Repro scopes?

[H.e.s.h]

I have read the opinions and i have a genuine no4t, my veiw is a bit different, using a repro for feild use so an original doesnt get damaged.

I also have two of the repros both in brackets, both had problems with turrets. One for use on my no4t the other an L42a1 replica.

After repair no issues with either with 100's of rounds downrange. In fact the 308 has close to a k or more, they are clear and also have backlash issues. Apart from that my experience is they are ok.

[Peter Laidler]

Mmmmmmmm. I think that you've said it all HESH! After repairs....... and backlash issues and you only use them to preserve the originals. So that's all OK then? I'd say use the originals to save the repro's. You can fix the originals. But that's only my opinion

[browningautorifle]

I also have two of the repros both in brackets, both had problems with turrets.

and also have backlash issues.

That would tell me what I wanted to know then. Firsthand experience.

The idea of "Field use", we're talking about using them on a range. Normal shooting shouldn't harm anything if it's worthy. The real #32s won't go to pieces with regular shooting. Well, they might...they're only 70 plus years old.

[amadeus76]

Sounds like I might be better off looking for an old Weaver K3 then. They're not accurate, but they're still CMP legal.

[Peter Laidler]

Save twice and buy once is what my old mum used to tell us kids. We know for a fact, from this forum that there are old tatty No32's out there, unrecognised, unloved and unwanted. Just waiting to be found and restored. Just bide your time.....

[amadeus76]

Save twice and buy once is what my old mum used to tell us kids. We know for a fact, from this forum that there are old tatty No32's out there, unrecognised, unloved and unwanted. Just waiting to be found and restored. Just bide your time.....

I get that, but it isn't saving twice. It's saving 4-5 times over what the repro goes for. In the mean time is there any legitimate reason not to get an old K3 for $75 as a place holder?

Side question since the repro scopes seem to be questionable at best and junk at worst... What about the pads and mounts you see sold by the same vendors?

[tr63]

Peter , there is a fellow on Gun Broker today that has a overhauled Mk3 scope built in 1946 ?? . And you had overhaul it for him , He is asking $1800.00 or $1900.00 . or some thing along those lines . Gun Broker auction #657751269 .

[Ridolpho]

Lots of issues here- like will the user actually be doing a lot of shooting with the outfit or is he really just looking for an affordable T replica that is mainly to look at and may only fire 50 rounds a year. Another issue- does one really want to use their real T and No. 32 for a lot of casual shooting of the sort I see the SKS boys doing at the range? I have two real T's/ No. 32's and love to drag them to the range for some careful target work or to a semi-formal military shoot, but I also have a T replica (fake) with a Taiwanese Mk I replica scope that saves wear and tear on my valued and cherished real ones. The fake T turns out to be a very accurate rifle, particularly with a $100 Weaver K3 on it which allows me to limit the wear and tear on the Taiwanese replica. perhaps part of the problem with the replica scope is price- I payed $600, for mine, directly to the fellow that imported a number of them. That's about $400 US and seems like the right price to me. The bigger importers are probably marking them up more than they should and as soon as they start to move into the same order of magnitude as a real No. 32 their junky nature makes them a poor choice.

Ridolpho

[browningautorifle]

What about the pads and mounts you see sold by the same vendors?

We've established that this part is as important if not more...the foundation. If the foundation is out of whack because of poor casting, you won't hit a flock of barns. You may not even find it...

any legitimate reason not to get an old K3 for $75 as a place holder?

That would work, specially since that sort was actually used.

The fake T turns out to be a very accurate rifle, particularly with a $100 Weaver K3 on it

And there you go...

[amadeus76]

We've established that this part [the mount and pads] is as important if not more...the foundation. If the foundation is out of whack because of poor casting, you won't hit a flock of barns. You may not even find it...

Are there any vendors you would recommend?