philpot 4,928 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 I was about to swap over one of my MTC Mamba Lite scopes onto another gun last night when I noticed that the eye bell looked to be very slightly out of line with the main tube. I set the rifle level and checked with a tiny spirit level, main tube cock on but the eye bell was sloped down and a tiny gap could be seen at the top of the eye bell where it touches the mag adjustment ring. Does anyone know if this can be adjusted / undone and reset to level as I am not wanting to send it to Daystate for obvious reasons. or of course can suggest a good place to get in touch to sort it. Phil Quote Link to post
Jonjon79 13,340 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 It might sound daft but, try winding it out as far as it will go, then back in again. ....... it might be enough to pull it back. Quote Link to post
philpot 4,928 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 Very difficult to explain Jon but it is the casing tube not the adjustment ring for focus Quote Link to post
Jonjon79 13,340 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, philpot said: Very difficult to explain Jon but it is the casing tube not the adjustment ring for focus Ok, gotcha Good luck mate - hope you get it sorted. Quote Link to post
Durham John 693 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 Sounds like you may have knocked it at some point mate. Try get a picture up so the lads can see what is wrong. DJ Quote Link to post
philpot 4,928 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 Having issues with posting photos now with the photobucket farce. Phil Quote Link to post
philpot 4,928 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 test Quote Link to post
Durham John 693 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 phil, just use the forum hosting for a quick easy way for now mate or I use imgur.com, works great and no messing about like photobucket mind I havent linked a picture since the new forum style so the above could go horribly wrong lol below is using the forum upload Quote Link to post
Durham John 693 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 Great that worked, Phil if you get yourself onto imgur its very easy to do, you obviously used photobucket so will have no problems on imgur its even easier once the image is uploaded you just select it and theres a copy button you click then just paste in your post where you want the picture, If you get stuck give me a pm I'll help you as much as i can but i bet you dont need it DJ Quote Link to post
philpot 4,928 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 I just did a test from my photobucket account John and it worked fine but as the photo was not on this subject, I removed it. The scope issue is now sorted however. After playing around with the mag ring, there is a small grub screw, once removed and the mag ring slid forwards, I found that there is a cut-out for the grub screw to run in which in turn controls the mag setting or I should say prevents the mag ring from endlessly turning. This had bent hence the scope being out of alignment. It suddenly struck me that the Mamba Lite and I think Mamba scopes have a much larger knurled focus ring on the eye bell which causes some resistance when pushing on the Nite Site sleeve. I must have caused the damage in the first place by simply pushing on the sleeve instead of taking a firm grip on the main casing of the eye bell............lesson learned. I am going to give the inside of the sleeve a good coating of silicon spray and take greater care in the future. Oh yes, my son in law and myself gently bent the scope back into shape and checked very carefully to ensure bit by bit we got it back into shape. One slightly worrying point is that it took no effort to reshape the scope back again, hmmmm Phil Quote Link to post
villaman 9,980 Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, philpot said: I just did a test from my photobucket account John and it worked fine but as the photo was not on this subject, I removed it. The scope issue is now sorted however. After playing around with the mag ring, there is a small grub screw, once removed and the mag ring slid forwards, I found that there is a cut-out for the grub screw to run in which in turn controls the mag setting or I should say prevents the mag ring from endlessly turning. This had bent hence the scope being out of alignment. It suddenly struck me that the Mamba Lite and I think Mamba scopes have a much larger knurled focus ring on the eye bell which causes some resistance when pushing on the Nite Site sleeve. I must have caused the damage in the first place by simply pushing on the sleeve instead of taking a firm grip on the main casing of the eye bell............lesson learned. I am going to give the inside of the sleeve a good coating of silicon spray and take greater care in the future. Oh yes, my son in law and myself gently bent the scope back into shape and checked very carefully to ensure bit by bit we got it back into shape. One slightly worrying point is that it took no effort to reshape the scope back again, hmmmm Phil What do you expect it's a daystate At least you have sorted the scope Quote Link to post
philpot 4,928 Posted November 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 Those very thoughts have crossed my mind Mitch and if I had not been able to sort it, that would be going in the bin rather than sending it back to those arse wipes. Phil 1 Quote Link to post
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