Double whammy
- By dogman
- Observation & Sighting Devices
- 22 Replies
I was doing some scope shuffling yesterday, and while removing my Steiner P4xi from the Scalarworks mount, the mount kinda crumbled like a cookie. This is the second (and last) time a Scalarworks mount broke at the hinges on me. The front hinge is about to go, as well. This was not a hard-use set up and I never over-torque. Contacting Scalarworks tomorrow.
The first failure I had was on a brand new, just out of the box mount. The hinges failed as I was initially zeroing my LMT.
The other scope and mount I was doing swaptronics on was a Kahles K16i in a Badger C1 mount. I planned to put the Steiner in the Badger mount and sell off the Kahles and Scalarworks (well, just the Kahles now) to fund some recently purchased glass. As I'm removing the Kahles, I observe the "1" on the throwlever is not aligned with the dot on the eye bell. As soon as I grab the eye bell, it is loose. I turn it to tighten it (gently, not cranked) and here is how it aligns:
Almost 180 degrees out of whack. Look at the gap when I have the dot aligned with the 1:
So now I need to contact Kahles/Swaro tomorrow, as well.
The first failure I had was on a brand new, just out of the box mount. The hinges failed as I was initially zeroing my LMT.
The other scope and mount I was doing swaptronics on was a Kahles K16i in a Badger C1 mount. I planned to put the Steiner in the Badger mount and sell off the Kahles and Scalarworks (well, just the Kahles now) to fund some recently purchased glass. As I'm removing the Kahles, I observe the "1" on the throwlever is not aligned with the dot on the eye bell. As soon as I grab the eye bell, it is loose. I turn it to tighten it (gently, not cranked) and here is how it aligns:
Almost 180 degrees out of whack. Look at the gap when I have the dot aligned with the 1:
So now I need to contact Kahles/Swaro tomorrow, as well.
