HELP - ID this prototype (?) LB sniper scope & mount

[bigduke6]

Maybe it may show up on ebay as an extremely rare prototype ..... authenticated by .... as the only one of a kind .... a must for any REL collector.

[Claven2]

I'd like to think anyone who is a member here would not do that At least, not unless they can later prove it.

[bigduke6]

Just a bit of light humour Claven2, I,ve just had my doubts from the beginning but thats just me....... I doubt it would be anybody here listing it on ebay but if its passed down the line a few times who knows...... thanks to you at least we have seen it, if it ever does re appear.

[Peter Laidler]

I've just had a good forensic look at the photos and apparent optical system and here's my point of view.

I think that this is a bog standard No42 or 53 telescope to start with as can be seen by the ocular end and sliding eye shade (photo 1). The actual body of the tube has been machined down to 1.00" from the usual 1.018'. All well so far, as it now fits (photo 2 and 3). BUT the No42/53 anti rotation stud gets in the way of the rear bracket cradle so the cradle has been bodged to suit or so dia to fit into the bracket (photo 8). Now, to make this look/act as/like a stop face a steel stop has been either sat atop the original anti rotation peg or the peg has been removed and screwed into the existing hole. (Ph.8) So far, so good.......... Keep up those at the back of the class...........!!!!!

What about the adjustable graticle assembly? Simple...... You split the tube at approx. the focal point of the grat and insert the grat assembly, modified to suit, from a cheap and cheerful telescope. Rotate the grat to correct way up (upside down in a No42 don't forget) so you don't need a) the erector or b) segment lock and cover, the remains of which have been removed during the cutting. None of us can really comment further on the erecting system although the original erector cell MIGHT be there, held by the stop block screw (photo 8)

As for the focus, that's simple too........ The new, spliced-on object glass assembly (most photos) is moveable longitudinally and this will give infinite focus of the image. There it is, a waste of time and something that in my limited experience in these things wouldn't last past the first bout of recoil

[Claven2]

Peter, I bow to your superior knowledge, but it does seem like such a lot of effort and bother if the whole thing is ill conceived or not durable...? I have to ask: why?