Just arrived a new batch of parts, with three custom designed parts.
Three custom designs
The first one goes to Italy, it is a special version of SmartPin Linear Pointer, with a diameter of 42.5 mm. This pointer sits on the ocular tube, so it fits to a large diameter sharkfin wheel. The pointer mechanism is the same as on the smaller pointers, but the fixing screw moved to the bottom of the ocular tube.
42.5 mm SmartPin pointer
The second one will be sent to France, this is a zoom lever for a March 80x scope. Well, everybody knows the cheap fishing coasters, that can be used as a zoom lever, but these guys wanted something custom design that is worthy of their scope and my pointers already on it. So I designed a lever that is really comfortable and also good looking. Order here: ZoomR Magnification Lever.
Zoom lever for March 80x scope
The third one was ordered from Wales, this is not an inkwell but a holder for a UK Neil pellet sizer. You stick the sizer into the top, an O-ring hold it there. The wide collar is for the accidentally dropped pellets. The body of the ‘inkwell’ can hold about 300 pellets, but if you remove the bottom plate, the body fits precisely into a JSB pellet tin, so you can collect the sized pellets right in the tin. The sides can be personalised, this print belongs to our fellow shooter ‘Gadget’.
This is a custom design for a Nightforce 15-55×52 Competition scope. The click turret is the usual ProTurret Bottoming model, but the owner asked something special for the sidewheel.
The structures behind the knobs
Finally, I designed a ‘Benchrest Duo‘: two parallax knobs, one has got the very same look as the click turret, the other one is only a grooved knob, without any scale (for benchrest shooting). The knobs use the same adaptor ring, so one can remove the big knob and replace it with the small one, and then put it back again, without losing its position.
Please note the big screw in the middle – that one, and one of the 6 small screw do not hold anything, I put them there only for the better look. It is important for me, that my designs shall be not only functional, but also aesthetic :-)
Full kit for Nightforce, with pointers
This is the full kit: parallax knob(s), click turret, EasyPin pointer for the clicks and a SmartPin for the parallax. And now you can see them on the scope:
This is the latest model of DualCore sidewheels: a 90 mm parallax wheel for Leupold Competition scopes.
New 90 mm sidewheel for Leupold Competition scopes
The nominal diameter is 90 mm, the effective diameter in excentric position is 68-122 mm. Because of the extremely small core size, it’s not easy to mount the wheel on the core element, but if you know the trick…
Position I – Centered
Position II – Excentric
It fits nicely into my hand. There are also smaller sidewheels for Leupold scopes, but 90 mm is comfortable and looks cute :-)
Here you can see it with its 125 and 140 mm brothers and with some turrets. You can order this sidewheel here: DualCore sidewheel.
For sale a long air cylinder for FWB P70/P700/P800, pressure probe until 2026, volume 0.262 l, massive aluminium tube, with pressure gauge, tube length 51 cm plus threads. Nearly new (used only a few times).
169.90 pounds only, personal collection preferred, but can post it if we can find a courier that can deliver it (Royal Mail doesn’t). Please contact me if you’d like to have it!
The first photos of the two full kits (ProTurret + EasyPin + DualCore + SmartPin) that were sent out to Latvia. Gennadij took some photos of the Nikko 2008 (MK3) with my products on:
All the parts and pointers fit together perfectly. The DualCore wheel is in the centered position on the picture, hopefully I’ll get some photos of the excentric position, too.
Side view of the DualCore wheelThe ProTurret click knob
New photos of ProTurret click knob, DualCore sidewheel and SmartPin Linear pointer.
The first prints go to Germany and Latvia tomorrow, and others are going to go to Hungary and the UK soon :-)
These new scope things can be ordered on an introductory price now:ProTurret Click Knob and DualCore Sidewheels – the print batch will be sent out on Friday so place your order in time please.
Falcon owners: from now on, ProTurret and DualCore are available for Falcon scopes, too!
The first photos of the new parts, still in white. The second half of the print will arrive in a few days, too. They are very massive and precise, I can’t wait to see them on a scope already :-)
Click here for the product page: a complete set of scope accessories – ProTurret Click Knob and DualCore Sidewheel (both on introductory prices now!) with EasyPin / MultiPin / SmartPin Pointers.
I mentioned in my latest post, that an excentric sidewheel needed a linear reading mark. But it’s not fair to deprive the shooters of using my SmartPin system, if they use the Dual-Core Sidewheel in its excentric position
Linear pointer for excentric/shaped sidewheels
So I designed a special version of the SmartPin, with an adapter that replaces the moving part with the pins. This part is wider and can hold a flat linear pointer. It comes with a wide and long white Nylon plate, that can be cut into shape to fit to the scope body and sidewheel.
The replacement part with a raw pointer blade
It has got pre-printed grooves so it’s easier to make a parallel cut on the long side. Of course you can use any other material up to 1 mm thickness, e.g. old phone card, plastic or metal plate. In this case, you can use the original plate as a template for the holes and cuts in the middle area. The plate is dyed black but the cut surfaces will be shiny white, so it will be easy to read the scope.
The cut surfaces of the pointer will be shiny white
Can be used as a template, too
How this new part fits into the system
A few more 3D visuals… The new pointer can be ordered as a variation of SmartPin Pointer.
I designed a special sidewheel that fits perfectly to my new turret and pointers, for Nikko and S&B scopes. At first glance, it is a standard 5″ (125 mm) wheel, but it has got a special a ‘Dual-Core’ mounting system. There is a ring that goes onto the parallax knob of the scope, and the wheel can be mounted centered or excentric as well. The missing part of the full circle can be found on the basic ring, and this will be combined with the 8-shaped hole on the wheel. This means that the wheel will always have a closed circle around the parallax knob, in both positions.
Centered position: a fixed 5″ (125 mm) diameter, can be used with SmartPin Adjustable Pointer etc.
Excentric position: effective diameter between 2.6″-7.3″ (65-185 mm), a linear pointer has to be used
The centered position can be used with a SmartPin Adjustable Pointer, but the excentric position needs of course a linear reading mark, e.g. a piece of old plastic card, held by the scope mount ring. Maybe I’ll design a special version of SmartPin that will be able to hold a long linear mark and elevate it…
Dual-Core Sidewheel in its two mounting positions
These two pictures show my scope gadgets separated, for the better visibility: click turret and sidewheel, with their pointers:
Click Turret + EasyPin
Dual-Core Wheel + SmartPin
And now al ttogether, from a general view and also from the shooter’s view:
All together on a Nikko MK3
Close-up view from shooting position
Dual-Core Sidewheel:
Blue: base ring – fixed on the parallax knob of the scope
Red: the wheel – in centered position
Click Turret:
Brown: thumb screw – resetting without allen keys
Purple: Pellet holder – a flexible holder for 12 pellets
Light blue: Outside knob – with gears at the bottom
Yellow: Inside kob – this goes to the original scope knob
Green: Bottoming ring – can be adjusted so the turret bottoms where needed
How it works? Cutaway 3d visual
And here you can see all the parts around the scope, in an exploded view: the sidewheel, the click turret, and also the EasyPin and SmartPin pointers.
Exploded view of all parts
The pictures above are show the accessories of the Nikko MK3, but I have designed the same system for the old MK1-2 Nikko and for Schmidt&Bender FT. The difference is not too big between the two Nikkos, the wheel is the same, only the inside structure of the turret differs.
The S&B scope is a bit more different, it doesn’t need other wheel than its original 5″ wheel, and there is no reason to make a bottoming turret since the turret keeps its height when rotating. And I used the SmartPin Extra S&B Pointer, this has been designed specially for correcting the huge POI-shift issues of this scope.
