Sympathetic scope for a Swedish Mauser?

[Lashenden]

My middle-aged eyesight means it's no longer much fun to use iron sights, so the inevitable shift to optics has to begin and I'm thinking about putting a scope on my 1944 Husqvarna M96. I've tried and rejected the LER 'scout mount' route in favour of the Accumounts M41B copy. I'm not interested in making a expensive M41 clone with an original Ajack scope (far too expensive and far too hard to source), but I would like the result to be 'in the spirit' of the rifle itself. What 1950s/60s scopes would work well? I like Pecar scopes, but I think a Pecar would look a bit odd on a side mount. What else has similar optics and would be in keeping with a 40s rifle?

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[Ernest T]

Weaver K4.

[daleboy]

Another vote for a Weaver K...I have a K 2.5 and a K 1.5-4.5 both look right at home on my Swedes .

[browningautorifle]

I too have an older steel body K4 and highly recommend it. It's a simple crosshair and fixed four...you can adjust the Ocular Lens to your vision deformity and then when it comes up it's perfect...

[Lashenden]

So sorry to have ignored everyone's helpful answers - been wrestling work deadlines for weeks, haha. Okay, Weaver K4 it is!
Thanks for the input, everyone.

[harry mac]

Log on to E-Bay.de and type "zielfernrohr" into the search bar, then scroll down the categories and select sammeln und seltenes, and see what crops up. You may well find an old Zeiss or Hensolt sight that fits the bill. Just make sure it's not got a mounting rail (schiene) underneath.

[Lashenden]

Thanks Harry. That's very good advice for the future. As it happens I've just bought an old 'Franconia' S&B 6x42 from Germany. It's the right age-bracket, dimensions and reticle, has a 26mm tube and it's elevation-only, so in theory it ticks all the boxes and it was cheap enough not to be a disappointment if I don't get on with it. I'll see how that works, but if it doesn't do the job, I'll certainly try eBay.de.

[RobD]

Lashenden, I'm in the process of doing the same thing, for the same reasons - I settled on a steel-bodied Swarovski which sort-of looks the part. My reason for posting is to warn you in advance that the accumounts side-rail may not be remotely well-fitting when it comes, or, rather, it fits the contour of the receiver well, but then it is not remotely over the bore or horizontal; it may need a lot of filing. So you may need a good 'smith to fit it for you, and to bend your bolt...
Rob