Had our monthly OAC gun show this morning, and weather was fantastic, so crowd and table holders were both thin! But I'm thinking about leaving when a guy walks up to my table and asks if I'm interested in an old John Sidle scope! Well of course I am, as I don't own one and want to! I looked it over, and optics were perfect, 6x power, and exterior and mounts are just as nice. Late 1800's vintage, and Sidle died around the beginning of WWI.
As I was looking it over, and wondering if I wanted to pay his asking price, or try to make an offer maybe $50-$75 less, he tells me he'll knock $200 off if I want it! So it came home with me!
The guy thanks me and walks away, and a minute later another guy walks up and ask if I want his scope? It's modern, and the brand is "Leapers" which I figured must be some Chinese made or whatever? I ask what's wrong with it as I'm looking through the scope, and he says the illuminated reticle doesn't work. But he tells me it's free if I want it! So hey a free scope is good, even if it's maybe cheap!
I thanked him, and put it under my table. But before I did I turned the illumination knob from it's highest setting to "0" setting mark. I got home and looked it up, and appears Leapers make all levels of price range from under $100 to $1600! Yikes! This one appears to be one of their mid level priced around $265. So I figured maybe I'd buy a new battery for it? But I turn the power knob from "0" to one of the low settings, and it lights right up! I tried all the level settings from 1 thru 11 and it gets brighter, and seems to work great! It seems the guy left it turned on when he was done shooting, and drained the battery! It may be weak, and not stay lit long, but I'll go ahead and get a new battery and see what to put it on. It's basically like new, and seems to have great optics! 3x-9x variable power.
Didn't sell much today, but two good scopes made for a great day!