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Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982461
12/11/19 11:34 PM
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Banana Republic
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Got an old weaver micro trac on a Remington model 4 that I'm gonna take this year...it was my my FIL not sure on date but I'm pretty sure it's oldest one I got.


They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Ben Franklin
Re: Oldest scope [Re: BhamFred] #2982463
12/11/19 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BhamFred
children..

I still shoot a pre-war (WWII) German Ajakenkroll scope. 7.5 fixedX55mm with a very heavy post. 80+ year old scope, refurbished in 1970. Hell of a low light scope.

Awesome.i bet if you carried that to a gun show everyone in there would be drouling.thats a hell of a cool hunting scope

Last edited by 3% outdoorsman; 12/11/19 11:39 PM.
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982466
12/11/19 11:41 PM
12/11/19 11:41 PM
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Alabaster, AL
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Alabaster, AL
3x9 Tasco. My son killed his first 3 with it and i killed my first 1 with it. I think it was bought in 1987?

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Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982543
12/12/19 07:29 AM
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Concho, Arizona (formerly livi...
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Concho, Arizona (formerly livi...
An old El Paso made Weaver K2.5 on a Handy Rifle in 30-30 made in about the late fifties.

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Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982601
12/12/19 08:39 AM
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Birmingham
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Birmingham
Have a Leupold gloss VX-III 2.5-8x36 that I purchased new in 1986 on my Ruger Tanger RSI M77, .243. It has taken a coyote at 249yds.
Have a German Pecar Berlin 2.5-7x32 on an early 70's military import Sako Model L579 Forester, .243. Works perfectly, very clear.
Have a 1972 Weaver , made in USA, steel tube, V7 fixed; just sent it in too Bushnell. Has gotten a little foggy. hope they can fix it.

Last edited by wew3006; 12/12/19 09:01 AM.
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982610
12/12/19 08:46 AM
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Boaz,AL
My daddys 70 or 80 somethin 3x9x50 nikon...still good to go


"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982616
12/12/19 08:51 AM
12/12/19 08:51 AM
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
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I’ve got a Bushnell on the old 30-30 that my grandad gave me when I was a kid. My dad bought the scope off a club member when I was 13 and I’m 49 now, 36 years and it’s still dead zero at 150 yards. The scope on my 30-06 is a bushnell that I’ve been using for past 25 years.


Finally deported myself from the peoples republik of Kaliforkistan.
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982622
12/12/19 08:59 AM
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Vxll 3x9x40 from the mid 80s on a pre 64 mod 70 in 30.06. Shot it a few days ago and it's still dead on. I haven't touched that scope in 25 or 30 years and it never changes. I don't know what mounts it is in but I am sure they weren't expensive back when I bought them.

Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982625
12/12/19 09:08 AM
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Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen
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Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen
Browning fixed power scope (oval eyepiece) pretty sure it's 70s model



Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!

Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982633
12/12/19 09:18 AM
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Florida
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Florida
I still have a 3x9 redfield/widefield mounted on a gun we don't use anymore. Probably mid 70's

Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982895
12/12/19 01:56 PM
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Gate City
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Gate City
I have a 1980 Bushnell Sportview mounted to the same rifle since around 1980/1981. The glass is terrible compared to today's standards but it has NEVER lost zero since I have owned it. It was a cheap scope back then too... That's why I don't buy into the whole excess spending on scopes thing...


If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now. -Clark
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982977
12/12/19 03:29 PM
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My oldest is a Redfield Widefield 2x-7x I bought when I was 18, I'm 62 now. It still works great.

Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982980
12/12/19 03:29 PM
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My oldest is a Redfield Widefield 2x-7x I bought when I was 18, I'm 62 now. It still works great.

Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2982989
12/12/19 03:33 PM
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Florence, Al
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Florence, Al
Got a Tasco my dad bought in 1980

4x40 with that big e egg shaped FOV

Still as clear on that 4x as any high dollar scope I own and holds zero


BTR Scorer in NW Alabama

Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2983028
12/12/19 04:11 PM
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Georgia and Missouri
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Georgia and Missouri
I would have to check the manufacturing date but I'm pretty sure my Weaver 4x is from the 60's. I have another one that I think is older but I upgraded that gun. mounted on a 760 gamemaster 270.

Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2983632
12/13/19 08:14 AM
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I have a Kahles Helia S with a steel tube, 3-12 x 56 mm and a couple of Zeiss marked West Germany.

Also have a Swarovski so old the box is light green.

I would rather have a 20+ year old Swarovski than most stuff made today by the asian scope makers.

Last edited by UncleHuck; 12/13/19 08:18 AM.
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2983773
12/13/19 11:20 AM
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I have a Kahles Helia L 3-12x 56mm that I bought in 1980. I also have a 8x56mm Swarovski with 1 inch steel tube that I bought used that is older. My wife's 742 carbine still has the Tasco 4 x40 I put on it in 1975.


Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2983780
12/13/19 11:29 AM
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In front of my lathe
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Don't know how old it is, but I have an old redfield accu range wide angle, that still holds zero and tracks well

Last edited by gundoc; 12/13/19 11:30 AM.

There are two types of gun enthusiasts ... Those who have been F#CKED by PTG and those who will be!

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Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2983798
12/13/19 11:54 AM
12/13/19 11:54 AM
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behind my Dillon
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behind my Dillon
Doesn't count but I shot a Sharps 45-120 with a 6x William Malcolm from back in the day.


Skinny is my EX.Alcohol was involved.
Re: Oldest scope [Re: Joe4majors] #2984163
12/13/19 08:21 PM
12/13/19 08:21 PM
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Pisgah Al
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The oldest I own is still my main scope, a 3x9x50 heavi reticle VariX2. It’s an early 90’s model.


Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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