Scope collecting?

[Goony]

Just wondering if there are any other scope "junkies" out there. I'd been keeping my accumulating of these pretty low-key until the past couple weeks, during which all of a sudden I've picked up a nice older Leupold, a Lyman All-American and an Alaskan, and just today, two each really clean Weaver KV's and Redfield 4X Widefield's. Four scopes in one day is certainly a new high (or low, depending on how you look at it) for me.

I'd been scoring the occasional Weaver scope, mostly for .22's, and a few 1" 60's to 70's era Japanese scopes of various brands. But I really like the vintage American stuff. My best find up to now in that vein had been a minty Weaver T-10.

Is there a support group for this affliction?

 

[cowboy45]

My freind, you don't have a clue as to what my fathes collects. El paso Weavers. Denver Redfeilds, Unertl, Lymans and etc.If you are looking for something, let me know.

 

[Cyrano]

I don't collect them as such, but I have rifles that need scopes so I usually go for vintage Weavers. I have a couple of K 10s, one of which I bought new in 1961, and a K 12, with the micro-whatever adjustments that are said to be more precise. Really like the Weavers, and it was a sad day when the Weaver repair place here packed up ( They had all the Weaver parts, but both the man and wife were too old and had health problems). I learned quickly they knew their stuff: I called with a question about a K 10 I'd just bought, and found she knew a lot more about Weaver scopes than I did.

 

[chud333]

Goony, While i don't really collect them i'm always looking
for newer and better glass for my rifles. Picked up my first
Zeiss this past week and i love it. I've always been a Leupold
man ever since i started scoping my rifles for our yearly
prairie dog shoots. Great glass for the money.
Don't really know much about the vintage stuff. But if it's
anything like guns you are in trouble....

Chuck

 

[Combat]

Don't really collect them but I have a few. There is some good optics in them old scopes.

 

[Gaffer]

I have about 45-50 scopes from vintage Weavers to Unertls. More than half are Leupolds, some early Redfields, Lymans, Simmons, Tasco's, BSA's, Davis, Weatherby, Bushnell and a couple others that I don't remember the name of. As a competitive shooter I learned to rely on Leupold, Unertl and Lyman. Am too old now to be that competitive but I still like to keep them as it makes me feel good. Yes, It is a disease of sorts. Eye candy I guess!

 

[H Richard]

Gaffer, I understand where you are coming from. I only wish I could still shoot good enough to justify the Unertle on my Anschutz. I can still get into a prone position, but then I can't get back up!

 

[Goony]

Don't really know much about the vintage stuff. But if it's
anything like guns you are in trouble....

I can quit any time I want to. Why are you laughing? Really, I can. I just don't want to.

It's all this book's fault, anyway.

 

[jrm53]

I buy stainless steel Weaver (El Paso) scopes when I find them, I have 3 of the s.s pistol scopes 1.00 dia and the most expensive was a k-4 Weaver with the Micro-trac adjustments, it was the only one I have ever seen come up for sale, all came with Weaver s.s rings also like the K-12's Have a late model, still El Paso T-36 that I sent to TK Lee in Alabama to put a fine dot in, they dont get any better than the old Weavers. Jeff