At Vintage Gun Scopes, we don’t sell used scopes. We meticulously recondition our scopes so they can once again be relied on as they were before 50 years of aging stiffened grease and fogged glass. Each scope is reconditioned to like-new working order, meeting or exceeding factory specifications. Our handy guide will help you understand the components in each level of reconditioning offered when you purchase from Vintage Gun Scopes.

In 1930 Bill Weaver launched the sporting optics trajectory that we are still on to this day

I think the simplest way to remember this principle is to always ask yourself this question before drilling and tapping: “Am I turning this gun into cash or into fun?”

Matching a vintage rifle with a period correct scope and mounts creates a historical work of art, but also simplistic functionality that cannot be found anywhere else today.

To allow us to shoot our vintage guns and scopes again without the handicap of old glass has become our vision.

The plan was to put vintage looking optics back in the field on hunting rifles with substantive advantages in function and reliability without having the handicap of the 20th century glass.

Today the world is full of optics as complex as you want to go - dial to range and windage, night vision, even automatic rangefinding. But it all started in the early 1930’s when Bill Weaver decided to stop manufacturing license plates and tool up to bring hunting optics to the mainstream hunter.

If you made a list of the top 5 most robust, ahead-of-their-time optics of all time, you couldn’t make the list without the Alaskan making the list.

This was the first I’ve seen of the rifle I had heard so much about.

the thought of leaving the field edge, turning my power down from 5 to 2.75 and possibly having a close encounter with a rutting buck as I slip quietly back to camp on a frosty November morning gives me goose bumps

In 1956 Weaver patented the constantly centered reticle….

Well my first executive order after Montana called for a statewide shut in was to order up a .22 caliber bullet trap. 

….exceptionally fast rangefinding estimator plus holdover mechanism which, you could argue, could kill more deer and faster than many of the most modern methods of today….

As you can see by the chart below, depending on the scope you have, you can quickly, and I might add pretty darned accurately estimate range.

Do any of our military folks have firsthand knowledge of the Redfield mini’s purpose/use in the military?

It’s a very cool and pretty rare reticule that capitalizes on the superior functionality of a 4 plex in a hunting situation but with the additional cool factor

Our restored Weaver scopes are just that, restored; painstakingly and meticulously brought back to better than new condition but using 100% all original weaver parts.

for those of you who may have “flipped your lid” into the snow, off the cliff, out of the tree, into the lake, etc. we are offering most Weaver caps for sale in our store under the new “Caps” tab.

If there are any sailors out there that served in the 1950’s who can verify this theory, or Weaver factory employees that may have information about this, please email us at vintagegunscopes@summit360.guru.