Defective SWFA have me the chance to see what's inside

[sndmn11]

Had a new 10X arrive today from SWFA's black Friday sale. When wiggling on the butler creek cap, the objective spun freely enough I thought that it was the sun shade. It wasn't.

Ive never looked inside a scope, so here you go.

 

[JGRaider]

That's some high level QC right there......no wonder they pass the RS drop test........

 

[sndmn11]

That's some high level QC right there......no wonder they pass the RS drop test........

I REALLY want to take some other brands apart now and see what is in them.

 

[Johnwell]

I REALLY want to take some other brands apart now and see what is in them.

I’ve taken apart my wife’s Simmons scope (don’t ask, she refuses to upgrade) and I can tell you with confidence it was not that beefy inside.

 

[BLJ]

I REALLY want to take some other brands apart now and see what is in them.

Not trying to spend your money specifically, but always wondered when it would come to that.

 

[Walker6]

Interesting.

It just occurred to me that one benefit to having a no questions asked warranty is that guys will send your broken scopes back to you instead of cutting them open on the internet and laughing at what you hid inside.

 

[Marbles]

I REALLY want to take some other brands apart now and see what is in them.

I've been wanting to take scopes apart for years, but don't have money to spend on the things I want to use, much less on things to just break them.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Did it hiss? I accidentally did that on a scope too before and heard a pressurized hiss... ooops!

 

[sndmn11]

Did it hiss? I accidentally did that on a scope too before and heard a pressurized hiss... ooops!

I don't think so. I was on the phone at my desk and putting the caps on at the same time, so if it did, it wasn't louder than the conversation.

 

[ChasingSqwach]

I don’t understand what I’m looking at. The threaded copper is the turret adjustment, is the crosshair lense free floating?

 

[JCMCUBIC]

I REALLY want to take some other brands apart now and see what is in them.

Expensive thing for an individual to do, but a forum pooling $ could do this with little cost to each member.

It would be interesting to see the differences between various scopes.

 

[sndmn11]

I don’t understand what I’m looking at. The threaded copper is the turret adjustment, is the crosshair lense free floating?

There's a leaf spring opposite the mid point between the two copper pieces. You can see it is against the tube that holds the reticle, and then can see the other end that's fixed to the tube body.

That's about all I know.