Weaver Scope

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Bob Kingsbury

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When I look in the objective end, I think I can see two well flattened springs.
in notches. In the eyepiece end, I can see a split ring, what is that?
Then in the ob end , in between the two smaller tubes, it looks like a
bead of glue or a ultra small weld. What am I looking at
 
The springs are what holds the erector tube against the adjustments, I think the small dots you are seeing are the carbide balls that the adjusters set against. The flat washer you see in the eyepiece end is the lock that helps hold the reticle so it doesn't move, it resembles a freeze plug with the middle drilled out. Steve
 
Actually the piece inside the eyepiece has three slots. but does not appear
a part of the piece forward of it. What keeps it in?
 
It is pressed in, if you want to remove it use a dental pick to pull it out but be careful of the crosshairs. If you are going to lock up the scope I wouldn't remove the reticle or the lock ring unless you have reason to think you have a problem there. The problems are usually related to the erector tube only and that comes out the objective end without disturbing the reticle cage(crosshairs) Steve
 
Weaver T-36

Excuse for hijacking the original post, but i hope someone can help me.

English isn´t my mother tongue, hope you guys understand my problem.

I disassembled my Weaver 36X because the adjustment knob no more move the reticle as expected. ( is almost impossible send back to Meade for repairs, as I´m not the first owner,and is very bureaucratic, I will need special permission from Brasilian Army)
Well, I discover that the carbide balls are missed and to turn the things even worst, I broke the reticle.:mad:
Is possible to buy these parts (carbide balls and crosshair reticle assembly)
somewhere in USA?
I know that will be easy to buy a new scope, but this one cost me U$ 1200.00 in my country:eek:

thanks for yous patience.

Liseo

Brasil
 
Liseo,

I'm in the same situation, when I have some answers, I'll let you know.
Where are you shooting in Brazil?
I have family near Salvador Bahia, but the only shooting there is done by bandidos...
ate proxima, tchau!
Maarten
 
Bob

The erector tube in a Weaver ismounted backwards. In other words, the gimple joint is on the objective side, and the lens assy is on the eye piece side.

When looking from the objective end, what you see is actual gimble assy. It has a nut that forms one sperical shoulder of the joint, and the other shoulder is contained in the tube that is held in by those two small screws under the turrets.

As for the eyepiece end, the first thing you encounteris the nut that you must remove to get the eye piece bell, off, then that "freeze plug" locking device, then the actual reticle assy, which screws in. This assy has two small spanner slots for removal.

The reticle assy is two pieces, held together by two tiny screws.

In order to freeze the erector tube, I would machine the erector tube gimble ball straight, leaving a small shoulder. This allowed me to JB Weld a aluminum ring onto it to center it in the scope tube. The eye piece, or lens end, required no machining, (it is straight), only a aluminum ring JB Welded in place.

After the rings set, I then JB Welded the entire assy into the scope body, being carefull to get the erector tube in exactly the same position, (length wise), as before. This is criticle. I then blanked the turret holes.

This is a lot of work, but I found it to be the best way to freeze the erector tube, while discarding a bunch of unused parts........jackie
 
Maarten


I live in Rio Grande do Sul, state in the south of Brasil.

We have local matches here, with some guys shooting Sako rifles
in 6 PPC with Hart, Krieger, or Shilen barrels. Two years ago I give myself
one Bat rifle in 6 PPC. I am still learning how to read the flags.
The situation here ins´t as bad as in Salvador, but you still have to take
care. See that this state have the greater rate of guns owners of
the whole country.

"Até próxima" tchau

Liseo
 
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