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Making Crosshairs
I have taken some pictures of the procdure of removal and fitting of new double crosshairs on a standard reticle base.
Remove the reticle ring.
Take off the old crosshairs with a pair of tweezers.
With a flat sided needle file across the old recesses, file into the ring to the original depth. This will allow the wire to sit to either side under tension and give the correct spacing for the central square.
Hammer in four small brads or four thumb tacks into a piece of timber.
Wind the wire crosshair around the brads to form the crossover pattern as shown in the picture, keeping a reasonable tension on the wire.
Push the wires down the nails to ensure that the reticle is held in place.
Put some dabs of epoxy onto the ring and wire and allow to set for 24 hours.
Trim with a SHARP blade.
Put back into finderscope.
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