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cheatin_charlie Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Location: ohio Joined: Jan 10^th, 2009	Cleaning scope internals May 15^th, 2024 at 1:53pm	Print Post
	I have a couple 3/4" scope that have foggy lenses. Can anybody give me tips or where online some information on how dis and reassemble one. By the way they both are Wallensak style scopes. Thanks Charlie


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Oldbee Full Member Offline Posts: 120 Location: Foot Hills of the Adirondacks Joined: Sep 26^th, 2021	Re: Cleaning scope internals Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2024 at 3:49pm	Print Post
	I have not used them! Kind of expensive! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Andover Arms Junior Member Offline Posts: 82 Joined: Dec 24^th, 2017	Re: Cleaning scope internals Reply #2 - May 16^th, 2024 at 6:40am	Print Post
	I have dealt with vintage rifle scopes company before (not on scope cleaning). They seemed very professional to me. They didn't work on Sidle scopes at the time so not sure they would be set up tp do Wollensak. Most Weaver, Redfield 3200 it seemed. There is/was Parsons scope service (google it). I hope they are still in business because I still have a couple Sidle's to do. I'm guessing you want info to do it yourself but easy to break crosshairs or strip threads.


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cheatin_charlie Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Location: ohio Joined: Jan 10^th, 2009	Re: Cleaning scope internals Reply #3 - May 16^th, 2024 at 11:42am	Print Post
	I went ahead and bit the bullet and took them both apart and cleaned the lenses. The only thing I needed to make was a spanner wrench take the lock ring out. They were all single lenses and cleaned up easy. There were spacers that located the lenses from each other. I did not have to touch the cross hairs, there may have been one more lens inside the cross hair cell but cleaning all the rest of them took care of what I wanted to do. I only hesitated working on them because fear of the unknown. Good shooting Charlie


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Online Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2186 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Cleaning scope internals Reply #4 - May 16^th, 2024 at 1:05pm	Print Post
	I've cleaned a bunch of those little scopes, but you need to be very careful with the lenses 'cause the old glass lenses are brittle and will crack and chip very easily. Sounds like you did well.
	« Last Edit: May 16^th, 2024 at 3:21pm by Schutzenbob »

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RDBallard Junior Member Offline Posts: 89 Location: Kansas Joined: Apr 22^nd, 2020	Re: Cleaning scope internals Reply #5 - May 16^th, 2024 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	I did a Sidle one time. Very carefully took it apart and cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol and put back together. That was the clearest brightest scope I have ever looked through. I was very impressed with that scope.


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