old 21/2 weaver....sniper????
In 1962 when in my teens,my grandfather and i owned matching sav.250/3000s with weaver 21/2 scopes.He sent the scopes to a shop and had a very small dot installed w/very faint crosshairs. I think he sent them to Georgia??? we were in calrussia at the time. When he rode on to the happy hunting grounds he left his rifle with me.
The scope now fogs up and when i tried to have it fixed nobody has seen a scope with that small of a lee dot and they think the crosshairs have faded away because they are so faint.One old guy in a small gunshop in N.Ca. thinks it is from an old sniperscope??
any info. whatever will be really apreciated...phone #s, addresses, anything. it is an amazing setup for long shooting/small targets + the nostalgia factor. thanks,
lkenneldog
The scope now fogs up and when i tried to have it fixed nobody has seen a scope with that small of a lee dot and they think the crosshairs have faded away because they are so faint.One old guy in a small gunshop in N.Ca. thinks it is from an old sniperscope??
any info. whatever will be really apreciated...phone #s, addresses, anything. it is an amazing setup for long shooting/small targets + the nostalgia factor. thanks,
lkenneldog
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The sniper Weaver 330s had crosshairs. 0 -
It could be possible that the scope was once issued for use by snipers. When Remington developed the M1903A4 sniper version of the Springfield Rifle the Ordnance Dept. decided to purchase the optics "off the shelf" and chose the Weaver 330C commercial scope sight along with Redfield Junior bases. All of the first Weaver 330C scopes purchased by Uncle Sam bore standard commercial markings but later production units for the M1903A4 were marked M73B1, which was the military designation for the scope. Some of these early scope had a five diget number hand engraved on the right side of the scope body which is easily to faked so this really is not 100% proof the scope was GI. The Weaver did not prove popular in service and was very susceptible to moisture. It was planned to replace the Weaver with the Lyman made M81 and M82 scopes which had entered service with the new M1C Garand sniper rifle but it appears that this was not done until very late in WWII and it seems doubtful that any scope other than the Weaver saw use during WWII. v35, did you come across any M1903A4 sniper rifles in Korea and do you recall what scopes these were using?
Mark T. Christian0 -
The model K2.5 was also made during this time frame and has rather fine cross hairs. For repairs you might try:
W.S.R.S.
1121 Larry Mahan Drive
Suite B
El Paso, Texas 79925
If it is a K2.5 the value (not counting nostalgia) is only $35-$50.
My heros have always killed cowboys.0 -
We had three scopes TO&E designated for the Springfield A-4. Two different ring diameters were supplied for the Redfield Jr bridge mount to use the smaller diameter Weaver 330 and the larger diameter Lyman Alaskan and M81. The M81 military version of the Alaskan had a sliding eyeshade and tapered post reticule. The Weaver 330 and Lyman Alaskan scopes in 7th Division inventory were commercial scopes with blue finish and no military markings. Those that I saw had crosshair reticules. Lyman Alaskans came in commercial boxes.
Ordnance issued and repaired spotting scopes and rifle scopes except for the Snooperscope which for some reason was a Signal Corps controlled item.
There was considerable horse trading going on at every level, between companies and also between our Company the British Commonwealth Brigade. Some of it involved large equipment. One of our company officers notified me that there was a case of A-4s at Major Items in our unit. He said,"Get me one". Being the rifles were "missing" their bolts, I could only condemn the case and have them transferred to my shop where they were unbarrelled.
This event accounts for a caseload of A-4s floating around the US without their original barrels and wood. One A-4 action out there became a .270 sporter with an Anton Hubelek marked barrel on a Bishop stock. If anyone finds it, I'd like to buy it back.0 -
THANKS FOR YOUR REPLIES: MAYBE I SHOULD REPHRASE.......THESE WERE CIVILIAN SCOPES SOMEBODY REWORKED FOR US.
RE: REPAIR SHOP IN TEXAS...PHONE# OR EMAIL ANYONE??
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