Well, the "operation" was a success. I think. I made a shade-tree spanner out of a Sawzall blade, got the bell off, worked over the reticle packet and then the work of lining and plumbing everything began. I took enough pictures, but I was mostly concentrating on doing this sort of thing for the first time.
The cold snap has kept me away from the range and shooting the box. From the "bench," however, I had a mad spin of the knobs while aimed at known plumb and level lines and tracking looked fantastic after the FOURTH try, from top to bottom. I also slipped ONCE, meaning I got cooties on the reticle glass and had to clean it. Which is a project all by itself.
Now I know not just how to straighten out a Trashco, but probably also evaluate any gun show scope before laying down cash. So.....
anyone interested in me posting some how-to pictures?
