Comments?

Spotted this one, looks a bit different from mine although this is a Mk.1Attachment 36926

I've seen a few like this. It was a commercial mod carried out during the 50's/60's to increase the field of view. Apparently, it didn't what it was meant to do very successfully because the stop-down shield (the bit on the ocular end of the erector cell) prevented the FoV from widening much more. Interesting though.

Easy to fix back to standard though

Thanks Peter, I was hoping you'd chime in, as usual it is being passed off as original.........that's life.

It was not altogether uncommon for other scopes, particularly Weaver scopes in the US. Here's an early K2.5 Weaver converted to eight power:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...stuff012-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...stuff024-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...stuff019-1.jpg
The optics in this case are actually pretty good even if the photo isn't the best. But the adjustments are still coarse.

But the No.32 conversion I've never seen. Is there a maker's marking on the conversion shown above?

This is a current Ebay auction, so comment is limited, but going by the posted pic's, no.