Just got this email per Leupold Customer Service Dept.:
Mike
None of our riflescopes come with the cosmetic rubber washer anymore starting in 2020. The washer did nothing for function. The washer was only there for cosmetics.
Regards,
Zachary
Leupold Customer Service
I still like having the rubber washer there better(don’t care for the metal on metal contact). And as such Leupold offered to send me a couple pairs of the washers free of charge....Thanks Leupold!
More importantly, I appreciate Leupold’s quick response to my inquiry. And glad to know, rubber washer or no rubber washer, the scope should function fine.
Leftybolt
