Teslong bore scope stopped working. Not buying a new one.

What happened.Just won’t work?

Walkalong said:

Ignorance is bliss after all

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Amen!

I despise my bore scope .......

Oh no! How are you going know for sure that your guns are in perfect working order? I mean you're not going to shoot them and be happy, right? That would be crazy.

They are probably a fun little doodad for people who like gadgets but it was pretty amusing how many folks came on here with “bad bores” after buying a borescope.

I suppose you have to really know what your looking at to be able to properly use one and if you do, you probably have more use of it than me.

I have one at work that I have never been tempted to bring home for any reason.

I have one of those real cheap 5mm flexible tube ones that plugs direct to computer, which has fairly low resolution but is good enough to show you still
have some lands left. LOL

After a good scrubbing there’s still dark lines

I think a lot of folks miss the point of a bore scope.

By being able to see the results of what I’m doing when I clean a bore I actually spend less time because I stop when it’s clean.

The real laborious cleaning chore comes when you let hard carbon build up and it starts to degrade accuracy. Of course, there’s no way to know that’s happening without seeing it.

If having a bore scope is a source of anxiety, then by all means, simplify your life and don’t use one.

I find it an invaluable tool that reduces the effort I spend on the chore I hate the most, which is cleaning rifles

I got one to check the gas port alignment and after confirming it was I fell into the trap and looked down the bore.
Like a dummy I posted my findings....
I do have a barrel I'm not using that I'm tempted to split in half just to see what the "imperfections" really look like.

I did find quite a bit of green corrosion inside the .308's muzzle device that prompted me to spray it out with carb cleaner and soak in oil after shooting it. A Precision Armament EFAB.
The erosion around the ports was pretty interesting.

Or the 1970's and 80's milsurp I shoot through it.
The Indian OHV was filthy ammo, turned everything green in the gas system. Boxer primed though.

CoalCrackerAl said:

My son said he's going to order a new one. He said about the carbon too. I wish they didn't have such a long chord. I think that is part of the problem with them failing. Mine does show a picture. Just no light to see it well.

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Did you call them?Maybe it’s something simple

I use a Teslong borescope when I install gas blocks on AR barrels to ensure the gas ports are properly aligned, especially with clamp-on gas blocks. I don't use the borescope for anything else.

wild willy said:

Did you call them?Maybe it’s something simple

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I suspect the problem is a loose pin socket on the connector, causing an intermittent problem with electrical continuity.

@CoalCrackerAl

Have you reached out to Teslong? I’ve heard they’re pretty responsive on resolving quality issues

I'm glad you got it sorted out. I guess I'm ignorant I've never owned one.

What I do probably doesn't work any better than looking at an overhead light but I open the bolt, put a piece of patchcloth or white paper in the open action. I shine a flashlight on the white paper or patchcloth & look down the barrel that is lit up by the reflection.

Edited to Add: I went back & looked at the pictures some of you posted. I can see why it would be a good thing to have.

Bore scopes are a great tool, you just have use the information logically...

Not spend 100 bucks renting tools to re-throat a barrel, that already shoots well i might add, to remove some effectively cosmetic dings...
But hey cutting 1/4" of freebore gave me a bunch more room for powder....... still shoots the same.....

Nature Boy said:

I think a lot of folks miss the point of a bore scope.

By being able to see the results of what I’m doing when I clean a bore I actually spend less time because I stop when it’s clean.

The real laborious cleaning chore comes when you let hard carbon build up and it starts to degrade accuracy. Of course, there’s no way to know that’s happening without seeing it.

If having a bore scope is a source of anxiety, then by all means, simplify your life and don’t use one.

I find it an invaluable tool that reduces the effort I spend on the chore I hate the most, which is cleaning rifles

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^^ Those are my views as well. I find my Teslong bore scope to be a very useful tool that I wouldn't want to be without.

One has to resist the temptation to expect or demand perfection in a bore, and resist the temptation to be bothered by imperfections revealed by the bore scope if the gun is otherwise performing to meet your requirements. Once you get the bore clean (and the scope is definitely useful in telling me just how clean the bore is), the only thing that's really important to me is how the gun shoots. I don't automatically assume that imperfections in the bore are the cause of poor shooting from the gun, but if I can't get it to shoot well enough to suit me, and I'm seeing potential issues via the bore scope, then I'll try to address them.

I have a good example of this right now. I have two essentially identical rifles, one of which shoots amazingly well, the other is a mediocre shooter. The poor shooter has a smeared leade that I can only see via a bore scope. Am I 100% certain that this issue with the leade that was revealed by the bore scope is the cause of the below-average shooting? Not yet. But I'm going to see if I can address it somehow (which may prove difficult) and see if that improves shooting performance.

CoalCrackerAl said:

The lamp was working intermittent. Then stopped completely.

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They relaced mine free, it was 3 years(?) old. Turns out the first gen cases were shaped in a way that ruined the fiber optics after being stored in the case for awhile. They knew the mistake they made. Contact them, I would bet they'll just send you another one.