Hi All,

I'm a new member to the forum and quite new to historic/vintage rifles having mainly been involved in UKicon NRA TR and MR disciplines. I'm awaiting the arrival of a No.4 MK2 built by Fultons with a new Criterion Barrel (I missed out on No.4s at school and CCF by a few years so needed to get my own!) and would like to convert to faux (but good) T spec. I have two original No.32 scopes, a MKI and a MKII, I'm keen to use the MKII for the finer adjustments but I want to give the scope a good clean and re-lubricate. I'm not unfamiliar with optical repairs having worked with ex Barr and Stroud man Jim Quigg in Glasgow for a few years (I used to repair Watson microscopes and do reticle repairs on Pecars for the Forestry Commission for him) but I've been stumped with the MKII scope. I can't get the erector cell out. There's a hard metal (possibly sintered) plug which is locking it in place and it seems to have cold welded itself to (I assume) a threaded brass or similar soft metal body inside. This plug is quite brittle but parts of it are firmly bonded to the erector assembly. I've tried to gently heat it using a soldering iron (it won't melt) but I've backed off that route incase I'm doing something wrong. I assume this part can be pushed out if the metal plug is removed. Does anyone have some advice on this? The rest of the scope has come apart nicely but this part is proving troublesome. I'd be happy enough to make a new one, if spares aren't available as I have one of the lathes and lots of thread tooling from Barr and Stroud so I'm not daunted by this. I hope someone can help, many thanks in anticipation. Ron
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