Warning - Fake No.32 MkIII on eBay

[Dens-Mil]

I had one of the repro's in my hand last weekend at a dutch show. The guy was selling them for 995.- euro's complete in box, tool and pads. The seller is one of hollands larges arms dealer and was selling the set as repro.

I have to say that the optics are superb, I might say better than my original.

The seller pointed me on the little errors they made.... But in the future they will go as 100% originals when you don't do your homework.

[jmoore]

If they work and aren't make as outright fakes but merely as new production (complete w/ the real mfgs logo- retro is OK) then I wouldnt mind buying two or three. As something made to deceive the unwary, I want no part of them.

If the maker has a decent product for sale to get the rifles servicable again why isn't he up front and sell them openly? These "mystery" origins bother me.

(For range use, the No.32 Mk.3 would be nice. That or an adjustment tool ought to be included, providing the maker gets "honest".)

[lee_enfield223]

I just did some searching on line and found this post about the no 32 sniper scope,I hope I didn't buy a dud !!! as I have a MK1 original on my No4 sniper and just wanted a spare anyway when it comes ill do a review on it for you guys, also I didn't hear about the copys till today,I knew about the ZF 39 zeiss copys and the pu's,also the m73's,but I thought the No32's would be too much work.

[tbonesmith]

Did you buy that particular one?

[lee_enfield223]

yes I bought the mark two scope when it comes Ill show you

[lee_enfield223]

I emailed the seller of these scopes through ebay and he posted this reply ebay item no 220611564903

Hello Sir,

Thank you for the information. I'm a erman scopes collector and I don't know anything about british scopes. I didin't know that british scopes repros exist. What a pitty... I'll will list it on my auction as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Laurent

[lee_enfield223]

the seller posted this update on his ebay item,,,
I'm not a british scopes collector so I don't have many informations about No.32 scopes. Everything I know on this scope is what I can see engraved on it. Some of you tell me it's a reproduction, other ones send me high offers to buy it out of the auction. Everything I can say is that I've never seen reproductions of this scope but this one is very clean for an old specimen. So, be careful before bidding, look for informations. I can't give warranty on the originality of this scope.

Also when mine comes ill check the sights screws against my original MK1 as if they are metric threads,I bet these are being made in eastern Europe !!! as a member said in an earlier post the optics are super clear,and the old eastern block nations are known for their Zeiss and German inspired optics.

[csmarcher]

Thanks for sharing the info guys. I was thinking something looked wrong with it, especially as it was listed as a Mk III with the wrong adjusting drums.

Saved me from making a mistake.

[bigduke6]

Looking at the Fake (now up to £840) and regarding the optics someone mentioned, it reminds me of a Russian PEM scope i bought few years ago was an excellent scope and excellent optics but was a repro (wasnt expecting an original for the price i paid), at the time ebay was full of them, just wonder if the same manufacture has turned there hands to the No32 ? At the end of the day, why knock something out at £200 when a bit more work etc and you can knock something out around £900 mark.

Guess we will soon know if we start seeing bucket loads on ebay lets hope they are listed as Repro,s or replicas.

Did anyone see the two Mk1 scopes that ended recently ? one went for around £620 and the other £680 seemed a reasonable price.

[lee_enfield223]

I saw the two mark ones and they didn't look all that good so I left them on evilbay