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Turnbull Meets Vintage Gun Scopes
The result is a brand new rifle made to look old, an old scope brought back to better than new standards, and yet it all seems like it was born on the same day.
The Retro Redfields
Their striking look transcends generations in rifles, making them look great not only on the guns of their day but backwards and forwards at least 10 years
Weaver K6-60B on a Browning Model 1885
Richard Collins matched this Weaver K6-60B with his Browning Model 1885 in 30-06 with a 26” tapered hexagon barrel for long range shooting.
2019 New Year’s Resolution, Grandpa Albert’s 99
After he shot his toe off due to the misfire of the 30.40 Krag, he promptly sold it and purchased a Savage 99F.
What makes a VGS scope different?
….We grade every scope for cosmetics and functionality. If the seal has failed we disassemble, interior clean, collimator check and nitrogen purge.
22 Henry with a Lyman 4x All-American
Jason Pullar matched a Lyman 4x All American to his 22 Henry and couldn’t be happier!
Vintage Hunting Conclusion
The rest of the day we were spoiled with constant small groups of ducks looking for a new place to set down.
Vintage Build-1980 Elk Hunter's Dream Rifle.
That’s how it worked back then. My how times have changed.
Vintage Hunting Part II
Today though, on my 50th Birthday, I was hunting with my son using an old vintage build in the same area where I learned to hunt as a kid.
Vintage Hunting Part I
I was going to have to climb out of my tree and belly crawl past 30 other deer and 100 turkeys that had congregated before going to roost. That’s when my hunt really got vintage…
Remington Woodsmaster 740 with a Weaver K4
Terry Flynn sent these pictures of his period-perfect
Vintage Build-Don't break the bank, but make it look like you did.
This one is almost sure to be the prettiest shotgun in your neck of the woods this fall. It’s glamorous look will make it seem like you broke the bank, even though you didn’t.
Dad's First Deer, Mom's First Deer, My First Deer. Breathing New Life Into a Family Heirloom
For a family heirloom with hundreds of fond memories built into its huge sentimental value you might want to keep that scratch in the stock that you made while crawling through the plum thickets to retrieve your first buck.
Vintage Build-DON'T BOUNCE OFF NOTHIN'
In the 1950's very few hunters carried large calibers. In fact, a .300 was almost unheard of in normal hunting circles, making a .300 H&H a rare find in a Remington 721. This month we built a period-correct combination…
POST WAR CUTTING EDGE DEER HUNTER
During WWII companies like Remington and Weaver had increased their workforce as much as 20-fold to help save the free world. Yes, the same one that would hate them for some reason a few decades later.
The Coolest Part of a Vintage Gun Just Might be the Scope.
Collecting vintage guns is fun. Setting them up with period correct optics is even more fun. Especially when you are collecting in the golden years of optics.
1978 HOT ROD
If you owned this combination back in the day, you probably thought you were the bomb of long range hunting...and you probably were.
SIMPLICITY
In 1948 Remington introduced its bolt action 721. This rifle would come to define hunting accuracy for decades. In the post-WWII era scopes were still hard to afford yet hunters and shooters were looking for more accuracy and adjustment than iron sights offered.