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Thread: Rifle scope repairs

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    Rifle scope repairs

    Anyone have contact details of a company that does basic scope repairs in NZ? Got an older Docter scope I'd like to have cleaned and gas purged. Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by gonetropo View Post
    Spoke to Richard a few months ago about scope servicing, stated it was something from the past, seals etc unobtainable.

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    And the guy down Wellington way has retired/gone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmer View Post
    And the guy down Wellington way has retired/gone.
    He wasn't fully retired or had kicked the bucket late last year when I was talking to him about a scope I sent...
    Worth a try:

    Andrew Rackstraw in Upper Hutt fixes scopes.
    Email: rackstraw@paradise.net.nz,
    Ph (04) 970 3707.
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    A good job and a good wife has been the ruin of many a good hunter.

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    May have to take a gamble and contact Docter/ Noblex. Have sent it to Rackstraw and after a full year nothing was done and got charged for it as well

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    Andrew is well over 80, still knows his shit but I think the enthusiasm has dropped of now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nor-west View Post
    Andrew is well over 80, still knows his shit but I think the enthusiasm has dropped of now.
    No one is as old as those who have outlived enthusiasm...
    A good job and a good wife has been the ruin of many a good hunter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven1 View Post
    May have to take a gamble and contact Docter/ Noblex. Have sent it to Rackstraw and after a full year nothing was done and got charged for it as well
    Would have been useful info in Post #1...
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    Dave Stonex may still be doing it in AKL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walker View Post
    Dave Stonex may still be doing it in AKL.
    He does not.

 

 

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