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Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: freezerfull on August 26, 2016, 10:39:58 PM

Title: Viper HST ocular lens loose
Post by: freezerfull on August 26, 2016, 10:39:58 PM: Just to start this is in no way a bash on vortex, just curious if this has been a common theme with these units as I'm currently running 2 PST's and 1 HST that had the failure. When I was ready to leave yesterday morning up bear hunting I flipped up my scope caps up to find a surprise, ocular lense cocked 45% and the entire focusing eye piece flopping around. This must have happened during the hike in since I looked through it before I left the house at 4 am, never took a spill or hit it on anything. Anyway called vortex, the folks were very helpful and scope is enroute to WI now to utilize that VIP warranty. It's a 4-16x44 Viper HST, 5 months old with 200 rounds, maybe it was the wicked recoil of my 165gr ab's and varget from the 308 win... Anybody else had major problems like this?
Title: Re: Viper HST ocular lens loose
Post by: JDHasty on August 27, 2016, 07:18:46 AM: Yes. I once put cleaning fluid on a Leupold scope and swirled it around then dumped it out when my lenses were dusty and I didn't want to scratch them by rubbing them.

Bad idea. It dissolved the glue. The outside lenses were both loose and flopping around.
Title: Re: Viper HST ocular lens loose
Post by: freezerfull on August 27, 2016, 09:18:41 PM: Jd,
That must have been a upset. I thought on these there's a locking ring that threads in from the inside however on the viper I couldn't really tell upon looking inside it. Maybe these are just glued in aswell.
Title: Re: Viper HST ocular lens loose
Post by: JDHasty on August 27, 2016, 10:11:13 PM: Yes they are. You want to always use the absolute minimum cleaning fluid. Lens Pen is all I use unless it is getting kids mess cleaned up on theirs and since I got them good binoculars I am very careful not to ever flood the lens surface.
Title: Re: Viper HST ocular lens loose
Post by: freezerfull on August 27, 2016, 10:36:58 PM: :yike: that's pretty crazy, never looked much into the actual engineering of a scope before. I'm always careful to not get solvents/ oil on lenses, always keep caps closed etc. lens pens and lens cloths are all I use to clean. Something more is going on here tho I believe with the whole eye piece being loose and flopping around...
Title: Re: Viper HST ocular lens loose
Post by: Buzz2401 on September 06, 2016, 11:36:44 PM: Send it back to china and ask them to fix it. Oh I mean Vortex.
Title: Re: Viper HST ocular lens loose
Post by: dmoua on September 24, 2016, 04:38:54 PM: I have the same scope. Haven't had any issues with it. Been shooting it on my .308 for the past 2 years.