Rifle Scopes : Zeiss Conquest 3 -15 x 42 NEW

I just received my Zeiss Conquest HD5 3-15 x42 New Rapid Z 600 scopeand I am very disappointed in its quality.

Once I started looking at the detail I noticed that theMagnification Ring marker does not line up with the actual numbers. It is 1/16of an inch past the 3x and 1/16 of an inch past the 15x.. Zeiss America says itis correct for all other magnifications, but I wonder. Not what I expect for a$1100 scope.

A second and more important FLAW I noticed is that thereticle seems to be etched incorrectly for the 350 and 450 yards. It wouldappear that the 350 mark is closer to the 4 than the 3, indicating that thereis more of a drop in the bullet between 300 and 350 than between 350 and 400.The same appears to be true for the 450 mark. Now I know as do most of you thatthe bullet drops more between 350 and 400 than between 300 and 350. Also  more between 450 and 500 than 400 and 450.

Zeiss America says they have placed those marks there toallow for the average of all the calibers tested for this range of scope aswell as their computer generated results for those calibers. I was under theimpression that their Ballistic Calculator determined the Magnification Ringsetting for each caliber taking into account some of the field conditions. Itwould appear to me that this is just a cover up story and that in fact theetching is incorrect at the 350 and 450 mark.

The distance between the etching for the 3, 4, 5 and 6 allseem to be a little larger which is what I would expect. The 550 mark alsoappears to be correct. So why just the 350 and 450. I believe It is a FLAWEDreticle and I think Zeiss should recall all their scopes and replace the flawedreticle with a corrected one. I have not tested this scope in the field. I have looked at some of their earlier scopes and the Z600 appears to be correct, but with the new Rapid Z 600 reticle it is incorrect and different from their earlier Z600 reticle.

Maybe someone can have a look at their Rapid Z 600 and posttheir comments.