Boys, got me a dandy German sniper scope at auction

[MelvinWalker]

Got this Zeiss Jena "Zielacht" 8X scope at an estate auction. Must have came from a WW2 vet, because there were some Nazi banners and bayonets at from the same estate.

All fittings and mounts are there and glass is fairly clean..just like Ed Harris used in Enemy at the Gates...From what I understand, these were never officially issued, but were private purchased by Waffen SS combat troops.

On the front of the tube is engraved "F.W Vandrey & Co Hamburg", which from my research was a fine arms dealer that sold luftwaffe drillings, fine shotguns and high end optics.

I got two more German scopes in the same lot...Another sniper scope that reads "DINOX 4X81" on one side of the turret and "W.BISCHOFF BRAUNSCHWIEG" on the other side.

Both are really decent condition for 90 year old scopes that went through a war and probably came home on a troop ship.

There is currently an 8 power on Ebay for $3800 and another for $2000...Apparently the 8 power "zielacht" is the rarest of all...Good grief.

Pics of the 8 power:

 

[hemiram]

My long since ex-GF's dad was a former Israeli sniper and he had one of these, or close to it, a BIG scope, on a German rifle loaded with swastikas and eagles, etc. I shot it one time, out in the desert. Popped a bunch of rotten honeydews and cantaloupes. My one talent at shooting is I have insanely steady hands and once I figured out how to hold the thing the right way, long shots, not the really long shots, were pretty easy. Her dad didn't like me much, but I got one and only one compliment from him in the almost 2 years were were a couple, "You have very steady hands, and would at least be a competant sniper". Wow. Other than that one nice thing, he zinged me constantly.