Non adjustable rifle scopes ; like in WWI and WWII

[A3 Pseudo Scout]

Two questions, and they go together:

1. Is there a modern equivalent (over-the-counter) of the scope attachments that adjusted the scope for elevation and deflection (windage)?
Modern scopes have adjustments inside the scope.

2. Is there a modern scope that has no built-in adjustments?

Jeff Cooper lamented the loss of the simplicity and robustness of those two items. He said that at Gunsite, there were few rifle classes that did not have scope malfunctions. He advocated a scope that had the reticle etched on the glass; not a wire inside the glass. The elevation and deflection adjustments were to be made by the scope mounts.
Please lead me to any posts in this forum and links outside.
I thank you,
Dave

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[Aragorn243]

I've been using the same $20 rifle scope on my rifle for 30 years in all sorts of weather conditions and have never had a failure with it. I also have scopes on a dozen other rifles, none of which can be called top of the line although one is a Weaver and is probably the best that I own. Not a single malfunction with any of them.

[gsimmons]

Leatherwood makes a Winchester A5 type scope and I think there is a new version of the Unertl.

[Peter Laidler]

A good example of a non-adjustable rifle scope is the SUSAT sight on the SA80 rifle and other things. Without doubt,m a GOOD prismatic sight but all the adjustment has to take place externally. This means that by definition, it can only be mounted on three points. A left/right screwed axis and another screwed elevating axis at the rear. While the sight is good, the method of mounting is crap

[Cosine26]

If I remember correctly, B&L made a fully adjustable mount for scopes having no internal adjustments in the late 1950' or 1960's. I believe that they also made a non adjustable scope to go with it.
I do not believe that they were used durig either war.
There are four scopes listed by B&L in the 1969 Stogers Catalog that require external adjusting mounts. They varied in price from $49.95 for the 2 1/2 power BALTUR to $99.95 for the variable 2 1/2 to 8 X BALVAR 8. Mounts weres ole seerately and were identified as the "Custom Mounts". They could be had in one piece @ &24.95) or two piece ( @ &16.95) versions.
FWIW

[browningautorifle]

A current sight would be the C79 optical sight in use in the Canadian C7 rifle. External adjustments only.

[jmoore]

Jeff Cooper was a bit off in this lament. Most externally adjustable scopes are MORE fragile than what later replaced them! And the old Unertls and Winchester/Lyman types had to be returned to a mechanical stop each shot to repeat zero at all. Forget to slide the scope back to it's stop and suffer the consequences. What Chairman Jeff wanted was good gear. At the time most domestic scopes were not rugged at all in a military sense.

The British No.32/L1a1 scope was tough enough to survive near on 40 years of service. I reckon the Unertl 10x MST100 is of the same tradition.

Old style but in current production? Malcolm scopes are decent retro gear.

[Aragorn243]

Jeff Cooper was a bit off in this lament. Most externally adjustable scopes are MORE fragile than what later replaced them! And the old Unertls and Winchester/Lyman types had to be returned to a mechanical stop each shot to repeat zero at all. Forget to slide the scope back to it's stop and suffer the consequences. What Chairman Jeff wanted was good gear. At the time most domestic scopes were not rugged at all in a military sense.

I use scopes almost exclusively for hunting and it's always been my experience that the problem with accuracy has been improper mounting, not the scope internals. If anything is loose, the scope will wander. External adjustments of the mounts would seem to introduce an entirely new issue with having to protect the mounts from contact and/or impact to prevent them from moving the scope.

[jmoore]

I use scopes almost exclusively for hunting and it's always been my experience that the problem with accuracy has been improper mounting, not the scope internals. If anything is loose, the scope will wander. External adjustments of the mounts would seem to introduce an entirely new issue with having to protect the mounts from contact and/or impact to prevent them from moving the scope.

All true, but I've seen many hunting scopes which have lost adjustment function, shift zero (up to 12 MOA) with power changes, have had lenses come adrift, fog internally, and have been bent. Variable power scopes seem particularly bad, and that apples to new stuff as well. Some don't hold zero with power changes even when new. And that's not just cheap stuff either. The old saw that your optic ought to cost as much or more than the rifle is not a bad guide, but I fought it for the longest time.

(Weaver scopes have been and appear to be now good value optics, but I know where there's a box of dead ones, including one with the adrift lens drama. Too bad, because it was a nice LER stainless scope that would be loverly on a 629 S&W.)

[Aragorn243]

All true, but I've seen many hunting scopes which have lost adjustment function, shift zero (up to 12 MOA) with power changes, have had lenses come adrift, fog internally, and have been bent. Variable power scopes seem particularly bad, and that apples to new stuff as well. Some don't hold zero with power changes even when new. And that's not just cheap stuff either. The old saw that your optic ought to cost as much or more than the rifle is not a bad guide, but I fought it for the longest time.

I've never spent much for a rifle scope. Half I have came with the rifle they are on, the Weaver being one of those, the rest are about the least expensive scope I could find at the time. Mostly due to economics I suppose. I purchased a Savage 99 30 years ago and put a $19.99 Bushnell Sportview 3-9 variable on it and it's been there ever since. I've carried that rifle long enough that the bluing is mostly gone from the receiver. The scope has one noticeable dent in it that I don't recall when or where occurred. The exterior logo fell off about 15 years ago and the internal rings showing which way to turn the adjustment screws both came loose many years ago. The scope however still works like the day I bought it. I haven't moved it more than 1 or 2 clicks in any direction at its annual sighting in for as long as I can remember. It has outlasted my eyes as I can no longer set it higher than 6 now because of my changing focus points.

I have seen scopes that have failed. I guess I've just been lucky myself.