Schmidt bender klassic 3-12x50 issues

[Matt ironwood]

So i just bought the schmidt bender klassic from eurooptic. I have issues passings up great sales. When i recieved, i mounted on my rifle, torqued all the screws appropriately with my wera torque screw driver. While going through the scope i noticed it was loud and felt while roating through 3-6 magnification while rotating from 3-12 power. like a mechanical fluid sound, that u can feel. Definitely not as smooth and silent as my SB zenith.

then i started playing with the illumination, from 3-6 power magnification, inside the scope is illuminated red on the inner bell. It happens at all illumination levels.

i emailed my sales guy at euro, who i love. spelled out the issues to him, he replied that at its normal at max illumination. I replied back, that it happens through out the illumination levels, only thing that changes is the intensity of the light obviously.

what is everyones opinion ,

sorry my photos are not better, but the inside ring red circle is obviously not supposed to be there.

 

[santee116]

I bought the same exact scope from Euro optic a year ago. It exhibits none of those traits. No noise and the illumination is perfect, no bleeding.

Think yours may need repair or replacement, unfortunately.

 

[Matt ironwood]

This was tonight, impossible to see anything at almost any setting as it is illuminating the inside of the scope.