Weaver K6 Issue

[windini]

I rediscovered a venerable old Weaver K6 that I took off my old Model 70 in 30-06 years ago.

I recently acquired a TC Hawken in .45 that came with a set of Holden see-thrus and the appropriately bent hammer spur. Rifle was in so-so shape; looked ok on the outside, but bore was rusty. Borescope showed some pretty bad pitting, but I decided to work on it and at least give it a try.

I mounted the K6 on it and went to the range...

To my surprise, the gun grouped pretty darn good! I adjusted the irons and got POA/POI to a comfortable spot, then went to work on the scope.

POI was 10" high and 4" right. I clicked myself silly on the turrets, verifying inscribed arrows/ direction up or left, one way & back the other, to no avail. I wound up with several sets of acceptable groups, but the POI with the Weaver stayed high & right.

So - assuming I would like to save & resurrect the K6 for nothing more than sentimental reasons, is it worth it to try and repair it? Is it something a guy with reasonable mechanical ability can do, or is scope work limited to the ministrations of the Opticalati?

Alternately, does anyone offer a service/rebuild service for a scope of this era that isn't ridiculously out of line with it's "value?" Not that it would be the first time I put a Swarovski level of effort into a rusty '73 Town & Country wagon kinda gun...

Anyway, thoughts and opinions appreciated!

 

[LoonWulf]

Did you run out of adjustment,.or did rhe groups just not move at all?

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Ive seen them where the lense housing threads are rusted so solid that it impossible to disassemble them without doing permanent damage......

Honestly, I wasnt impressed by the guts on the old El Paso Weavers. The steel tube makes them seem tough, but the internals are pretty low quality and fragile, IMO.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

Found a company recently, Vintage Gun Scopes Vintage Gun Scopes . They should be able to repair it for you if you opt to do so. If the cost wasn't bad, I would repair it for sure as I like the classic scopes on vintage rifles.

 

[Laphroaig]

I have a Japanese K6 that I really like mounted on a .22. But I wouldn't pay much to fix it. I think that I paid $75 used.

My first thought, like @LoonWulf, did you run out of adjustment? Dial it back to optical center and see where you are at.

 

[windini]

Thanks for the comments & link, everyone!

Did you run out of adjustment,.or did rhe groups just not move at all?

I have a Japanese K6 that I really like mounted on a .22. But I wouldn't pay much to fix it. I think that I paid $75 used.

My first thought, like @LoonWulf, did you run out of adjustment? Dial it back to optical center and see where you are at.

The groups did not (appear to) move at all. I 'traveled' somewhere on the order of 36 'clicks' (don't remember offhand if it's 1/4 or 1/2 MOA per), but the group stayed within 3" of the center of that group - well within expectations for the rifle's capabilities and not far enough from one shot to the next to give any indication of scope adjustment.

I did run out of time - RO called last call right before my last shot - hangfire! 3rd cap and some twiddling finally worked.

I know the scope "ain't worth it." But if I could get it rebuilt for under $100, I might do it for sentiment. OTOH, if it's broke, why not take it apart and see what I can do? What could go wrong?!

EDIT: Went to Vintage Scopes, looks like $150 to clean, purge & reseal. +$ for repairs if needed. Hm... pushing the boundaries of my ability to rationalize.

 

[LoonWulf]

erector assembly MIGHT just be stuck, you could run it all the way one way then all the way back a couple times to see if that frees up travel. left right, then up down.