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I'm old I guess. Weaver Scopes. Made in El Paso until 1983.
Well no- they are not Tactical Tommy enough...
I have an El Paso K-4 on the shelf and it pretty much looks new in box. Plan is to use it for a Swedish Mauser Sniper project for vintage sniper competitions. Currently I'm running a USMC 1941 sniper clone with a Unertl clone but sometime would like to try the Swede. Many if not most of the guys winning Perry Nationals are running Swedes with K-4's. They are considered close enough to the old Nazi 4X scopes.
I have an El Paso K-4 on the shelf and it pretty much looks new in box. Plan is to use it for a Swedish Mauser Sniper project for vintage sniper competitions. Currently I'm running a USMC 1941 sniper clone with a Unertl clone but sometime would like to try the Swede. Many if not most of the guys winning Perry Nationals are running Swedes with K-4's. They are considered close enough to the old Nazi 4X scopes.
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Dang it.
I have a 22 project I need to get to, and now I might have to put one of these on it...
I have a Weaver K-4 that my father put on my first. 22 rifle in 1963 (Remington 511 Scoremaster). I changed it out a while ago to a cheap 3x9 scope to help my old eyes out when shooting it beyond 50 yards.
Edit: I just checked the Weaver I mentioned above and it is actually a B4.
Edit: I just checked the Weaver I mentioned above and it is actually a B4.
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HARRYM
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Same,,,,and a couple more
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So, now that we are clear that it wasn't Dennis Weaver, Randy Weaver, Dream Weaver, The Weavers and what have you.....
Keep your eye on the ad listings as I am gathering up Weaver stuff and bailing on it. 3 K scopes, 2 V scopes, rings both standard and high, pivot rings and bases....the stuff was all over my house. One of the scopes I was like, oh, that's where this ended up....
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I have a K3 4X on my 1950's or so Remington 742. I bought the gun and the scope in perfect shape at Cabelas in Hudson on closeout for $250.00 That scope is halfway decent to see out of for sure. I kept it on there.
The pain and time that transaction took still bothers me to this day, but I wasn't walking out without that safe queen for that kind of money. Someone fxcked up pricing it.
And while there are a certain group of old vintage gun type people out there who want old vintage scopes on their 50's and 60's hunting rifles......its not a very large audience on here. US wide...they may be worth something. No idea. New scopes have better optics, i can tell you that and most people are gonna want better optics that don't fog.
I had a half decent Savage 99 in .243 with the weaver K3 on it and it was horrible to see out of, but I sold it for double what i paid for it so I wasn't going to change a scope out on it.
The pain and time that transaction took still bothers me to this day, but I wasn't walking out without that safe queen for that kind of money. Someone fxcked up pricing it.
And while there are a certain group of old vintage gun type people out there who want old vintage scopes on their 50's and 60's hunting rifles......its not a very large audience on here. US wide...they may be worth something. No idea. New scopes have better optics, i can tell you that and most people are gonna want better optics that don't fog.
I had a half decent Savage 99 in .243 with the weaver K3 on it and it was horrible to see out of, but I sold it for double what i paid for it so I wasn't going to change a scope out on it.
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That is a nice gun.....I think I have a set of Weaver Pivot Bases that would fit that rifle, gotta look.
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I'm partial to the Weaver El Paso T series. I own a T10 and a T16 and for the price of a used scope it's hard to beat the clarity and tracking. I like Leupolds but the price is high. I don't shoot further than 300yds and I guess a more modern scope would be better for longer ranges. I always see guys with thousand dollar Nightforces and Leupolds shooting at 100yds and wonder why when a Bushnell would work for them.
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