redfield Revenge 3x9x40 and so far it has held zero as well. As long as you do not drop your rifle or treat it very rough I see no reason why it won't hold zero forever. Just my experience.
If you don't think your optic can lose zero, you better be right. As with all things mechanical, function checks are wise.
always got to be ready! No doubt when it comes time to pull the trigger!
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Winner here. If you take care of your quality hunting rifle and optics there is no need to re-sight if nothing has changed. However there is nothing wrong with re-checking your hold, breathing, sighting. Unless you are a superstar -- or you drop it -- , the rifle will always be more accurate than the human factor.
If you use the rifle, you have to check zero regularly because it can get knocked around a bit and you don't even realize it. This is especially true if you do any serious traveling to hunt.
Another factor is that when you buy the same ammo, it's NOT the same ammo. If you buy some new ammo, even if everything about it is the "same" (brand, bullet, so on) the manufacturing lot of brass and powder may be different than the last time you bought some. That can most definitely change your POI.
Even if you buy a bunch of ammo at the same time and slowly shoot it year after year, the powder does slowly deteriorate and that can change the burn which also changes the POI.
Another factor is that when you buy the same ammo, it's NOT the same ammo. If you buy some new ammo, even if everything about it is the "same" (brand, bullet, so on) the manufacturing lot of brass and powder may be different than the last time you bought some. That can most definitely change your POI.
Even if you buy a bunch of ammo at the same time and slowly shoot it year after year, the powder does slowly deteriorate and that can change the burn which also changes the POI.
