amadeus: I just had a great trip to the range with my replica (fake) T with repro Taiwanese scope. It certainly looks the part and you don't run into many at the range who even know what a "T" is let alone care about authenticity. I've only put a few hundred rounds through it with this scope and it works well. If it breaks I won't lose any sleep given the cost plus I also have a Weaver that can replace it for shooting purposes. In addition, I do have a pair of real T's with real scopes (each one worked on by one of the two extant experts in the field) and, while I do shoot both, I'd rather keep those two real scopes in the condition they are in- they both had hard lives. Come to think of it, I might swap the repro into the bracket for range trips with the real T's. Back to the OP- I would recommend buying a repro for display and occasional use while using the Weaver for most of the shooting.

Ridolpho