The Agony and the Ecstacy....

[JGaynor]

Now here s something you don't see everyday..and it can be yours !!

Warner & Swasey Co. Telescopic Musket Sight Model 1913 - eBay (item 180476774947 end time Mar-08-10 19:01:59 PST)



Regards,

Jim

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[Emri]

......for surveying, mounted on a transit? Or did someone put that together? If made for that use, why is the scope mounted at an angle instead of level?

Emri

[JGaynor]

......for surveying, mounted on a transit? Or did someone put that together? If made for that use, why is the scope mounted at an angle instead of level?

Emri

Emri i can only speculate and suggest a couple of possibililities:

W-S was a manufacturer of precision tools and instruments like surveyors transits. I supoose its possible they might have converted some excess rifle scopes to this application. I think its unlikely.

More likely (IMO) its a one off conversion of a surplus scope. Somewhere I believe I saw a an old ad, dating to the 30's, where these scopes could be had for about $7.50 thru the mail.

Regards,

Jim

[Jim Tarleton]

Judging from its serial number, it is a Bubba put-together device.

Jim