I tried to pull those mounts off the receiver to measure out the distance of the holes, but boy are they tight. Of the B6 or G6, which is the better quality and what really is the difference? If the J4 is the best made of the bunch, might focus on looking for one of those. Looked at some of the vintage Lyman's, Redfield's, but they get pricy pretty quick. Unertl Hawk 4x scopes that looked like they might work. I have always been an iron sight kinda of guy, but lately I have been having the urge to try out a scoped gun and thought this would be the perfect project. I am no expert on optics that is for sure. I am assuming the benefit of the 1" scope would be a larger field of view and better light transmission. If I needed to have one of these scopes cleaned or repaired is there anyone out there who works on the older scopes? Also is there any literature anyone would recommend to further research older optics? It always amazes me how people treat their stuff. I think I need to handle these particular optics to get a feel of which one would be the best fit and look at the clarity of the glass and crosshairs. I have been browsing at the Weaver J4, B6, G6, and K6 scopes. I still like the idea of placing a vintage scope on the rifle rather than a reproduction on it. I just moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area so I needed a reason to ferret out all the shops anyway. That and some local gun shop hunting to do. Looks like I have some options to look into. As I mentioned I'm always on the look out for period scopes and generally they are available for very low prices. If you're used to modern scopes this can be a touch weird.
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One thing to watch for with some of these old scopes and that is that there was a period where the manufacturers hadn't figured out how to have internal adjustments and keep the cross hair centered. Lyman and Redfield are options too, just no so common 'round here.
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If you want period the Weaver K series scopes will often be the easiest to find. If not you can cannibalize a Weaver 1 piece base and cobble up your own. Option 2 would be check and see if you can find Weaver bases that will fit the screw spacing on the receiver.
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If you don't mind spending money a very tempting set up would be the Hi-Lux Wm.Malcolm repro M73 scope. Now that you have your rings and bases all you need is a scope. So find an old Tasco rimfire scope and strip it of the mounts. One of the best things about the $9.00 rimfire scopes is that the mounts are very handy for use with the older 3/4" scopes. You can check the screw spacing on the existing scope mounts and possibly replace them with Unertl style bases. The earlier list of 3/4" scopes will keep you busy searching with as nice a Weaver B6 as you can find the goal for high magnification and a J2.5 or J4 for low power but nicer manufacturing. First thing to decide is 3/4" tube or 1". Dick's Gun Room in Cuyahoga Falls, OH is just such a place.Īnyway, now that we have a photo to work with I see a couple of options.
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Nothing like an establishment that keeps a counter full of old scopes. It's also a measure of the quality of the area gunshops. Matching up old rifles with the proper period scope is one of my favorite aspects of collecting and shooting.