Quote Originally Posted by newbieDAN View Post
What precisely is the problem, dirty optics, stiff drums...or a bit of both? There seems to be very clear instructions here. Not something you want to tackle yourself? If it was mine, I'd be having a go myself. The draftsman inside me likes the disassemble - reassemble precision.
Hi ND, you'll probably get a few excited replies but I'll get in first and try something more printable, lol.

The No32 scope pretty much falls out side the realms of skilled home handy blokes; 32's most often have two common problems; frozen adjustment knobs caused by dried out old grease, and lenses that separate and grow mold in the old organic glues.

Lenses don't grow on trees anymore and have to be salvaged, and it does take a pro to fix and reglue them, no two ways about that one.
And contrary to popular internet belief putting your prized, rare WW2 sniper scope in the baking tray in the oven to melt the dried grease will in fact have other consequences, like softening everything else. If the scope is otherwise in good shape professional repairers will get just the knobs moving again and not charge for a total ground up overhaul.

In short, the potential down sides of even a careful home repairer breaking something irreplacable inside an expensive scope far out way the dollars spent on doing it the right way the first time around.