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Weaver Scope

Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
A friend has a weaver scope that needs repair. Are they still in business?
Dealer told him water got inside and if he opened it up the gas would leak out. How can water get in without gas not getting out?
Is there a place that repairs scopes reasonable? Thanks

Jim
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can any one comment good or bad on a weaver v24 scope? Thinking of buying one to put on my 22-250 for varmit hunting. THANKS.
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can anyone out there help me with information on an old Weaver scope? The model is 334 and the base is a TO 3. I would like to know the vintage and gun that the TO 3 base fits. Thanks in advance.
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Customer came in with an older Weaver K10-03 w/adj. objective.
    Scope appears to be a one piece tube with fine crosshairs.
    It is in real nice shape.

    Anybody have any info on mfg. date and value?
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Weaver K10 scope has broken wires in the reticle. Is that economically worth getting repaired or would it be just as well to get another scope? Anyone out there do such repairs?
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a model 298 side mount scope and i was curious on the value of it as well as when it may have been made? It came on a winchester 30-30 Mode 94 i bought.
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a weaver 4 power steel tube scope. Towards the rear of the scope in white letters is says Weaver k4-1. On the left side of the scope just under the height adjustment in white letters it says Micro-Trac.
    How old would this scope be?
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can anyone tell me the approximate value of a Weaver K4-50 Scope, with 50th Anniversary model 1933-1983, and Gold colored profile of Bill Weaver on the windage & elevation caps. Thanks.
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My dad has a Weaver scope, model k450 limited edition, 50 year anniversary. We can not find any info about it. We would like to find out what it is worth. He also has the original catalog that came with it. It is new/excellent condition, in the original box. Do you know anything about it?
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    does anyone know if the weaver scopes like the T- series are made in the usa or elsewhere...
    thanks in advance
    RichG,....
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've never used one, but I've never heard any negative comments on the new Weaver scopes on any of the forums on the internet.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • silentmarksmansilentmarksman Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am a 22-250 varminter myself, so I know the agony of finding the right scope to complement the rest of your set-up. In my experience, the old steel tube Weavers were the best ever made by the company. Haven't cared for them since. I have had the opportunity to have quite a few different rifles/scope combos and I don't think you can beat a Leupold. If price is your worry then check out CheaperThanDirt.com. You can purchase the affordable Var-x II for a little over $200.00 or the Var-x III for $400-$570.00 depending on reticle, finish and power. You won't regret the money you spend. Remember that this is like anything else, you get what you pay for.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have several of the older Weaver scopes and they were decent to very good scopes FOR THEIR TIME. They can't hold a candle to some of the better scopes of today. They simply did not have the full multi coatings, and the glass is not better than the glass of today. In optics, you can buy inexpensive instruments that are better than anything you could buy at any price (excepting perhaps Unertl) 40 years ago. Take a look at www.bearbasin.com for another reliable source of scopes at as good of prices as I can find anywhere.
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  • john carrjohn carr Member Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can't comment on the newer Weavers but had a K-6 mounted on a Winchester .220 Swift in the 60's. Zeroed it 2" high at 100 yards, never had to touch it after that. Took coyotes and red tailed hawks. (When the hawks were legal.) Longest shot was a red tail. Held in the head area. Paced the shot off at 380 yards. What more could you ask?
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  • grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm still using a Remington 722 in .222, with a ten power weaver w/ao head, never had a problem. They are fairly cheap at shows.
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  • Little AlLittle Al Member Posts: 100 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the input.Between the Bearbasin and Natchezss catologs for scope prices one should not have to look much farther.
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  • silentmarksmansilentmarksman Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You may want to compare cheaperthandirt and natchezss for they beat each other on different models.
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  • 25-0625-06 Member Posts: 382 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sir, from my experience with the newer Weaver 4-16's on several rifles, I would not be afraid to try the 6-24. I have one 4-16 on a 7mm STW that has around 250 shots through it and no problems. The brightness may not match a Vari X-III, but I have not compared them at the same time either. But they are about half the cost also.
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