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Hmmm. Mine seems identical to the one in your link. Mine does have a set screw but it is the flathead. I do have a completely different serial number as well. I also have the U slot cut for the sun shield. There may be hope after all. I really wish I had a fake one to look at and feel though.

I wanted to check around online to make sure I wasn't going off half cocked. As they are out of Canada and shipping from Belarus and then factoring in that it took around 3 months to arrive I visualize trying to return as a nightmare. Are there any other pictures that I can upload that would assist anyone in making a determination? If the consensus view is that it is fake I will absolutely getting in touch with them. One of my first conversations with eastwave in response to asking what Gen the scope was (Tantal had them listed by generation number): Hello , We are the dealer o

Yeah I noticed that too. The "Made in Russia" on the bottom also made me worry.

I assume you mean the notch by the hinge? Mine appears to have the notch.

Here is a shot of the other side. The other thing that made me concerned is that I have seen others who had their package certificate filled out and mine has no signatures just some printed info with the description and designation. There is the second packet in Cyrillic that looks like it could be the certificate but I can only speak some Russian, not read it. Excellent response time by the way.

If anyone is able to help me out I would certainly appreciate it. I have looked at the various pictures showing what the fake Kobras look like but mine has some features that seem to span the real/fake. It appears to have the brass reinforcements and it has recess in the adjustment cap which is a characteristic of the real ones. On the fake side it has the lightening cuts and the "made in russia" stamp. I ordered this from eastwave which from what I read online was shipping real ones. The picture on their site was not quite what I got. The packaging is stamped from Belarus. The box that it cam