Hi Guy's

Currently in the process of cleaning the lenses of the above version of scope. The strip down by Valley is extremely useful in terms of documenting positions of the lenses and internal components. Even the advice or tip's on how to remove a stuck ocular housing is very helpful and I will give that a go however, I do have a question.

I've owned a few of the short coned or (stepped) versions but at least on one of those identical scopes the ocular housing seemed to unscrew in the opposite direction to the other... ever heard of that?... bit like a reversed thread on one of them. Now my question is.. has anyone noted before a variant in regards to thread direction on a PPCo?

The Ocular housing on the Long cone will need a bit of work to undo it. Short of applying a can spanner I just want to ensure that these versions unscrew in the standard direction as I don't want to be unknowingly tightening the thing up when I want to unscrew it.

Lastly, I noted that the Stepped (short cone) version has a small collar that can "if unlucky" become separated from the housing. Can anyone confirm if the Long coned version has this feature or its a one piece drawn brass tube. I noted that there is a prominent line that looks like a collar on mine.

Any info mucho appreciated.

Regards

Mac
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