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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shorebirder" data-source="post: 1713841" data-attributes="member: 31663">Snapped mine in two (exactly the same joint) last year, this time it was my 14st weight that did the damage. I slipped and fell on it so no maufacturing defect, but does now seem that  the ED50 design is flawed in that area.Decided to claim on my house insurance and it was sent of to Nikon for estimate. Came back around £170 for repair but the distributor (who sent it to Nikon) stated the guarantee would only be 6 months and the repair could not be guaranteed waterproof. (strange if Nikon were doing the repair were my thoughts). Anyway had a winge at the insurance company and they agreed with a little persuasion that it would be better to get a new one under insurance cover and I pay the £75 quid excess. This I did so now have a new ED50 which I treat very gently. May have to resort to the above noted strengthening measures as it really is a nice neat scope if you do plenty of legwork</blockquote>