I had a scope that took a hard hit as a result of a very bad wreck in which the gun in a soft case was thrown from the vehicle.
The scope looked ok but acted as though it was damaged when I later shot the gun. It had a custom reticle that had been installed by Premier reticles who had also been a service center for Leupold scopes.
I sent them the scope and asked that they check out both the scope and the reticle.
They did and said everything checked out and I should check the mount. I replaced the entire mount and the
problem went away.