Finally got my Scope

[Peter Laidler]

£140 quid............. Mmmmm, we'll see.

[tower06]

There's an israeli no 42 "sniper" scope on there as well for $600 us also.

[paulseamus]

Peter

Went through the safe last night.

I have a AK&S No53 scope body in the safe. You used it to source a lens assembly when rebuilding one of my scopes. Probably the KL No.32 Mk1 #6066. Which if I recall correctly, was a real bast___d to repair. It was missing the graticle assembly and had a chipped occular lens

Im pretty sure you bead blasted it, had it phosphated and painted. You may have it in your records. AK&S no52 #583

If it is what you need for Towers rebuild, let me know. Tower and I can sort out a low fair price and I can get it into the mail for you.

If the family give me a break for 15 minutes today, I will take and post some pictures.

Cheers

Paul

[Peter Laidler]

Good idea Paul........... I don't know any details about Towers repair except I dished out some advice. Maybe you could PM Tower but I think that he might have one now!

[tower06]

Good idea Paul........... I don't know any details about Towers repair except I dished out some advice. Maybe you could PM Tower but I think that he might have one now!

Already taken care of gents. Scope is enroute for repair. Thanks for the offers though.

[Surpmil]

If you have measurements or a good scope to work from it should be easy to turn up a mandrel. The only problem is the ocular lens seating ring creates a blind spot at the point where the cone transitions to the flat and the only way to straighten that area is to remove to the ring and then resolder it in after. That or get your friendly silversmith or musical instrument repairman in there with his stakes.

[tower06]

If you have measurements or a good scope to work from it should be easy to turn up a mandrel. The only problem is the ocular lens seating ring creates a blind spot at the point where the cone transitions to the flat and the only way to straighten that area is to remove to the ring and then resolder it in after. That or get your friendly silversmith or musical instrument repairman in there with his stakes.

The scope is aleady in Peters capable hands. Ill leave it to the experts.

[tower06]

Got my scope back yesterday finally, and she looks good as new. Can't say enough how happy I am with how it came out. Just need a rifle to put her on.

Pics will be up later today.

[Roger Payne]

Rob,
There is one other alternative to removing & then refitting the ocular lens seating ring - remove it & fit a No53 ocular cell (if you have a spare No53 of course!).

ATB

[Peter Laidler]

In days o' plenty, I would regularly fit L1A1/Mk3 ocular lens cells into needy Mk1's and keep the decent Mk1 lenses for future use. Alas, those days are well over now. But to save all that faffing around, just graft/screw a complete replacement ocular lens cell end on and be done with it. As a matter of interest, sometimes a Mk3 type ocular lens cell will just clear the internal seating ring

I have found on several occasions that where the bell-end is dented, 'straightening' it out does nothing of the sort although it might appear perfect. This is because when you bend steel - as you WILL do when you dent it - it stretches and once the ocular bell end is slightly eccentric, albeit everso slightly to the mail tube, it fails one of the critical EMER standard tests.

Where are these promised before and after pics then Tower06?

We're still waiting Tower...........