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The Rubber on the objective bell was just for protection from bumps and bruises just like binoculars are armor coated with rubber nowadays….not that hard to figure out people.

However, not all German made Diavari’s C 3-9x36 with *T coatings we’re rubber coated….I have one. They were the very last German made ones before manufacturing of these fine scopes was moved to the United States in the mid 1990s to my knowledge.

The USA made scope’s lens coatings were the MC coatings. Still, the USA(MC coated) scopes were and are still very fine scopes. In my experience they are more robust than the Conquest line of scopes, which replaced them. I own one of these MC Diavari C- 3-9x36s as well.They will likely never be sold. The glass in them still competes with Swarovski, Kahles 1” line of scopes….and is still to my eyes significantly sharper than anything Leupold has ever made.

And yes, as stated in an earlier post Zeiss will offer a V4 scope as a replacement for a unfixable Diavari 3-9x36.

Prices are going up on these.
If you can find one in “like new” condition for $500-$600 you better grab it!

One of the best features of these fine scopes is the bold z-plex reticle which doesn’t change colors with varying lighting conditions like Leupold and even Swarovski…the Zeiss always appears black and is absolutely awesome in low light conditions.


Leftybolt

I have a Diatal 10x36 with A/O, so no rubber clad objective.

It’s a German model with a duplex type reticle.

It’s on a 722 Rem with a 24” med heavy .22-204 SS Hart bbl. It’s a slow twist, will button hole 40’s, not bad with 50’s.

DF