My first c-more, surprises. - C-More Railway Red Dot

I have this mounted on a new S&W Victory .22 pistol and after close to 100 rounds I am not quite sighted in yet. I have never had an experience like this.

I have also never encountered a scope without markings on the elevation and windage adjustments (instructions only say they are "very sensitive") or that takes multiple shots for every adjustment to "settle in" or that requires (per C-More support) the locking screws on the adjustment screws to be locked before shooting after every adjustment, or locking screws that can themselves influence the adjustment. In addition, the adjustment screws are, as the instructions warn, tight, such that small adjustments cannot be made smoothly.

Some of this difficulty was not the fault of the scope. My Tandemcross mount, which by design is held on with one screw and a hook that can allow play, was loose for perhaps 20 rounds before I discovered it. And I did some of the early shooting without the locking screws snugged down. I realize these sights are popular with serious competitive shooters and I am not through with evaluation, but I don't see how it can "come back" from this start, and don't see another C-More in my future. It just seems crude.

I did call support, which was readily available. Mention was made of counterfeits, and I have not called in the serial number (had to remove scope to get it) to be sure it’s not counterfeit, but I highly doubt Optics Planet sold a counterfeit, and a lot of what I don’t like about the sight was confirmed in the support call.