Haven't had a chance to test if it holds zero, but mounts just fine and has nice clear glass. Centered vertically true to a plumb line with the crosshairs which is always a plus!It's a great ru-vid.comUgkxc4K63Fd5LglDMObu7-Bgapxp_ef0W8hE scope. There's no parallax adjustment or focus ring, so may be limited to 3-7x, have to see how it is on the range. Also be aware that the rings are "look through" so you can still use irons, but they are really tall if you only intend to use the optics. On a 22LR no biggie since I'm not shooting competitions or worried about a hard cheek press. Will boresight and range test, if all goes well, I'll leave it at that!
The best place to grow one’s knowledge and confidence, is with a scope that is already in a compromised condition. As a man who has owned and used rifle scopes for over fifty years, but never opened one, I found this video to be very enjoyable. Now to order my own learning scope. Thank you for your good instructions.
thanks a lot for your help i already opened it and i found TWO SPRINGS INSIDE BUT IN THE WRONG POSITION now all i need is to make new ones !!!YOU MADE MY DAY
Wow I give you a lot of credit for spending that time and effort to repair a $40.00 optic you definitely get my respect you seem like a pretty smart guy.
Thank you for the video it was extremely helpful! My scope is an off brand, Tacfire. It had a different problem. The elevation and windage stud end tips had small metal ridges on the ends (they had not been chamfered) so they scored the cross hair tube and the tube started moving around on the rough surfaces.
One of the best practical movie on YT I have ever seen. OSCAR! You helped me with disassembly of my scope and hopefully at fix. However I super glued with couple drops the junction between original spring and tube. I think it will help. I think tube is "dancing" on that spring during vibrations. If not I will rework with spring leaf as You did. One remark: during reassembly last ring rotation allows correct focus back to origin.
Just finished this project. Thank you so much. I have not 0 yet. But just disassembled and clean the Lens helped with clarity so much. I’m amazed so far.
Well mine will be on my porch in the morning. Thanks for the video. It seems as though it may be easier to just return to sender, but you already found the problem and have a solution so I am going to fix it. Even though this scope is just for my .22 LR it will drive me nuts knowing there is an issue. Thanks again CTP
Thanks for the video iv just sorted the best scope I ever owned it's been on the shelf from 12 years iv tried many others some nearly 5x the price but never but never really been happy with them
Bloody brilliant mate. Got given a scope as a gift and I’ve never had one in bits before so never seen where the spring should have been! Mine was squished into nothing so made a new one and we’re away. Although I used a knitting needle rather than a hacksaw blade 😂
Great video.I had no idea how to extract the reticle from the inside so i can screw everything.But anyway the same scope lasted around 750 shots on magnum spring air rifle before everything start unscrewing itself.And i mean everything :D
Seems like reticles don't like to be handled much..so easy to break ...I would avoid removing it if i could. much work can be done through the other end. Good luck.
Nice info...material for the new springs can be found in the windshield washers, it´s stainless steel 2-3 mm wide and 400 mms long...But now I'm thinking of using a little piece of laptop packaging foam as springs...
Well it is now 2021 and I have a Nikon BDC Scope. I had it mounted on a 50 Beowulf. It's been on that rifle for 3 years. The lens turned sideways inside the scope the other day when shooting at the range. I can not find a scope repair place where I live. Maybe I'll attempt what you did in this viedo
A lot of people have the same problem and solve it by themsalves but produsers pay no attention to this. I suppose to replace bronze spring the same size but more strong steel. I hope to find it sopmewhere.
Cool. Great video. Mystery solved. But the worst rifles on scopes are those spring/piston air rifles, they will wreck even the best of scopes. I know, I've done it. They're notorious for it, as I found out after wrecking countless optics. Anyway, it's hard to tell from the video, but it looks like maybe the child safety device (clip) on a bic lighter might be a good spring to use.
great video !!i have the same problem.spring flew out of position...will i be able to fit it again?still trying to find a tool to unscrew the objective lens
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I think he was saying that the cross hair lens was in the small tube inside so it wouldn't change the how they are adjusted. I am very curious about the gas. I read elsewhere to do it in some sort of enclosure that is filled with nitrogen. Now, where to get nitrogen, but I think it can be simply made.
@@derekthomasgriffin there is another old scope which l have use long time ago and some droplets of water gets inside, l try opening the objective lens but the threaded lock seems lock, l thought there might be some screw which l didn't see any, l can't turn it completely to unscrew the lock, please help. By the way its a Bushnell Sportsmen 6-12×40 . I try online for this particular scope repair, l can't find one
@@felixv2432 The lock rings were sometimes glued with sealent so that they wouldn't move. Make yourself a tool from very hard steel to fit the notches of the lock ring and try turning it. Use vise grips on the tool for more torque. If that doesn't work try a very small amount of acetone on the lock ring to dissolve any sealant. You could also try warming the scope body up bit with a hair dryer to expand the metal.
If you think there is any gas left in these cheap scopes from the factory it's wishful thinking. It has already leaked out by now or was never put in to begin with. But unless your going in and out in subzero weather it doesn't matter. The lenses in these scopes are pretty good but the mechanisms suck. This was a good repair video. The guy who suggested the screw and coil spring is also a good solution. Also, a little Goop on that flat spring and it will never mover again.
That's just to alleviate the possibility of any moisture inside the tube, in colder temps if there is any moisture it will condense and sit on the lenses as water drops, as long as you reassemble it inside or somewhere where the air has been dehumidified or conditioned then most likely you won't have any kinda issue with condensation, also these cheap scopes most likely do not actually have the air evacuated and the nitrogen pumped in, it's not a cheap setup to do all that so only your more expensive scope brands actually go thru the effort to do all that
Hi, I did this to 2 of these scopes that I purchased through amazon. I used your idea, and made the springs. I made mine just a little wider, as the first one I cut to look like the size of yours in this video. Anyhow, it does not work. Took some time to do this and esp. to 2 scopes, they don't hold zero, I used them on a break barrel gas piston air gun. Not worth the time and effort. Not trying to be negative, it's a good idea, but doesn't work! I wasted a lot of time doing this.
haha rgr. Appreciate the video. Read in forums a long while back they put shims in between the scope and ring to make you adjust sight to favor the spring side so everything stayed tighter. Thanks for sharing.
@@richardried4197 i know, i am referring to scopes also, you said a rimfire will ruin a scope. which rimfire are you referring to that will ruin a scope?
Cheap scopes never had nitrogen or whatever gas put into it in the first place, the process of doing so isn't cheap and these cheaper companies def ain't spending that money to be able to gas up a 30 dollar scope
If your putting this cheap of a scope on a large caliber rifle in the first place and expecting it to work great for ya, your just sitting yourself up for failure anyways
its amazing how everyone now like cheap china made Garbage scopes . you spend $500-$1000 for a rifle & put a Cheap $35 China made garbage scope on it .
If you just like tinkering with stuff that's fine that's one thing but don't go putting out a video under the guise of it being informational when it's 0 fact based
The concept of what he is doing isn't hard to understand nor is it hard to understand why it should work, unless you do it yourself you'll never know tho now will ya
