Author: tokiwartoothSubject: Vintage Optic Repair/Parts
Posted: February/03/2014 at 11:23
e Bear Cub is a $100 - $200, depending on the variety. Send me a pic, and I'll tell.
To hell with Ironsights and Parsons, and all of them. 15 months turnaround? I turn back scopes in 2 weeks.
Is it brass ringed eyepiece or the flush? Those lenses are bitch to get out. Does the lock ring have one or two slots in it to remove? I've had to cut slots in a few scopes to get it out.
You can pick up glass at www.surplusshed.com. That's where I get all mine. Not all the Weavers use the traditional ocular doublet configuration. It's two flat doublets in that eyepiece, but you're correct in assuming you may be able to put a replacement doublet assembly in there. I've done that on a number of Redfields.
If you send me a pic of your eye piece I'll know which config it is. The lenses are like $7 a piece at Surplus Shed, but you need the size and focal point(s) to choose the correct lenses. The hard work is getting them out of the eyepiece. If they're broken, I would almost just break them out to and then screw the retaining rings out, but both lenses may not be broken, so be CAREFUL. I've done this on occasion. You'll have to heat up the eyepiece to break the glue they use to secure those rings in, but if you do that with the lenses in, they will seperate when the Canada Balsam in between them melts. first try removing them. You need a lock ring spanner.
