Swfa sunshade removal

[rickyw]

Just got my first swfa, the 3-15 gen 2.
Does the sunshade come off? I tried twisting and I sure as heck don’t want to damage the scope by trying too hard. It’s not budging….
Any help would be appreciated…
Thanks

 

[left hunter]

I haven’t had a 3-15 but do have a bunch of the 3-9’s and all of them have the objective lense very far back from the end of the scope and no I don’t think that extra part of scope is removable in front of the objective lense. Maybe the 3-15 is different?

 

[rickyw]

I haven’t had a 3-15 but do have a bunch of the 3-9’s and all of them have the objective lense very far back from the end of the scope and no I don’t think that extra part of scope is removable in front of the objective lense. Maybe the 3-15 is different?

It may not be removable then. I just figured I should be able to unscrew a sunshade and remove it if I didn’t want it on there but appears not

 

[ridgeline]

If you did manage to Magilla Gorilla the "sunshade" off, you would most definitely NOT be happy.. grin

 

[rickyw]

If you did manage to Magilla Gorilla the "sunshade" off, you would most definitely NOT be happy.. grin

Ha ha! Yeah it looks glued. I left it. It’s fine . So far I’m really liking it. Great reticle

 

[Weldor]

Mine came with the free 2" sunshade in a small box. You saying yours was installed at the factory?

 

[rickyw]

Mine came with the free 2" sunshade in a small box. You saying yours was installed at the factory?

Yes. That’s odd ours came different. I just sent SWFA an email.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Those scopes have a bit more overhang than most. Its not a sun shade. Dont take it apart

 

[Sierra Hunter]

I thought it was a sunshade as well, and now I learned it’s not and I have scratches on mine.

 

[Steve300xcw]

That lil extra bit is sure nice in the rain

 

[rickyw]

I thought it was a sunshade as well, and now I learned it’s not and I have scratches on mine.

Bummer! I gave mine a few decent twists, it didn’t budge and I decided not to push it.

 

[rickyw]

SWFA replied “that is the objective end, not a sunshade….”

 

[Steve300xcw]

I already told you that

 

[rickyw]

I already told you that

Thank you Steve, and I appreciate it. I’ve been up since 5am and I believe you replied after I sent an inquiry to them

It is the first scope I have had that has a 1.5 inch aluminum cylinder glued to the front of the objective….

 

[Steve300xcw]

There is an old thread on another forum. Not to long after these things started getting popular. The guy pulled the sun shade off, and the lense fell out IIRC. So he took another one apart to see if the same thing would happen.

Then he made the call to SWFA and they told him he wasnt allowed to do that anymore