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I would not have believed it either, but it did work for me. I stretched the strand over the reticle, and it gave a medium crosshair that is still in service. I ended up using some strands of elastic material from a set of fine, light dress socks. I think that is the ticket for most that want to try such themselves. One sees some sales of tungsten wire on Ebay made for fine and medium crosshairs. I thought I would be smart and use a strand of human hair, the result was like having a reticle made out of telephone posts.
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I took the eyepiece off and removed the reticle tube that housed the crosshairs(wires). I once bought an old 15x or so Unertl that had some cosmetic issues and drooping crosshairs. I am probably a bit dated, but when Unertl repairs are thought of here, I seem to think of Parsons or Ackerman.