Modern vintage looking scope advice?

[Jbar280]

Hi everyone. I was recently gifted a couple of cool 1950's vintage Mauser rifles that were owned by my great uncle Bill. One is a .30-338 and the other is a 7mm Mag. He lived in California and used them to hunt deer in CA and Elk in Colorado and other places. Anyway, neither gun retains the original scope so I was thinking to either get a vintage scope or probably a more modern but appropriate scope like a fixed power Leupold or Weaver with a gloss finish. It doesn't look like gloss finishes are available for the most part these days. Anyway, I thought I would throw the question out to the forum. Any recommendations?

On a side note, here is a pic of the guns (.30-338 has the maple stock). A pic of my uncle bill with an elk and the 7mm and a pic of the receipt for the .30-338. Gun smithing was Sam May of Apex rifles fi both. How bout those prices!

-Jim

 

[Dean2]

Very cool. You can find older gloss scopes for sale fairly often if ytyou look for them. High end Bushnells, 4500 or 6500, Redfields, Weavers and Leupolds are the most common. I looked everywhere for a current production Gloss scope, I could not find a single prioducer, let alone a quality scope in gloss any more. I bought s cou[ple of gloss Swaro, one gloss Zeiss and 2 gloss Leupold VXIII. A little patience and they weren't that hard to find. Best of luck. I like the old pictures and the original bill of sale.

 

[WildRose]

Two beautiful rifles.

Take a look on ebay, you can often find very high quality German Scopes from that Era in great condition for very reasonable prices.

If you want to go more modern, then older VX3 Leupolds are a very good fit.

 

[Handymike]

I have a 1970s era Redfield Widefield 2x7. If interested PM me. Very good condition
Mike

 

[WildRose]

I have a 1970s era Redfield Widefield 2x7. If interested PM me. Very good condition
Mike

Is it the one with the TV screen rear objective? Those were neat looking and just pretty darned good scopes.

 

[Weaver93]

I've looked at this site a couple times. Not sure how legit, but have some interesting items.

Vintage Gun Scopes

Vintage Weaver, Redfield and other Vintage Rifle Scopes, Guns, scope rings and mounts for sale.

www.vintagegunscopes.com

BTW: the receipt would be about $2,700 in today's dollars

 

[BillLarson]

Beautiful rifles.Old world craftsmanship...
I,m curious... I think that is real ivory inlays...
I have a similar rifle with ivory and was interesting in the legal ramifications for insurance and buying and selling ivory...

 

[Blancoalex]

Have nice old Weaver K4 , can send pics of interested tomorrow evening.

 

[Weaver93]

Beautiful rifles.Old world craftsmanship...
I,m curious... I think that is real ivory inlays...
I have a similar rifle with ivory and was interesting in the legal ramifications for insurance and buying and selling ivory...

https://www.fws.gov/guidance/sites/guidance/files/documents/What%20Can%20I%20Do%20With%20My%20Ivory.pdf

 

[Terry Lightle]

Usually quite a few Leupold VARIX III gloss scopes on ebay

 

[Handymike]

Is it the one with the TV screen rear objective? Those were neat looking and just pretty darned good scopes.

Yes, will take a picture and post it. Has Leopold rings and drilled base
Mike

 

[WildRose]

Yes, will take a picture and post it. Has Leopold rings and drilled base
Mike

We had several of those for many years, I know them quite well. My first scope was an old 3-9 widefield.

 

[Jbar280]

I hadn't even thought about the potential ivory on the stock. I haven't ever seen a stock quite like this one.

For the gentleman with the k4 - sure, I would be interested to see some pictures.

-Jim

 

[DLJ6]

Nice rifles! I recently put a 4–12 Zeiss Tera on a 1954 FN sporter in 257 Roberts is doesn't look mismatched. I also have had good luck purchasing older used gloss scopes on EBay.