I know this is an old post. But I happened across it.
Nikon Omega on Ruger #1 - 24hourcampfire
This links shows pictures of a Nikon Omega 3-9x on a #1. This is an excellent scope for the #1. It has 5 inches of eye relief. That eye relief is constant at 5 inches from 3x to 9x. That...
The Monarch scopes from Nikon are now being
produced in Japan again. Don't know if it is
a Nikon factory, or just jobbed out to someone else's factory. But I have a recent
Monarch in 6.5-20x and it is "made in Japan".