Broken scope issues

[bob4wd]

My buddy's sniper 91/30 has always been more accurate than mine, at least with lead ammo. That's the good news, but today he got some bad news- on the fifth shot, the PU scope apparently came apart internally. Light comes through, but that's about all. It rattles when shaken!
So the question is, can it be fixed? If so, does anybody know of a place?

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[jmoore]

Unless it's a quite rare "original" unrebuilt rifle, then it's probably easiest just to get another scope. But there's a few folk scattered about who might rebuild it. The thing is that they might still have to buy another scope for parts!

[bob4wd]

My buddy's sniper 91/30 has always been more accurate than mine, at least with lead ammo. That's the good news, but today he got some bad news- on the fifth shot, the PU scope apparently came apart internally. Light comes through, but that's about all. It rattles when shaken!
So the question is, can it be fixed? If so, does anybody know of a place?

I think I know why it broke- we were using a Lead Sled to sight them in, and I suspect the lack of shock absorbing inherent in this gadget transferred all of the shock to the scope! When fired off-hand, the shooter's body is the shock absorber.Sorta like a car with no springs, every little road shock is transferred directly to the passengers. Anyway, a word to the wise, maybe?

[mbogo3]

Had a buddy using a lead sled shear off a stock at the pistol grip on on Rem 700 custom shop .375 H+H.The recoil has to go somewhere...........Harold

[Neal Myers]

Scope Repair
(Updated 12/14/10)


George Kohl/Precision Optics
Sirius146@hotmail.com
(Weaver 330 series, M84)

Burrell at Sullivan’s Classic Arms
678-513-7575
wbs2112@aol.com
(Weaver 330 series, M81/82, M84, German ZF-4, ZF-41)

Dan
ds1911@verizon.net
(lens delamination, crosshairs)

Iron Sight, Inc.
3324 S 76th Ave. W
Tulsa, OK
Attn: Mike Sexton
918-445-2286
AOL.com - News, Sports, Weather, Entertainment, Local & Lifestyle
(M84)

ABO(USA) Inc
14041 SW 139th Ct
Miami, FL 33186
http://www.abousainc.com
305-860-4858

Dan Stangerone
104 Pollywiggle Ln
Pleasantville, NY 10570
ds1911@verizon.net

[bob4wd]

Neal
Exactly what I was looking for. I doubt he'll get it fixed when new ones are available for less than 150 bucks, but I'll give him the data and he can go from there.thanks.

[Peter Laidler]

You're right about the lead sledge though. When we test No32's and L1A1's after repair, we always set the recoil to hard on the slave rifle test rig (the tele is mounted onto a slave rifle) and then 5 or so rounds are fired in order to shake the sxxx out of the scope. It's called 'testing for fastness'!

[SVT-40]

Wow thanks for the heads up on lead sleds i was thinking on getting one to stop recoil when sighting in scopes , but i guess i will stick with my Caldwell Matrix bench rest