OK, mini saga of my life. For my birthday in June I got an original Zf-41 scope from France. Not in the best of shape, but seemed decent enough at an affordable price. Unfortunately, what was not shown in the pictures was the problem. The bezel set screw was missing and the front bezel would not sit against the front of the scope to expose the bezel screw hole.
Back to France...very cooperative and helpful seller.
Came back today. The guts look nothing like the reproduction scope (upside down) that broke back in June; had me a little worried. Had to finesse a buggered screw on the mount, and that took some time.
Got it outside in the back yard where the shadows had started to fall. Optics are about 85%, a little hazy and spotted. Surprisingly the laser bore sight was a close match. Started adjusting the scope, when the batteries on laser died. OK, my office is still a shambles as the new floor hasn't been installed yet (that's another saga) so it took 30 minutes to find the batteries that came with the scope. Turns out they were not the same size as the ones in the scope - they were about 1/2 the size. WTH? Ok, it's a battery, so I put 6 in the scope when it originally took 3, but believe it or not, it worked.
Went back outside and spent another 20 minutes getting the laser and the scope aligned. Put the bezel back on, and by chance looked through the scope to find it was now misaligned with the laser.
Insert expletive here.
Took the bezel off and spent another 20 minutes getting the sight picture realigned, and this time it stayed in place. Took 10 minutes to get the little set screw back in place. The original scope diameter is a lot smaller than the reproduction (2.2 vs. 2.7cm), so the rain cover does not fit. I'll have to try to find one.
I really, really hope this thing works first time out - hopefully tomorrow.
t
Back to France...very cooperative and helpful seller.
Came back today. The guts look nothing like the reproduction scope (upside down) that broke back in June; had me a little worried. Had to finesse a buggered screw on the mount, and that took some time.
Got it outside in the back yard where the shadows had started to fall. Optics are about 85%, a little hazy and spotted. Surprisingly the laser bore sight was a close match. Started adjusting the scope, when the batteries on laser died. OK, my office is still a shambles as the new floor hasn't been installed yet (that's another saga) so it took 30 minutes to find the batteries that came with the scope. Turns out they were not the same size as the ones in the scope - they were about 1/2 the size. WTH? Ok, it's a battery, so I put 6 in the scope when it originally took 3, but believe it or not, it worked.
Went back outside and spent another 20 minutes getting the laser and the scope aligned. Put the bezel back on, and by chance looked through the scope to find it was now misaligned with the laser.
Insert expletive here.
Took the bezel off and spent another 20 minutes getting the sight picture realigned, and this time it stayed in place. Took 10 minutes to get the little set screw back in place. The original scope diameter is a lot smaller than the reproduction (2.2 vs. 2.7cm), so the rain cover does not fit. I'll have to try to find one.
I really, really hope this thing works first time out - hopefully tomorrow.
t
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