Vx5 HD Reticle Issue

[beerbucksducks]

A buddy of mine was having an issue re-zeroing his rifle after dropping it on a hunt. He asked me to look at it. The reticle in the scope appears to be a standard duplex, but it looks like there’s a thin wire wrapped around the vertical and horizontal cross hairs. Almost like twisted wire or barbed wire. He is going to send it back to leupold, but I am curious if anyone has seen this happen? This is a new one to me… I’ll attach a picture, hopefully the resolution after uploading is good enough to see what I am talking about.

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[Johnwell]

I was under the impression the VX-5 HD had an etched reticle. It is odd in any case.