My PSL, and it's LPS 4X6 Scope.

[J.A.D.]

I've got a bit of an odd question about the LPS scope. I know prior to importing this to the US, they removed the Tritium elements out of the scope that illuminate it.

I've been looking online and saw that some people have figured out ways to actually illuminate their scopes with tritium and all that, and I kind of want to bypass all that crap, and illuminate my scope with an LED.

I saw that someone had taken their scope completely apart, and I am amazed at how simple it seemed to be. Unfortunately, my scope seems to be completely impossible to take apart. Anyone ever take their LPS Scope apart to replace the tritium?

Because as soon as I figure out how to take my scope apart, I am going to embed an LED array in mine, and illuminate it. It looks like it is pretty straight forward, once you figure out where the reticle is. You attach your LED to the side wall of the reticle lense, and it of course illuminates the etched glass portion of the sight.

Hopefully someone here will have done this, because if I figure out how to get the scope completely disassembled, I'll post a how to illuminate thread.

 

[J.A.D.]

Okay, so I figured out there's a layer of paint covering the 6 screws holding the ends of the scope on the chassis. Problem solved. Now I can light this thing up.

 

[J.A.D.]

Okay. Hurdle number 2. Found out that I need a really wide screwdriver, or tool to remove the bezel that holds the reticle in place. THAT is screwing things up for me in a big way. Once I have that done, I will be moving on to phase 3 of the install. Have found a 3 way switch, and have 2 different colored LED's that can illuminate my scope. I'm going with Yellow, or Green.

 

[murdoc rose]

I looked into this a bit when I got my psl a year or so ago but it seemed like it was fairly difficult so I let it be. Best of luck if you get it to work.

 

[J.A.D.]

Okay, so I've got phase 2 figured out.

I was able to get both the front, and back ends of the scope off. It was not difficult at all. Now I need to get a 3/4" wide screwdriver, to remove the reticle. Apparently inside the ring, that houses the reticle, that's where the tritium used to be. Once I have the outer ring shroud, I can then drill 2 small holes to accomodate my 2 color LED system.

I have drilled the holes in the scope mount to accomodate the two switches, and the power supply for the scope. It's run off 2 AA lithium batteries.

The power is controlled by one switch, while the second switch toggles the color of the reticle. Green and Amber are the two colors. I may go with something else if it suits me. Haven't gotten the reticle loose yet.

I was at Radio Shack the other day, and found wiring gaskets, which will keep the water out of the scope. I also drilled the hole in the bottom to run the wiring through.