Kobra Scope Repair

onthemoney · April 30, 2009, 04:55 PM

I've got a Kobra red-dot scope with a broken reticle selector switch. Any repair places out there? Just need a microswitch. The outside button is OK. Everything else works and I can still select any of the 4 reticles using the on/off switch. Anyone maybe got a "dead" Kobra that I could rob a switch out of?

I might be able to repair the microswitch if someone can tell me how to remove it. Seems like it comes out from the right side with the switchplate removed. There are 4 identical microswitches behind the switchplate. Are they soldered in to a PC board?, hardwired?. I'm nervous about removing the bottom cover. Is the scope nitrogen filled?

onthemoney · May 14, 2009, 12:52 PM

I have located a broken Kobra scope and do not need another. If I can figure out how to transplant a switch, I may have success. Anybody been deep inside a Russian Kobra red-dot scope? Is it booby-trapped?

LESchwartz · July 2, 2012, 12:21 PM

Well, I'm here three years later with exactly the same issue with the same switch . . .

Did you ever figure out how to repair your Kobra?

Larry

bamaranger · July 3, 2012, 01:56 AM

Have you tried talking to the Kalinka Optics people and see if they could effect a repair?

My only guess.

LESchwartz · August 25, 2013, 10:24 PM

Well finally found a switch (after a year): The Omron D2F-01 looks to be a direct replacement for the switches in the Kobra. It's about 0.020 thicker, but otherwise it's the same.

Larry

April 30, 2009, 04:55 PM	#1
onthemoney Junior Member Join Date: April 30, 2009 Posts: 2	Kobra Scope Repair I've got a Kobra red-dot scope with a broken reticle selector switch. Any repair places out there? Just need a microswitch. The outside button is OK. Everything else works and I can still select any of the 4 reticles using the on/off switch. Anyone maybe got a "dead" Kobra that I could rob a switch out of? I might be able to repair the microswitch if someone can tell me how to remove it. Seems like it comes out from the right side with the switchplate removed. There are 4 identical microswitches behind the switchplate. Are they soldered in to a PC board?, hardwired?. I'm nervous about removing the bottom cover. Is the scope nitrogen filled?

May 14, 2009, 12:52 PM	#2
onthemoney Junior Member Join Date: April 30, 2009 Posts: 2	Found Broken Kobra Scope I have located a broken Kobra scope and do not need another. If I can figure out how to transplant a switch, I may have success. Anybody been deep inside a Russian Kobra red-dot scope? Is it booby-trapped?

July 3, 2012, 01:56 AM	#4
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,300	kalinka Have you tried talking to the Kalinka Optics people and see if they could effect a repair? My only guess.

July 2, 2012, 12:21 PM	#3
LESchwartz Junior Member Join Date: July 2, 2012 Posts: 4	Well, I'm here three years later with exactly the same issue with the same switch . . . Did you ever figure out how to repair your Kobra? Larry

August 25, 2013, 10:24 PM	#5
LESchwartz Junior Member Join Date: July 2, 2012 Posts: 4	Well finally found a switch (after a year): The Omron D2F-01 looks to be a direct replacement for the switches in the Kobra. It's about 0.020 thicker, but otherwise it's the same. Larry