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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lewis Haank" data-source="post: 3327504" data-attributes="member: 135472">As a follow up to the above.  My question remains: Why put 87 mm filter threads on the end of the scope when no 87 mm filters exist?  Swaro, why not help your customers by making the threads 86 mm?I bought a clear 86 mm filter on amazon for $12.38.  As expected, it is ever so slightly too small.  It will screw into the threads on the scope enough so that if I tip the scope forward (further than I would ever want to) the filter stays in place.  But I can lift it off without unscrewing it.  Not a perfect solution but good enough for when I am birdwatching at the beach which is a relatively rare event.</blockquote>