anyone actually REMOVE that hinge endcap successfully from their Leica Ultravids?

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all this chatter about binos on tripods.

i really really want a successful Couse hunt..so i am considering "retrofitting" my binos. i called Outdoorsman. they said to pry the end cap off. YIKES!! pry?!!

is it a done deal, once the cap is off? it wont go back on? i'm 90% sure the JimWhite one starts with a demo plan as well.

any tips? any pep talk? i cant believe every single pair of less expensive binos i have come with a factory threaded end. dumb!! i'd love to line up the Leica engineers for a stooge slap. hey mo!

 

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haha Boom that last line made me laugh. So let me ask you. Are we saying that end cap comes off and you can then thread in something there? I have a Pair of Monarch X's I had the same question to get em mounted on a tripod.

 

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nobody in the hunting bino industry can put up some decent photos and instructions.

as far as i can tell: i have to take off the factory end cap. push on a new retrofit cap and tighten down a set screw on the side. the new retrofit cap has a threaded end..and it would/should be business as usual. i think.

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

Just pop it off. Can't be that big of a deal IMO. I piped it off in my EL's looking for threads when I first got them no harm done.

 

[wapitibob]

I posted pics last year on another forum:
http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1740924&highlight=Bino+adapter

 

[Cabman]

Just pop it off. Can't be that big of a deal IMO. I piped it off in my EL's looking for threads when I first got them no harm done.

I have not done that to mine yet. Did you find threads for a tripod mount?

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

Nope no threads on ELs.

 

[wapitibob]

Some have threads, some don't. My Leicas did and the cap unscrewed. Outdoorsmans has a local shop doing their stuff and they'll drill/tap the hinge if yours do not have threads. The hinge is either aluminum or magnesium depending and the drill/tap is simple. Won't be a problem. There is evidently an aftermarket cap also that set screws in place, again not a big deal.
Screw the tripod adapter in and mount a quick disconnect to it and you're good to go. If you choose to work with Outdoorsmans, you could let them pop the cap....

 

[Tilzbow]

I popped the cap off my 10x Ultravids and put the a Outdoorsmans adapter on 4 to 5 years ago and never looked back. Just do it and throw the cap away! It will only hurt for a minute....

 

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I popped the cap off my 10x Ultravids and put the a Outdoorsmans adapter on 4 to 5 years ago and never looked back. Just do it and throw the cap away! It will only hurt for a minute....

thanks. i have my channel locks taped up to soften the blow. mine spins and spins, so i know it is loose-ish.