

As far as I know, Unertl doesn't service the old barrel mounted scopes but it doesn't hurt to ask. Of course, if not your cup of tea on such things, the two outfits I hear do ok work.if I am not too far dated and things moved on sorta speak. Not much to it, but the base material is the key ingredient. I did keep that old set of socks.Īgain, I would suggest the guy with the tungsten wire on Ebay if one is intent on a do it yourself routine. I would not have believed it either, but it did work for me. I stretched the strand over the reticle, and it gave a medium crosshair that is still in service.

I ended up using some strands of elastic material from a set of fine, light dress socks. I think that is the ticket for most that want to try such themselves. One sees some sales of tungsten wire on Ebay made for fine and medium crosshairs. I thought I would be smart and use a strand of human hair, the result was like having a reticle made out of telephone posts. I took the eyepiece off and removed the reticle tube that housed the crosshairs(wires). I once bought an old 15x or so Unertl that had some cosmetic issues and drooping crosshairs. I am probably a bit dated, but when Unertl repairs are thought of here, I seem to think of Parsons or Ackerman.
