Snakeoil
Well-Known Member
I know that many forums prefer that vendors not be promoted or badmouthed by members because it is so subjective. That said, I recently am finding that amongst some serious rifle shooters I have as friends, none of them can recommend a good scope repair shop. Yes, the obvious choice for any quality scope is to send it back to the OEM. But in my case, I'm talking vintage scopes.
I was working on the front mount of my 4 digit serial number Lyman SST. The eyepiece must come off to get the mounts off. Without going into painful detail, I broke the cross-wires in the reticle cell. I was able to make new cross-wires, but had to use what I had on hand, which was 0.004" wire. That's almost 6 times the thickness of the original wires. It works, but make for about a 3/4 minute cross-wire.
I know that Parson's bought all the rights and tooling from Lyman. When the father was running it, the shop did great work. But a friend has told me to steer clear of them. He sent a scope to them about 6 years ago and they kept it for over a year, returned it and charged him, but never made the repairs. He sent it back and when he got it back, it was still not repaired. He will not go back to them.
In talking to the son, there were problems when the father first died. They were swamped with work due to having to absorb the father's backlog of work. I can see folks who are not particularly organized, or overwhelmed with work, making mistakes like this, especially when a scope has been in the shop over a year. When I spoke to the son, he sounded like he knew his stuff. But I'm reluctant to send it to him based upon my friend's bad experience.
So, anyone else have experience with the current Parson's Scope Repair shop? Anyone have another repair shop that they would recommend based upon personal experience?
I may just try to make new cross-wires myself from dental floss strand. I'm going to practice first and if successful, will make a fixture to do the Lyman.
Thanks,
Rob
I was working on the front mount of my 4 digit serial number Lyman SST. The eyepiece must come off to get the mounts off. Without going into painful detail, I broke the cross-wires in the reticle cell. I was able to make new cross-wires, but had to use what I had on hand, which was 0.004" wire. That's almost 6 times the thickness of the original wires. It works, but make for about a 3/4 minute cross-wire.
I know that Parson's bought all the rights and tooling from Lyman. When the father was running it, the shop did great work. But a friend has told me to steer clear of them. He sent a scope to them about 6 years ago and they kept it for over a year, returned it and charged him, but never made the repairs. He sent it back and when he got it back, it was still not repaired. He will not go back to them.
In talking to the son, there were problems when the father first died. They were swamped with work due to having to absorb the father's backlog of work. I can see folks who are not particularly organized, or overwhelmed with work, making mistakes like this, especially when a scope has been in the shop over a year. When I spoke to the son, he sounded like he knew his stuff. But I'm reluctant to send it to him based upon my friend's bad experience.
So, anyone else have experience with the current Parson's Scope Repair shop? Anyone have another repair shop that they would recommend based upon personal experience?
I may just try to make new cross-wires myself from dental floss strand. I'm going to practice first and if successful, will make a fixture to do the Lyman.
Thanks,
Rob