Opinions please on NIKON Buckmaster 4-14.5x40 mil dot scope

[kieran turner]

Aay up Kieran whats up with the old one ? do's it keep falling off

only joking m8t first dibs on th legend

Glynn

sod off glynn! those mounts were always tight and never did come loose. it was all a figmint of your imagination. yes thats it


I've had my nikon a few months now glynn, the Legend is in it's box awaiting another rifle! A springer hopefully!

[phcjpp]

Hi All,

Having serious problems re-parralaxing this scope. Beginning to wonder if they have changed the model.

I have removed the objective cap (easy) with buckmasters written on it.

There are grooves on the inside and outside to attach my newly made metal 'tool' to. I am assuming I am working on the inside.

Steve suggested I should be able to remove the cap by holding onto the thread and unscrewing - doesn't want to budge. Nor do the inner our outer notches.

Any help appreciated.



Thanks
Chris

[steve curtis]

[QUOTE=phcjpp]Hi All,



Steve suggested I should be able to remove the cap by holding onto the thread and unscrewing - doesn't want to budge. Nor do the inner our outer notches.

At this point I thought the lens was still attached to the main body of the scope with just the metal band still in place.
it wasn't until Chris e-mailed the pic's that I found out that he lens had been removed.

Its not ideal that the nitrogen has escaped but it a bit late
now.
Any ideas how these parts can be unscrewed now that they have been removed ?
the ring has always been very easy to remove on all previous scope which I have had to re-parallax


Steve

[phcjpp]

Firstly, thanks to Steve for all the phone support

It does look like the whole assembly has come away. Odd as it came away very easily indeed.

Following Steve's suggestion I didn't completely screw in the assemply and the parallax is now fine - not ideal but there you are.

Now grouping nicely in a 0.8 cm diameter circle at 10m

The tree rats will soon be history.


Chris

[steve curtis]

Chris

No probs re the support happy to help

if you ever have to do it again ,just call me before you start unscrewing anything

All the best
Steve

PS make sure the lense is clean on the inside as its been removed from the tube .

[phcjpp]

Thing is I'm not sure I could have done anything differently - I gently unscrewed the end and the whole assembly came away - whats a chap to do

Chris

[phcjpp]

I am gonna get this purged in a repair shop so it will be as good as new!

Chris

[luddite]

any more opinions please, good or bad!

kieran, I have one of these on order from BoNeS. Hopefully it will be delivered in the next coupla days. If so I will bring it to Anston and you can have a go with it.

[kieran turner]

kieran, I have one of these on order from BoNeS. Hopefully it will be delivered in the next coupla days. If so I will bring it to Anston and you can have a go with it.

I've had one for ages now mate(since UKAHFT round 3), this is an old post thats been brought up thats all, thanks for the offer anyway mate .

[luddite]

I've had one for ages now mate(since UKAHFT round 3), this is an old post thats been brought up thats all, thanks for the offer anyway mate .

Okydoke kieran, better give me your take on these scopes then.

[phcjpp]

Happy ending to my saga -

actionoptics are going to put the nitrogen back in and parallax it properly for me - phew.

On a side note - something I didn't know is that apparently one of the principal reasons the nitrogen is put in in the first place is to protect against the humidity found in the country of manufacture it also stops the fungal spores getting in that are prevalent in these countries too.

Actionoptics also suggested a lot of the nitrogen would have stayed in the scope all be it in a diluted form - so no harm done with my meddling.

Chris