Well....it definitely sounds like CA is gonna have to take serious action here...
It is their product....and it's not something a gunsman does to their own rifle just to get out of a sale.....
I once bought a bino that at the store everything seemed to work correctly...out in the woods it all went to hell..eye pieces didn't adjust correctly together...i showed the store owner and he gladly replaced them with anotber...after a while the same thing started to happen...just poor workmanship i guess....i happen to be driving through the neighbor of the manufacturer and just before they closed did another comparison of the same binos and drove away....then those screwed up...same exact problem...
So i called the manufacturer and talked with the owner for sometime...and sent the $400 binos back and received their higher end....and they have worked for over 20 years without problems....although i now carry my leupold switchpowers while hunting..the others are always hanging on back of truck seat.....just in case....
Lots of products slip by QC.....but some are doomed to fail later on...
Just be glad you weren't already in the bush in AK.....that would suck....but then there's always Whitehorse..................
It is their product....and it's not something a gunsman does to their own rifle just to get out of a sale.....
I once bought a bino that at the store everything seemed to work correctly...out in the woods it all went to hell..eye pieces didn't adjust correctly together...i showed the store owner and he gladly replaced them with anotber...after a while the same thing started to happen...just poor workmanship i guess....i happen to be driving through the neighbor of the manufacturer and just before they closed did another comparison of the same binos and drove away....then those screwed up...same exact problem...
So i called the manufacturer and talked with the owner for sometime...and sent the $400 binos back and received their higher end....and they have worked for over 20 years without problems....although i now carry my leupold switchpowers while hunting..the others are always hanging on back of truck seat.....just in case....
Lots of products slip by QC.....but some are doomed to fail later on...
Just be glad you weren't already in the bush in AK.....that would suck....but then there's always Whitehorse..................