OT: Rifle we carry in Tractor cab

Lou from Wi. · Oct 2, 2014

We have a rifle with an old Charles Daly scope on it, made in Japan. We can't get it to move left to sight it in accurately. So we put a Tasco on it,works good now.

For the question has any one here ever taken a scope completely apart. We looked online for a diagram for the Charles Daly scope,but haven't found it, we want to take it apart and see if it can be cleaned or adjusted to where the reticle will move freely. We really don't want to take it in to a gunsmith for repair,as it is a cheap scope and the cost to repair it thru a gunsmith would be cost prohibitive,plus we like to fix it ourselves. Any helpful info would be appreciated.
LOU

730-LP · Oct 2, 2014

Scope is charged with gas,when you take it apart it will fog up alot.

C Kain · Oct 2, 2014

The one I took apart was quite easy. and the reticle was pushed by the adjustment screw, for one way, then a spring metal pushed it back when the screw was reversed. Sounds like yours is sticking.

Mel in SW Iowa · Oct 2, 2014

Rifle scope sticking is often caused by lube grease drying out, stiffening and keeping the spring from pushing the reticle back against the adjustment screw. Sometimes you can lay a scope out in a window when the sun is out strong or carefully warm one up with a hair dryer and get one to adjust, but it will probably need heat any time you want to adjust it in the future.

Donald Lehman · Oct 3, 2014

If it hasn't already leaked out, you will lose the nitrogen gas when you take it apart. You may get the adjustments to work properly, but the scope will fog whenever it rains or whenever the temp and hunidity changes. You've already replaced it with another scope, so you might as well take it apart and see if you can get the adjustments to work. You certainly aren't out anything. If you can figure out a way to recharge it with nitrogen let us know.

AlanA · Oct 3, 2014

(quoted from post at 14:34:02 10/03/14) If it hasn't already leaked out, you will lose the nitrogen gas when you take it apart. You may get the adjustments to work properly, but the scope will fog whenever it rains or whenever the temp and hunidity changes. You've already replaced it with another scope, so you might as well take it apart and see if you can get the adjustments to work. You certainly aren't out anything. If you can figure out a way to recharge it with nitrogen let us know.

You could use ANY gas that has no moisture in it.

"Don't smoke around that scope. Ah filled 'er with propane!"

pete 23 · Oct 3, 2014

About 40 years or more ago, my Weaver K 2.5 scope fogged on me in the woods while deer hunting. I later took end cap off and laid scope near heater for a spell, put a little grease on threads and put end caps back on. It worked ok for several years after that. Haven't used it now for about 25 years. On a side note, when it fogged over, I told my brother that I could not see through it when a deer ran by so did not shoot. He gave me a lesson then. Keep both eyes open and you can still see the cross hairs and shoot the dam deer. He proved it to me by putting a piece of paper over the end of the scope and aiming.

OT: Rifle we carry in Tractor cab

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