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NSP64
11-13-2009, 09:45 PM
I was looking at a rifle and it had a realist 3x9 scope with fine reticle. I have looked and couldn't find much info. Has anyone owned or seen one?
Bret4207
11-14-2009, 08:02 AM
They were quite common in my area in the 70's. I think they were a house brand- Western Auto, Sears, Mont. Wards, maybe JC Penney. Made in Japan, run of the mill inexpensive scope.
Mohillbilly
11-14-2009, 09:36 AM
Does it say David White Co. on it ?
NSP64
11-14-2009, 12:31 PM
it says realist usa in 3 places around the eyepiece.
MtGun44
11-14-2009, 04:52 PM
I think that was Western Auto's in house brand. Like Bret says, ordinary low bucks Jap
scope. Not usually particularly bad or good.
Bill
If you still have it would you consider selling it??
Thanks Nap
kailua custom
08-07-2010, 02:42 PM
Hey Nap!!
If you don`t want iit I do! A friend of mine was in a rather elite [Long Range Radio something or other]Marine outfit in Nam way back in the mid-late 60s. He had one on a Remington I believe he said. It was a cammed scope and VERY good according to him. He than the Unertl!
Aloha, Mark
buck1
08-08-2010, 03:24 PM
If it says usa and its a older scope it may be alright.
beemer
08-08-2010, 05:32 PM
I found the Realist scopes in a copy of Old Rifle Scopes. They were imported from '65-'74 but doesn't state where from. They also worked with Leatherwood and introduced the ATR.
Dave
stephen perry
08-09-2010, 10:08 PM
My Shooters Bible 1971-74 has 3 pages of Realist Scopes that alone tells you they were a quality scope. Revelation was house brand for Western Auto guns and scopes. In my 1974 Shooters Bible Leupold 3x9 scope was $104 Realist 3x9 scope was $103, not just another cheap Japanese scope.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR
swheeler
08-12-2010, 10:01 AM
Here's the quote from Nick Stroebel's book,"Old Rifle Scopes","Starting in 1965, Realist Inc., Menomomie Wis., imported a quality line of hunting telescopic sights. All feature constantly centered reticles, nitrogen-filled alloy tubes,and the choice of crosswire,post and crosswire or dot reticles. Sun shades were available for $6.95 extra. In 1968, after reaching an agreement with its designer, Jim Leatherwood, Realist introduced the first American-made ART(Auto Ranging Telescope). Realist scopes are last cataloged in the 1974 Gun Digest."
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