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  1. tokiwartooth

    Question on reproduction 03A4

    No kit. Disassemble and cleaning. Regluing bad doublets, rewiring crosshairs, changing chipped glass and replacing bad erector parts.
  2. tokiwartooth

    Question on reproduction 03A4

    I also rebuild the Weavers and make them as air tight as possible using the today's sealants and greases that were not available back then. I add rubber o-rings where possible, but everyone takes off the eyepiece when mounting it in rings. I do mine AFTER I put the rings on, seal and nitro purge.
  3. tokiwartooth

    Question on reproduction 03A4

    I just rebuilt my Lyman Alaskan...
  4. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Gen 2 reticle conversion. Notice the 4 holes in the reticle ring... Much simpler to work with than those Gen 1s...
  5. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    The "Holy Grail" of color... I think I'm going to try a Brown/Gold mix to try and achieve this..... My first run at duplicating this..... Many of you said "too gold..." I think the brown will blunt it some...
  6. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Different shades of green. Left is before I bought OD Green.
  7. tokiwartooth

    Help with a Kollmorgen Bear Cub 4x

    Well, steelap's scope (CMP forum member) is all repaired and back together. What a pain. Had to compress the sprint into the tube and then slip the split retaining ring in. Utilized a socket set to do this. Then had to ream the aluminum framing ring that locks into the spring assembly to...
  8. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    The reticles DON'T move on these scopes... They are constantly centered. The field of view (FOV) should move. Place the scope in a vise (carefully). Unscrew the turret adjustment screw all the way (on Gen 1s they come out, on Gen 2s they do not). Screw down until you see movement in your...
  9. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    The're actually darker. They are Olive Drab Green. One is OD Green from Bright Dyes. The other is OD Green from U.S. Specialty Corp. I've tried to find the original contract anodizing firm (a company called CAI Technologies) but no luck. Mixing dyes just results in disaster. I really like...
  10. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Couple of gen 1s ready to go to their respective owners Next batch... Stripped and just out of the aluminum brightening solution after their roughing up with a green pad. These will be next run, next weekend.
  11. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Ok, here is the story with erector rebuilds... It's possible. Did two parts erectors I had laying around. They come apart. Completely clean the erector innards, and the two zoom housings/lenses. Gen1s need to be torched. It's the only thing that breaks the glue, so your crosshair is going...
  12. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    From a "user" perspective... nothing. From working on them.. everything. The erectors were completely redesigned by Redfield. Much easier to fix a reticle on the Gen 2s. The whole reticle unit screws out in the Gen 2s. Gen 1s use old school retaining rings, a bunch of them, and everything...
  13. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    PM me with what you want to do... Got a little bit of a wait, finishing up on some jobs for forum members.
  14. tokiwartooth

    Help with a Kollmorgen Bear Cub 4x

    Apart.... The scope uses a ring that holds that spring in place, under tension, that presses up against the surface of the erector. Overkill design, if you ask me. Pop the ring from the groove, and the spring shoots out like a suspension spring on a car. Reticle on the objective side like...
  15. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Not printing fine enough.
  16. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Resolution issues. I created a 12" x 12" tombstone in MS Paint. Pasted the image in Word and scaled it down to approximately the same size as a real one. Printed it out on paper and viewed under my magnifier. No good. Did this on a commercial grade printer at work. Gonna need special...
  17. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Both scopes complete and shipped. In the end, it's quite a bit a labor to convert the generation 1 reticles. Redfield made improvements with the gen2, a major one being the ability to service the reticle. I don't think that was the case with gen 1s. On the gen2s, 4 long "micro carriage...
  18. tokiwartooth

    M40 Build Guide

    And use as an opportunity it to gauge the actual distance between your stadia wires and record it under one of your turret caps. This is what I'm telling the guys who are having me do conversions.
  19. tokiwartooth

    M40 Build Guide

    Elbow grease and articulating medium (carbon). It's still a little "warpy" if you look at the last pic. I'll live with it until I get the mental fortitude to work on the replacement stock I received. And the Dremel to lower the position of the receiver in the stock. Had to remove a lot of...
  20. tokiwartooth

    Converting a commercial crosshair Redfield to an M40 accurange Redfield

    Heat gun and Acetone. Those 2 things, along with my barrel vise, is how I take these apart. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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