How To spot A FAKE SPUHR mount

Finally an affordable spuhr mount for the rest of us😂. Looks pretty damn good

Thank you. As a firm Spuhr fan, it’s good to know about the counterfeits that I would not have suspected otherwise. I have sold Spuhr mounts for scopes I no longer owned, so it’s good to have your video in case I’m ever challenged about whether they are genuine.

I bought the knockoff on purpose just to see how it looked and if it would work...to my surprise it works excellent. I have removed and installed a scope 6 times and all screws still work, nothing has broken, which was my first concern, I assumed they would snap when torqued. But it's held up great on B14 HMR 6.5

This is really good unintentional ASMR, you have an amazing voice

Great subject. You can definitely see the milling marks in the counterfeit mount, but you wouldnt know it until you already bought it.

The crossbar bottom, on the actual SPUHR mount, goes all the way across, whereas the fake SPUHR does not go entirely across.

Well I received my fake. Scope slides in the mount back and forth relatively smooth. With the caps off. The caps literally snap on. Doesn’t take much pressure. But prefer not risking scratching the scope tube. Would also make it more difficult to level. Used some 400 grit paper on them. Focused mostly on the edges. Didn’t take too much time. Touched up with Birch Wood Casey Aluminum black. I don’t think that this mount can handle true factory torque spec’s. I’m going to use purple loctite on the cap screws. And Blue loctite on the cross bolts. 15 inch pounds for caps and 35 inch pounds for the cross bolts.

That's exactly why I don't buy certain items second hand. I have seen this with both optics and quality knives. And it's very difficult to see a cosmetic difference other than the quality of the material and the durability over time

It would be interesting to see if you can torque the side bolts to 45 inch pounds like the real one.

The bottom of the fake one also has smaller lightening holes, i'd be curious to know if they weigh the same or weigh different. They may have removed less material to make it seem like a real one based on weight.

dam that fake looks good, why didnt they just make another brand and retail them (while not making fakes) as something else? i wondder how they line up in terms of how true they are.

Thanks for the advertising..

Is there an actual difference in performance tho? Both look like they will hold the scope...😂

Thank you for this video, I'll get a knockoff.

The milling on the bottom lightening pockets on the fake are more oval also. Spuhr should have never discontinued the SP-4002. What a terrible decision.

Does it matter? Both will work ,one just cost less

is there a site that sells the knock off exclusively for a way better price?

The guy who buys the real Spuhr is the one who gets cheated.