a group of scopes found at a flea market

[eastbank]

at a local flea market yesterday morning i found this group of older-newer used scopes, no picking all or none. i took them all and the price was very,very good.,2- leupold, 2-redfield, 1- thompson center, 5 weaver, 1- unertl. i looked them over last night and they all look to be in good condition opticaly with a few cosmedtic flaws and all are useable as it. eastbank.

 

[Armored farmer]

Interesting,
You're gonna have fun finding out what you got!
How are you planning to test them ?

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Wow!.... I like the Weaver K10s and Unertl

 

[badkarmamib]

Couldn't find a "green-with-envy" emoticon, so I picked all of the green ones. I truly hope all of them were well cared for, and give much more service to you. It looks like a fine bunch of fun you got there!

 

[Dog Soldier]

Yep! I had a K-10 Weaver back in the 1960s. They cost the outrageous price of $33 bucks. The Unertls were the top of the food chain so long ago.
That is a real nice collection of "Scope History".

 

[imashooter]

Very cool. Looks like some fun research ahead.

 

[LoonWulf]

Nice group of scopes! Mostly look like weavers, a leupold, that tc looks like one of the muzzle loader scopes, and possibly a few tasco or bushnells.

 

[Sunray]

$33 was a lot more money in the 1960's than it is now. Isn't enough for a case of beer now.
Your only issue is whether or not they actually work. Have an old 4X Tasco that doesn't hold zero, but looks BNIB.

 

[22250Rem]

Fascinating....... You didn't mention price other than the price was very, very good. So it would appear to me that you got a great deal. If they're all usable as is I would just put some of them away for possible future needs; or sell some now and recover some of that money. Some folks are always looking for old scopes to put on old firearms as long as the time periods coincide between the optics and the gun. Old rifles are very cool if they're in good original shape with "period correct" scopes on them.

 

[LoonWulf]

$33 was a lot more money in the 1960's than it is now. Isn't enough for a case of beer now.
Your only issue is whether or not they actually work. Have an old 4X Tasco that doesn't hold zero, but looks BNIB.

geez what beer do you drink

Ive found that usually when those old tascos fail to hold zero one of the inner lenses has come loose or the erector spring has slipped. Taking them apart and fixing that is actually pretty easy as long as the screws dont strip out.....the seals have likely hardened and the nitrogen is probably gone anyway, so i generally go ahead and take them apart.

 

[dh1633pm]

I only drink the good stuff. Can't speak for others. Excellent scope collection with a single purchase.