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Topic: lonnnnnnng scope wanted
Posted By: WICKERDAVE
Subject: lonnnnnnng scope wanted
Date Posted: February/08/2016 at 23:54
Hi,
I'm building a fun little rat gun. olt actiBon, .17HMR 28" barrel. I'm looking for a inexpensive long range scope, up to 24" long [just to make it look cool]. I know some of the old scopes were realy long, and I wouldn't mind a used scope in  good condition. Hope someone has some ideas.



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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 08:11

Here is a reproduction of the old Unertl 8X sniper scope.  ( Needs adjustable mounts...) 

http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=71218 - http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=71218

http://www.hi-luxoptics.com/ - http://www.hi-luxoptics.com/







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Posted By: urbaneruralite
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 08:50
Some of the old Japanese Tascos were long compared to current scopes. They still make those in China, but the Chinese ones are of limited usefulness.


Posted By: Sgt. D
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 08:51

What is the external spring suppose to do??? Some kind of dampener??




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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 10:04
Yes. When the gun goes off the scope sails backwards ( or forwards? )....then you have to shove it forward again and shoot.   

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 10:07
....when I was a kid I saw pictures of these Varmint rifles in the magazines...

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 10:19



 



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Posted By: Rancid Coolaid
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 10:21
Another option is sun shades, they are usually threaded at both ends, in case you wish to stack them together.

Old scopes can indeed look cool, but it's like 1940s automobiles vs modern day automobiles: performance suffers so you can look cool.

To each, his own.


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Posted By: Sgt. D
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 10:24

Hope its forward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 10:36


This reproduction is $549 and has fully multi-coated lenses.  You would need to get the mounts.  They make the mounts, too!  $259.




http://www.hi-luxoptics.com/william-malcolm-8x-usmc.html - http://www.hi-luxoptics.com/william-malcolm-8x-usmc.html










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Posted By: Rancid Coolaid
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 10:38
It might look cool, but I bet its usage is a PItA!

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 12:24
Yeah, it's an antique style.  Looks like you'd have to be pretty careful with it.  No throwing it in the pickup.

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Posted By: Steelbenz
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 14:08
I think CZ sell a 455 package with a leatherwood just like that.

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Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 17:10
Eduardo got excited!

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Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 17:33
.....go back to waxing your....umm.....surfboard!!!   Wink










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Posted By: Peddler
Date Posted: February/09/2016 at 17:39
Looooooong scopes get Eduardo excited enough to wax.........

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Posted By: Stevey Ducks
Date Posted: February/10/2016 at 00:13

This gets back to the old days when internal adjustment scopes had inadequate adjustments for accurate tracking.

The scope shown looks sort of like a 1 1/4 inch Unertl. In the distant past I used a 8X Unertl but it had a 1 1/2 inch objective. That scope was on a M70 and had the rear mount screwed onto the receiver ring and front mount secured on the barrel at some specific length. The Springfield appears to have a 1 1/2 Unertl , mounted on the receiver ring and barrel but with no spring it would need to be returned to battery by pulling it back by hand.

A scope on a Remington 40X rim fire is shown and the spring would not be of great value.

Upon touching off a .30-06 or equivalent the scope has a tendency to remain stationary and the rifle recoils back making the scope move forward in relation to the rifle. The spring pushes the scope back to its original position by pushing against the stationary front mount. Scope rotation is prevented by a raised rib on an approximate 3/4 (forgot) tube, the notch for the rib can be seen on the front mount. Good shooting practice requires pulling the scope back towards the shooter, by hand, and rotating it counter clockwise to assure same position between shots as the spring, being adjustable may not be sufficient to do this. When firing the rifle you can hear and feel the spring go ... tuung.

In addition to using an 8X I also had a 14X of the same type.

As expected, these are great range and fair weather scopes. Lens were sealed in with what looks like threaded rings and water pump grease making them subject to fogging and they are subject to damage because of the external mounts, exposed adjustments, and long slender tubes.

I gave the 14X to a friend (former Army, rifle professional, civilian and competitive shooter) who won the 1000 yard Wimbleton using it.

I have a now discontinued aluminum tube Weaver T10 with the tiny 1/8 min dot on my .22 and if I screwed on enough sun shades I could make it 1 yard long. This scope can be focused down to 30 feet or so for shooting flies and other bugs.

Yup, PIta.



Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: February/10/2016 at 09:07

How about this:

Lyman 12X Super Targetspot




Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/10/2016 at 09:43
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Posted By: Stevey Ducks
Date Posted: February/10/2016 at 11:42

Archive quality pics -- thank you

No spring but nice rubber eye piece and wood box

I can see the rub marks on the tube just in back of the windage adjust and possible ones in back of the elevation adjust

That tube gotta be smooth and straight

The Lyman set up did not have locking notches cut into the mount bases

I have an old steel tube Weaver T10 that tracks almost as good as my former Unertl



Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: February/10/2016 at 11:47
Dang Ed, I should have shown it to you yesterday while you were here, but the phones were going crazy.


Posted By: Son of Ed
Date Posted: February/10/2016 at 17:44
I got to see the Old Redfield green Vietnam scope!  And I saw all the taxidermy upstairs!   

I had the Nickel Tour ( for two hours! )    Laugh

Chris showed me all the rifles in his office.... I was tripping over antlers and empty cartridge cases.  


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Posted By: Stevey Ducks
Date Posted: February/11/2016 at 02:07

Looking at this stuff starts long term memory.

Note the adjustment graduations are 5 to a numbered interval instead of the common 4 or 8 used for ~ .25 - 1/4 moa and ~ .125 - 1/8 moa. This required the front and back mounts to be spaced a certain distance to get 1/5 inch per click @ 100, 1 inch @ 500 and 2 inches at 1000. I remember this being sort of natural and running 5 clicks per interval, like 5 to 10, and coming up with 5 inches at 500 and 10 inches at 1000 seemed logical.

Shortening the mount spacing would make the click values larger but @ 1/4 per click * 5 clicks would produce 5/4 or 1.25 @ 100, 6.25 @ 500, and 12.5 @ 1000.

I rather go like from 0 to 5 (the numbers on the drum), 1/5 clicks or 5 for 1 inch @ 100 rather than 5 1/4 inch clicks for 1.25 (a fractional value) inches at 100.

The further apart the mounts are the greater amount of stability. Possibly this is why 1/5 inch or .20 inch values or 5 clicks per numbered interval were put into these scopes.

The 03 looks like it has a spacing just under 10 inches. 

The sweet young thing is a nice change from numbers and stuff.



Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: February/11/2016 at 08:36

I'll note, that I wasn't being a tease. That scope is for sale from SWFA.  We plan to put it on eBay and auction it off. You guys got to see it, before it hits the auction block.




Posted By: Skylar McMahon
Date Posted: March/03/2016 at 13:07

Ed, it's live on eBay now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141919658720&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141919658720&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT




Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: March/03/2016 at 20:30
http://swfa.com/Leatherwood-6x16-Wm-Malcolm-34-Telescopic-Rifle-Scope-P13352.aspx">Leatherwood 6x16 Wm. Malcolm 3/4 Telescopic Rifle Scope http://swfa.com/images/leatherwood_fine_popup.jpg">Fine Crosshair http://swfa.com/Leatherwood-6x16-Wm-Malcolm-34-Telescopic-Rifle-Scope-P13352.aspx - Leatherwood 6x16 Wm. Malcolm 3/4 Telescopic Rifle Scope
Stock # - M634181
  • Matte
  • Fine Crosshair
  • 3/4"
  • Multi-Coated Lenses
  • Nitrogen Gas Purged
  • Caged Mount
  • 18" Short Scope
$348.95


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Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: March/03/2016 at 20:39
http://swfa.com/Leupold-45mm-Competition-4-Lens-Shade-P74.aspx">Leupold 45mm Competition 4
http://swfa.com/Leupold-45mm-Competition-4-Lens-Shade-P74.aspx - Leupold 45mm Competition 4" Lens Shade
Stock # - LEU54180
  • Matte
  • 45mm
  • 4"
  • Stackable
$30.95
http://swfa.com/Leupold-35x45-Competition-30mm-Riflescope-P67.aspx">Leupold 35x45 Competition 30mm Riflescope http://swfa.com/images/leu53430-rt_popup.jpg">Fine Crosshair http://swfa.com/Leupold-35x45-Competition-30mm-Riflescope-P67.aspx - Leupold 35x45 Competition 30mm Riflescope
Stock # - LEU53430
  • Matte
  • Target Crosshair
  • 30mm
  • Target Knobs
  • Side Focus
  • Multicoat 4
  • Generous Eyebox
  • 6061-T6 Aircraft Quality Aluminum
  • Durable Lens Cover
  • Externally Threaded Fast-Focus Eyepiece
$1,099.95


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Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: March/03/2016 at 20:43
http://swfa.com/Leupold-42mm-3-Lens-Shade-P64234.aspx">Leupold 42mm 3
http://swfa.com/Leupold-42mm-3-Lens-Shade-P64234.aspx - Leupold 42mm 3" Lens Shade
Stock # - LEU118768
  • Matte
  • 42mm
  • 3"
  • Fits Leupold VX-6 Riflescopes
$49.95
http://swfa.com/Leupold-2-12x42-VX-6-30mm-Riflescope-P49437.aspx">Leupold 2-12x42 VX-6 30mm Riflescope http://swfa.com/images/leu111977-rt_popup.jpg"> http://swfa.com/Leupold-2-12x42-VX-6-30mm-Riflescope-P49437.aspx - Leupold 2-12x42 VX-6 30mm Riflescope
Stock # - LEU111977
  • Matte
  • Duplex
  • 30mm
  • 1/4 MOA Finger Click
  • Quantum Optical System
  • Xtended Twilight Lens System
  • DiamondCoat 2
  • 2nd Generation Argon/Krypton Waterproofing
  • Lead Free
  • 6:1 Zoom Ratio
  • Generous Eyebox
  • Pop-Up Rezero Adjustments
  • Blackened Lens Edges
  • Twin Bias Spring Erector System
  • Extreme Fast-Focus Eyepiece
  • Custom Dial System
$1,099.95



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Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: March/03/2016 at 20:48
not inexpensive but way more practical. I guess you could just stack lens shades on most any scope to make it look long.
http://swfa.com/SWFA-SS-42mm-Sun-Shade-P498.aspx">SWFA SS 42mm Sun Shade
http://swfa.com/SWFA-SS-42mm-Sun-Shade-P498.aspx - SWFA SS 42mm Sun Shade
Stock # - SHDHO44
  • Matte
  • 2.25"
  • Stackable
$19.95
http://swfa.com/SWFA-SS-10x42-Tactical-Riflescope-P53712.aspx">SWFA SS 10x42 Tactical Riflescope http://swfa.com/images/ss10x42mq-rt_popup.jpg"> http://swfa.com/SWFA-SS-10x42-Tactical-Riflescope-P53712.aspx - SWFA SS 10x42 Tactical Riflescope
Stock # - SS10X42MQ
  • Matte Finish
  • Patented Mil-Quad Reticle
  • 30mm Tube
  • Rear Focus
  • OK for .50 cal
  • .10 Mrad
$299.95


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