Please note the tripod mount is glued in place. This is due to extensive use remote locations and under harsh conditions, where the scope was camouflaged with tape and the tripod mount loctite glued in place. This in no way affects the optics or operation of this superb field scope. The objective lens is in excellent condition, as is the eye piece.
The view through this scope is sublime, and mechanically it is "one finger, butter smooth" to focus / operate.