Lark Bunting
New member
- Sep 14, 2016
- 710
As I was getting into hunting a few years ago I had to stay within my budget as I was outfitting myself and my son at the same time. Needless to say, it added up quickly! I was always on the lookout for used items that would work. One of those items was a rangefinder sent to me by member here on good faith that I could make payment later. I really needed a rangefinder and this one fit the budget...only problem, it was full of dust. Not a huge deal as it still worked fine but looking through it was honestly miserable! :lol:
This is what it looked like, (and I couldn\'t capture the perimeter dust with my phone): :crazy:
Well, I was in the market for a new rangefinder for myself and was going to give my son the old one but I was bothered by how much stuff was inside. Today after we went and picked up my new gadget I came home and decided that I would take apart the old unit and see what I could do. After about 40 minutes of carefully marking screws and taking pictures of the innards I found exactly where it was coming from. A good blow with compressed air, a wipe down with a lens cloth and alcohol and voil?, MUCH better!
The pictures aren\'t perfect at showing it before or after but they get the point across. My son is a happy camper!
I\'ve read that sometimes dust gets inside and it doesn\'t affect the ranges but there is nothing like clear glass to look through, I don\'t care if it\'s a scope, sunglasses, my windshield or in this case, a rangefinder!
This is what it looked like, (and I couldn\'t capture the perimeter dust with my phone): :crazy:
Well, I was in the market for a new rangefinder for myself and was going to give my son the old one but I was bothered by how much stuff was inside. Today after we went and picked up my new gadget I came home and decided that I would take apart the old unit and see what I could do. After about 40 minutes of carefully marking screws and taking pictures of the innards I found exactly where it was coming from. A good blow with compressed air, a wipe down with a lens cloth and alcohol and voil?, MUCH better!
The pictures aren\'t perfect at showing it before or after but they get the point across. My son is a happy camper!
I\'ve read that sometimes dust gets inside and it doesn\'t affect the ranges but there is nothing like clear glass to look through, I don\'t care if it\'s a scope, sunglasses, my windshield or in this case, a rangefinder!
