+1 vintage weavers
I've got some old Weaver K4's as well. What a great, low cost basic hunting scope.
I'm partial to old German scopes too. They seem to suck in all available light.
A friend of mine has a surplus Mosin Nagant with an old PU 3.5x scope. That one is amazingly clear and bright for such a small light form factor. 3.5x is pretty good as a hunting magnification. The seem to be fairly inexpensive on Ebay, and new ones are still being produced in Russia. I've thought about trying one of those, but I think they have an odd tube diameter of 26.5mm or somesuch.
I'm sure all of the new scopes from the major German, Russian, and US players are all excellent. Too expensive for me though. The scopes in US retail chains seem too cheaply made. Vintage gets you quality and price.
I've got some old Weaver K4's as well. What a great, low cost basic hunting scope.
I'm partial to old German scopes too. They seem to suck in all available light.
A friend of mine has a surplus Mosin Nagant with an old PU 3.5x scope. That one is amazingly clear and bright for such a small light form factor. 3.5x is pretty good as a hunting magnification. The seem to be fairly inexpensive on Ebay, and new ones are still being produced in Russia. I've thought about trying one of those, but I think they have an odd tube diameter of 26.5mm or somesuch.
I'm sure all of the new scopes from the major German, Russian, and US players are all excellent. Too expensive for me though. The scopes in US retail chains seem too cheaply made. Vintage gets you quality and price.