I still use a Weaver k2.5 on my unmentionable, have since 75. Biggest field of view, longest eye relief of any scope I've ever looked at. Weaver steel scopes were really top of the line.At one time you could get a Weaver Scope ( steel models American made ) repaired at the Weaver facility in El Paso Texas. They were only open 5 hours a day. I had a job to do for a customer in El Paso so i took a Weaver scope with me with a damaged cross hair for them to repair ( I got it in a trade ). The gentleman told me that model was a POS. I would never be satisfied with it, however in his case he had a fixed 10X AOBJ steel cased Weaver scope he would rebuild and but any cross hair i wanted in for $150.00 plus shipping. It now resides on my Stevens model 44 1/2 single shot bull barreled 22 LR rifle i restored. I could not have been happier. Unfortunely they are now closed forever. What a damn waste.
DL
My first big game scope was a J 2 1/2 Weaver. I bought it secondhand in 1959 for $10 . I things it had advantages that I missed my whole life, being short and not very long with good eye relief, it sure wasn't in the way for anything. It's largest drawback was, that sometimes depending upon your mount, the crosshairs were not always centered as they moved independently of each other. I still own it, it still works and I also have I think at least one b4 Weaver. That's the way things are, I'll never use them again but they're good for nostalgia. I guess the sad thing is I probably don't have that much time left, and I'm sure my kids will just dump them when I'm gone. They're probably all at least 70 years old.Squint i also still have a Weaver 4X steel scope that has the TV screen front lens. I keep it for nastagia.
DL
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