Just called them again to confirm.... They do not just replace the tritium, they replace the whole internals.
I asked if they charged a couple hundred to just replace the vial of tritium and they just said "no".
I guess since it is all the internals, basically the heart of the scope, it costs half of the price. The only item left to replace is the body.
He asked me again though, if your tritium is out..... It is covered under their lifetime warranty if it fails their brightness tests, the replacement is on them.
If you still feel after your acog's tritium needs replacement after it passed their brightness test, you can pay to get everything replaced.
If you want your internal adjusters swapped out to external adjusters, it will cost $109.50 per adjuster...... Windage and elevation together will cost $219.00 total.
I just called, you can to if you like.
I basically asked this exactly....
Me......"hello, I have a TA11 and the tritium is dead and I can't see it at night, I even stepped into a completely dark room and still cannot see it"
Trijicon......"what is model number and serial number?
Me........"blah blah blah blah"
Trijicon......... "That was made so and so year, it should still be ok. Go ahead and send it in here and we will check it out. Let me get you a repair number so we know who's it is when it gets here.
Please send your acog here....
Trijicon Inc.
Attn: repairs
49385 Shaffer Ave.
Wixom, MI. 48393
Me......."What if it by some chance it still passes, how much does it cost to just get the tritium replaced?"
Trijicon......"Well sir, we do not just replace the tritium, we actually replace the whole internals to your acog to make sure the Acog is 100% up and running when it leaves our repair shop. If it passes our tests, the charge for full internal replacement will be $541.75. That includes all the prisms, glass, fiber optics, adjusters, tritium..... Basically everything. "
Me........."you should see it in a few days then, hopefully it fails the tests."
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That was basically my conversation with trijicon repair Dept about my early TA11. I letter out a few things I couldn't remember but that was the just of the conversation. I sent it in last Friday and haven't heard a word yet. Still waiting
I will update here in this post about the status of my acog, hopefully it does fail their brightness tests, I would hate to pay.