Way back in the day, I repaired a Tasco, using a fine hair from my young daughter's hairbrush. Installed with crazy glue, and it worked very well. The scope never even fogged up on me. I must have used that scope for a couple of years at least. It was probably the only redheaded scope in the country. lol

 

Is it work repairing is it a throw away job???

I would not pay someone to repair a cheap Tasco, unless it had sentimental value, or was a rare collectors piece. Here are some popular scope repair places that guys on RFC have used in the past:

Ironsight
Parsons
ABO

These places usually want $50 as a minimum and it goes up from there.

How old is this Tasco?
Bushnell owns Tasco and will repair those Tascos purchased under their watch. Tasco warranty is described here.

If you have a Tasco product that requires service or repair,

1. First determine if your product was manufactured before or after 9/1/02. Tasco products manufactured before this date did not have a code for the year of manufacture. Tasco products manufactured after 9/1/02 will have this code (See Diagram 1 for help with determining this).

The Tasco brand was purchased by the current owners in August of 2002. Only product manufactured after this date is entitled to complete warranty coverage.

In general do it yourself repair is difficult at best. Many modern scopes ocular eyepieces ARE VERY HARD to remove as they have a special lock to prevent them from accidentally being screwed out. So the first step is to remove the ocular. Next you need to remove the reticle, which is attached to a field stop ring. This ocular field stop ring may be held into place with three screws, or it may be screwed into place, or held in place via some sleeve spacers. To replace the reticle means breaking the scope's moisture seals, not that they aren't already broken. So you need to consider how to reseal with Nitrogen if you don't want fogging. I have heard of some thrifty people placing scope in oven at low heat setting hoping to "dry out" the air. Others will use a plastic bag as a poormans vacuum chamber, Nitrogen tank, some hose, and a vacuum pump.

The next problem is finding a source for a replacement reticle. For an old scope that is not an Leupold or old Weaver, this can at times be difficult. Scope repair place WILL stock and cannibalize reticles, so you might check them. Some folks will remove old reticles, tear out crosshairs, and replace with either fine wire or spider web. Again, good luck on this. I did something like this with a broken reticle on a telescope finder and it requires a lot of patience to get the spider web to lay down flat, straight, and centered! Most thin wire tends to be a bit thick.

Here is an interesting link with tips on spider web replacement. Shellac to hold hairs in place and magnifying glass to select best webs strings. You might want to search web with a "repairing crosshairs with spider web" search string.

T.K Lees sells custom reticles, so you might consider checking with him. IMO a Tasco is not worth putting a TK Lee reticle into. If your scope is not listed, then you must check to see if reticle is attached by screws (usually three screws). Obviously this will cost and prices start at $75 on up.

 

...sorry.....

...its a throw away---off in the creek..lol.

 

sounds like time for a new one

 

Since you can pick up a new Simmons Mag 22 for $30 or $40 or a Prosport 4x from Natchez for $20, you should just get a new scope. You could get a Tasco and it will probably be OK but my one attempt at trying one, a World Class 3x9, ended in disappointment. The optics were actually pretty good, but there was a spec on the crosshairs and mechanically it felt very loose and cheaply made. I have 5 Simmons scopes and a bunch of others and the Simmons scopes continue to be impressive scopes for very little money. Or you can get a mostly American made Redfield for $130. Good luck!
9 fingers

 

Thanks MGT and 9Fingers, It might be a case of Testing the

Mythbusters Myth

Of shooting the Sniper in the eye through his Scope as the sun glare gave him away.

thanks again

 

Thanks MGT and 9Fingers, It might be a case of Testing the

Mythbusters Myth

Of shooting the Sniper in the eye through his Scope as the sun glare gave him away.

thanks again

I watched that episode too! That was cool! you can recreate the test with your scope but finding a voluteer to look through it while you shoot at it might be tough.
9 fingers

 

Might be a Job for Buster the BalysticS Gell Dummy!!

In fact they did too episodes of that.

The first they could not get the bullet to pass through the scope. (they were using generic scopes.) Myth Busted

On the viewers special - Revisited - they used a proper snipers scope,

and hey presto Buster got shot in the eye!!! - Myth Confirmed.

 

If you are working on a Unertl or Lyman try unraveling a piece of dental floss you can get it thinner than a hair and its strong too- easier to work with than spiderweb.