Rifle Scopes Is my Vortex Viper suppose to do this???

[koobs84]

Today I was trying to take the sunshage off of my scope. I noticed it wasn't coming off easily. I figured I must have tightened on pretty good. I continued to try and remove the sunshade when I felt it twist. I continued to twist it before realizing the objective lens was being twisted off.

This is the first time this has ever happened to me. It looks like the glue melted on the threading.

Should I be concerned and contact Vortex or screw back on tight and continue to shoot with it??

I attached a cellphone pic to show what Im talking about

 

[fdkay]

Re: Is my Vortex Viper suppose to do this???

No, it is not supposed to do that.

Call Vortex, get a return authorization and send it back.

They will need to reseal, purge and glue that puppy back on there.

This is not the first time a Vortex Objective lens has come loose.
It has also happened to other brands, it sucks but isn't the end of the world. Vortex will take care of you.

 

[BCP]

Re: Is my Vortex Viper suppose to do this???

IIRC it's not glue it's grease, also unless you heard a loud WHOOOOOOSH it's still pressurized (I had a leupold blow up on me before). Is it a lock ring that is turning or the objective itself? If it's a lock ring and the objective hasn't moved you are probably okay (just tighten it back up and remember not to use a strap wrench to put your sunshade on next time) but if the objective itself has moved you may have messed up your focus/parallax.

You can either try to reset it yourself (take it to the range, set the parallax knob to 100 and fiddle with the objective until the image at 100 is clear with no parallax then check at various other yardages - alternatively set it to infinity, point it at something ~1k yards away and set it that way then go back and check it at 50-100-200 etc) or send it in to vortex.

edit: some people actually loosen it on purpose to make the parallax focus in close, ie 15 yards

 

[Meat Hunter]

Re: Is my Vortex Viper suppose to do this???

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BCP</div><div class="ubbcode-body">IIRC it's not glue it's grease, also unless you heard a loud WHOOOOOOSH it's still pressurized (I had a leupold blow up on me before). Is it a lock ring that is turning or the objective itself? If it's a lock ring and the objective hasn't moved you are probably okay (just tighten it back up and remember not to use a strap wrench to put your sunshade on next time) but if the objective itself has moved you may have messed up your focus/parallax.

You can either try to reset it yourself (take it to the range, set the parallax knob to 100 and fiddle with the objective until the image at 100 is clear with no parallax then check at various other yardages - alternatively set it to infinity, point it at something ~1k yards away and set it that way then go back and check it at 50-100-200 etc) or send it in to vortex.

edit: some people actually loosen it on purpose to make the parallax focus in close, ie 15 yards </div></div>

Strap wrench? That is some funny stuff right there.Lol

 

[koobs84]

Re: Is my Vortex Viper suppose to do this???

Thanks guys I'll just call Vortex tomorrow and send it to them. Never had a scope do this before and it just didn't seem right.

I'll take the strap wrench out of my range bag so I don't us it again

Honestly I was surprised it was so hard to loosen. I've never had a problem taking a sunshade off before.

 

[BCP]

Re: Is my Vortex Viper suppose to do this???

Don't laugh my neighbor took a strap wrench to his Super SNiper. Basically the sunshade had 1/32 too much threads so even tightened down fully there was still a gap and it would rattle loose over time. Eventually he got mad and took a strap wrench to it and the whole thing started turning so I had to reset his parallax for him. I always put o-rings on sunshades because of this.

 

[FPO]

Re: Is my Vortex Viper suppose to do this???

Vortex will take care of you. In my experience, they have great customer service.