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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barred Wobbler" data-source="post: 3461377" data-attributes="member: 69394">I'm surprised that your scope has suffered so much from what is a minor mishap. About 10 years ago my TSN 823M was on my carbon tripod on a rocky headland at Cabo de Gata in South-east Spain. I turned my back to put my camera into my bag at the same moment as a sudden strong gust of wind arrived out of nowhere from around the headland. I turned just in time to see my scope toppling backwards as the lens-hood acted like a wind-trap and set the whole shebang on a journey to what at the time looked like a one way trip.Not only did the scope and tripod impact the ground from eye-level, the scope slammed down directly on the end of the eyepiece on broken shale about a foot below the base height of the tripod. It had plenty of room to pick up speed. The collision was such the the metal of the eyepiece collected a chip on the point of impact. I thought the worst at the time, but apart from that chip in the alloy on the edge of the eyepiece there was no discernible damage and the scope is none the worse for wear that I have noticed to this day.It's had other knocks in its time, but none so severe as that one.Maybe there was an inherent fault with your scope before its tumble?</blockquote>