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A gunsmith friend in Florida who's building up a repro "T" for a customer recently had to remove the anti-rotation screw to index one of the REL marked repros as purchased/tarted up from Ontario. They definitely need to pay attention to detail a bit more in China! The bracket he got is one of DRP's excellent ones and not one of the cheap crap repros from Sarco and IMA so the bracket is definitely not the culprit. He's worked through it though and hopefully it'll function well for the shooter who's going to use it in vintage sniper matches.


If pads have been installed on a No.4 I can certainly see this happening. A chap here had the exactly same thing happen yet when he installed the same assembled scope and mount (also an RP mount) it on a "scopeless" No.4(T) problem was solved. It was not the first time nor will it be the last time where pads have not been installed correctly. I inspected one humper job where the cant was about 4 to 5 degrees. I am assuming the pads were mounted correctly with the scope in question, as this is being done properly by a qualified gunsmith/machinist and not just a humper in the basement with a hand drill as the 4 -5 degree one was.
The SXXXO and one other US retailer's brackets have been the death of more than one repro scope. The aligning slot on many of the repro mount is too small and the torque you can produce with the cap screws forcing the aligning pin into the mount slot will and has actually broken the turret loose from the tube. Things get REAL interesting then I can tell you. That is one repair I do not relish doing and have done a few on the brand X scopes.
Clicker plates on the RSM made scope do leave something to be desired, but until I get a closer look at the scope: see post 3. All the repro's need better clicker plates, bar none. Among other things.
Doing an autopsy on of the current crop right now.
The RSM scopes are the only show in town for now if anyone is looking for a repro 32....hopefully, they "tart theirs up a bit" or we get another player in the game.
I only had a few scopes and they long, long gone.
Regarding the FL scope, I told the owner to remove the aligning pin to get it level. Simple solution. About 1/4 of the real 32's I see have the pin missing anyhow. Peter can attest to that and they are pig to replace.
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