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    Quote Originally Posted by Ernest T View Post
    Here is a pretty nice K31icon/42 just listed on Simpsons: SWISS ZFK-31/42 SNIPERS CARBINE - Z44844 - United States. Not a bad price, but I prefer the K31/43 for the more powerful scope.

    As for cloudy optics. There is a Frenchman by the name of Jean-Louis Lacour who has written a book on the K31/43 scope. The book shows the differences in the K31/42 scope. I highly recommend this book for all K31/42-43 owners. For anyone wanting a copy you can contact him directly and order one. It is reasonably priced even with shipping to the US. His email address is french.joddler@free.fr.

    After obtaining a copy of the book I contacted this gentleman and learned that 80% of the cloudiness in these scopes are in the optic lens. Good news is the optic lens is easy to remove and clean. Using the diagrams in the book I removed my optic lens using a small strap wrench, and cleaned it. This removed 90% of the cloudiness in my scope in a matter of 5 minutes. I went from having a scope that was so cloudy that you could only see through it in very bright conditions, to a very clear scope, which makes the gun a pleasure to shoot. Here are a couple of after cleaning photos, wish I had taken a before to show just how cloudy the optic was. You literally could not see through it:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ernest T View Post
    Good news is the optic lens is easy to remove and clean

    Thx for the info man, super good to know!!

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    Most serious cities will have proper optical technicians who work om industrial and laboratory optics all the time. Do a search for "optical repairs" and similar and you never know what may turn up.

    NOT mentioning what the optical unit fits on will keep the "Karens and Kevins" at bay. (Secondary optic for an astronomical telescope might work). Discretion is the better part of this game.

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    Jean-Louis Lacour is now retired. He sent all of the machined specialty tools required for the scopes to us and we are now the authorized repair and renovation facility in the United Statesicon and Europe for the K31icon/42, the k31/43 and the zfk55 rifles.

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    Or, you could just contact Pierre.

    By the way, Pierre, I know Montana is big, but how did you "lose" that prairie?

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    Bruce, it's not hard when you're my age.

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