no 32 mk1 scope service

[newbieDAN]

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.

I've read Peter's explanations numerous times in relation to freeing up frozen drums, doing it with care, and methodically seems to not to be outside the realms of us meer mortals.

Obviously separated or cracked lenses, broken graticule, snapped screws...seem to fall outside the OP's scope (pardon the pun) of request for assistance.