NIGHTLORD40K
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So, I was looking for a vintage scope to top off my .308 Savage 99C, maybe something along the lines of a steel tube Weaver K6. Here's the gun before:
Was cruising the LPS yesterday and came across this for the princely sum of $15:
A Weatherby Imperial 2.75-10x, produced from the late 50's through about 1973.
Missing one turret cap, but otherwise in nice shape. These were German made and featured a unique turret-in-turret arrangement for the reticule adjustments and a separate focusing turret:
It features a very thin, and rather difficult to see "T" reticule, which was common back then, but the glass is quite clear with good light gathering to offset this a bit:
Power adjustment is made by turning the entire eyepiece, and eye relief suffers greatly above about 6x, so I'll just leave it there. I got lucky and found a nice one-peice Burris bridge mount for $30 a couple weeks ago:
This is a really nice steel unit with an adjustable center line. Here it is all mounted up:
Didn't turn out too bad for a $15 scope, I think.
Was cruising the LPS yesterday and came across this for the princely sum of $15:
A Weatherby Imperial 2.75-10x, produced from the late 50's through about 1973.
Missing one turret cap, but otherwise in nice shape. These were German made and featured a unique turret-in-turret arrangement for the reticule adjustments and a separate focusing turret:
It features a very thin, and rather difficult to see "T" reticule, which was common back then, but the glass is quite clear with good light gathering to offset this a bit:
Power adjustment is made by turning the entire eyepiece, and eye relief suffers greatly above about 6x, so I'll just leave it there. I got lucky and found a nice one-peice Burris bridge mount for $30 a couple weeks ago:
This is a really nice steel unit with an adjustable center line. Here it is all mounted up:
Didn't turn out too bad for a $15 scope, I think.
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