Older scope info

[beechbum444]

Afternoon: been looking at older scopes, is there any place, website , book something that has info on older scopes, i.e... junk stay away from or good hunting scope for the price , good buy ... just seems like the low end ones today are 100$ and decent ones are more thinking there are some good scopes out there that there's no one wants because there are considered vintage but are great scopes

[WehrmannsGeweher]

There is very little out there that is accurate. Good scopes include: Weaver (El Paso), Leupold, Redfield (Denver), Lyman, Unertl, Kollmorgen & Bausch&Lomb. I deal in these, so if have specific questions, pls PM me and I'll try to help.

[gewehrfreund]

Those mentioned can all be good choices. Pretty hard to go wrong with an older Leupold. I've never had a bad one, and if you do, Leupold will make it good with their lifetime guarantee.
I also have lots of Weavers, Lymans, Burris, Redfields, Bausch&Lomb, and Kollmorgens (26mm tube, so you have to be mindful that some of the early scopes were not 1" and will require non-standard rings; most of the early European scopes also had 26mm or larger tubes)

I always try to pair older guns with an age correct scope. A big newer scope on an a classic older rifle just doesn't look right.

[wv109323]

Some like the older Tasco that were made in Japan.

[uscra112]

Steel Weavers and the Bausch & Lomb BAL*** series with the double-cone mounts.