#32 Scope Repair?

[Peter Laidler]

I have been watching this thread closely. As indeed I do with most No32 threads. The trouble with optical instruments is that like most mechanical parts of kit, it's easy to strip, lay out on a small workbench, clean a few bits off and put it back together. A bit like the old control box in your car. But like the control box in your car there's an electrical side that's got to be set-up too. And the No32, there's an optical side to set up. Dear o' deary me......, where do you want me to start? If you want me to be brutally honest, some of....,., no let me change that to MOST of the amateur enthusiasts can't even cope with the basic mechanics of the instruments. Put simply, they haven't even got a clue. As for the optical side of things I simply despair at some of the things, the total butchery and bodgery I have seen. It's legendary........... Then there are the home enthusiasts who suddenly have a set of cheap £4.99 instrument screwdrivers from Asda who couldn't clear, open out, plug, re-drill and tap a 1/2" hole......., let alone an 8 or 10 BA one

This is not a comment about anyone in particular or those like Wheaty who are regularly mentioned on this forum. I know they can because you never see or hear about poor work.
Roy W, where are you when I need support. I'm just machining new step-down grat stops for your as we speak. Sorry lads, but that's JUST how it is..........

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[Roy W]

I have been watching this thread closely. As indeed I do with most No32 threads. The trouble with optical instruments is that like most mechanical parts of kit, it's easy to strip, lay out on a small workbench, clean a few bits off and put it back together. A bit like the old control box in your car. But like the control box in your car there's an electrical side that's got to be set-up too. And the No32, there's an optical side to set up. Dear o' deary me......, where do you want me to start? If you want me to be brutally honest, some of....,., no let me change that to MOST of the amateur enthusiasts can't even cope with the basic mechanics of the instruments. Put simply, they haven't even got a clue. As for the optical side of things I simply despair at some of the things, the total butchery and bodgery I have seen. It's legendary........... Then there are the home enthusiasts who suddenly have a set of cheap £4.99 instrument screwdrivers from Asda who couldn't clear, open out, plug, re-drill and tap a 1/2" hole......., let alone an 8 or 10 BA one

This is not a comment about anyone in particular or those like Wheaty who are regularly mentioned on this forum. I know they can because you never see or hear about poor work.
Roy W, where are you when I need support. I'm just machining new step-down grat stops for your as we speak. Sorry lads, but that's JUST how it is..........

I am unfortunate enough to know what Pete means.

I got an L1A1 scope on an L42 and the elevation and deflection drums had been switched, so it wouldn't move through the full elevation. I needed it for a comp a few days after getting it, so Pete swapped them for me and noticed an issue with some internals that had been bodged. He did a holding repair which lasted me 18mths or so until the elevation stopped working below 400. Pete stripped it for me recently and has found a whole catalogue of catastrophe, which he is kindly trying to sort for me, including machining new internals. There was even some masking tape filling a void inside.

It looked fine on the outside, and matched the Rifle, but you just never know what has happened on the inside until it goes wrong!

Thanks Pete, feel free to share the photos when you are done

Roy