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Originally Posted by FlashDrive
The tube is beyond repair ....
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Sorry to hear about your scope Col. I doesn't seem entirely beyond repair, especially if that image is the current state of the tube, or was that taken just post damage but before repairs?
It's hard to say without seeing it from all angles, but a wooden inside form and a wooden exterior form might be of some use in straightening the tube/thread without too much crush damage, followed by judicious use of a triangular file to finesse the thread, etc.
Failing that you could cut away part or all of the damaged thread and have a low profile threaded end collar made to fit over (
or possibly inside) the slightly shortened original tube (the original tube with thread cut off). That way you could maintain the original tube with baffles, etc, if what is shown is indeed the only damage.
Best
JA