Tight Lyman American - 02/01/14
Today I took my 1951 M70 with its "new" Lyman American Perma Center" 4X just mounted recently. I wanted to bore sight it and while the elevation turned nicely with a nickel, I had a terrible time trying to turn the windage knob. I inserted the nickel and had to give it all I had to move it. It doesn't click like the elevation adjustment does so, it's by guess by golly.
This scope was a NOS and had never seen any adjustments as was evident by the pristine slots on both elevation/windage so, I know they had never been turned before but why the windage screw was as tight as it was I have no idea. Anyone have this problem with a similar scope and if so, is it kosher to put a drop of some sort of lubricant on the threads to make it turn easier? I didn't have a screwdriver with me so had to resort to the nickel. It worked fine on the elevation as mentioned but not the windage adjustment knob.
This scope was a NOS and had never seen any adjustments as was evident by the pristine slots on both elevation/windage so, I know they had never been turned before but why the windage screw was as tight as it was I have no idea. Anyone have this problem with a similar scope and if so, is it kosher to put a drop of some sort of lubricant on the threads to make it turn easier? I didn't have a screwdriver with me so had to resort to the nickel. It worked fine on the elevation as mentioned but not the windage adjustment knob.