Old Weaver K-4 scope info needed!

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Hi all, found a nice old Weaver K-4 60-C made in El Paso Texas, for an old Savage 99 I aquired recently. My question is, do these old Weaver's have a centered reticule or are they the old style reticule that moves when adjusted. You know, if you move the adjustment down and left, will you see the crosshairs low and left in the scope when you look through it? At the moment the crosshairs are centered nicely in the scope and it has been on a rifle from the look of it. I am scope ignorant! Thanks!
 
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Bob- I have several of the old Weaver K and V series that were Mfd. in El Paso. The cross hairs all stay centered in all of these. The only problen that I have with them is that My old eyes have a hard time using the very fine hairs that some of them have.
Other than that I think they are very good.

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``Terry``
 
Thanks for the info guy's! I know what you mean by the fine crosshairs 1943. This one has a dot center that I can see! Reason for asking is when mounted the scope looks like its pointed downward, it has the correct Weaver mounts front and rear. Maybe its the contoured Savage reciever that gives it that look but is sure looks like it. Figured I would have to do a lot of elevation cranking if it is! Thanks again!
 
I've had several Weaver scopes through the years and they also performend well for me.
 
Nice find! I have a K-4 from 1950 that came mounted to the Remington 722 .257 Roberts my dad gave me when I was 16. I did replace that scope with a Leupold 4x (M-8 I believe) because when shooting hours changed to 1/2 hour before sunrise, I couldn't see the crosshairs for the first 15 minutes. I don't usually deer hunt witht he old .257 anymore, so I should put that K-4 back where it belongs. I thought those Weaver rings were a bit unusual -- They are a one-piece ring. The strap comes off the bottom block, over the top of the scope and down. It only has screws to tighten down the ring to the scope on one side.
 
bob, i'm sure your scope has the permanetly centered reticles. the early post war scopes still had the reticles you could actually see move and would not be centered if much adjustment was needed. i still use a couple of old ones that do that and it is odd to look thru them. lee
 
I have an old K4 with the post and horizontal line. The post does actually move, but not so's you'd notice it. It does not have all of the bells and things of modern scopes, but is it ever rugged!
I recently acquired a somewhat newer K6 (but still old) and I am starting to think that for the vast majority of things I do with a rifle a fixed power 4 or 6X is plenty good. I put the K6 on a new FN "Tactical" .308, and I was amazed at the accuracy. I knew I had a MOA rifle, but first trime out I got a .9" group, that required very minimal adjustment to be dead on center POA/POI. It looks kind of funny, that old blued steel tube with the funny little adjustment knobs, on that rifle, but it is NOT going anywhere!
 
I have one. It is a pretty good scope but is not as bright as my Leupolds.
 
If you need any repairs on your Weaver or several other brands of now discontinued scopes, there is a list posted here of people doing repairs:

T. K. LEE CO. - Custom Dot Reticles

Incidentally, this is the website of the old T.K. Lee company that installed so many of their "Lee Dots" in scopes back in the day.
 
Early scopes had the type of crosshair movement you describe. Even the very early Unertl Hawk fixed 4 powers moved the crosshairs as you describe.

giz
 
Weaver scopes

Well, I am almost 8 years late to the conversation, but someone might read this and get info. Weaver K models made from 1946 to 1955 had conventional crosshairs that moved when adjusted (final model like this was the "60"). The 1956 introduction of the "60-B" model was the first with constantly-centered reticles. All that followed had this feature, including "C", "D", "E", etc.
 
Also,,,If you have an old one, forget about repairs to it.
I had an old one that the cross hairs were faulty, an there was no one who had parts and none that would repair.
So,,,,I bought a new scope. Problem solved.
 
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