Gew 98 Scope?

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Would this have been mounted to a claw mount? One of those very high types... The lenses that are cloudy may have just been glued together and have separated. Perhaps the solution for gluing them has gone grey. I've had a couple apart, two and three draw telescopes recently that had this and just cleaned and reassembled them and they showed clear. Not quite that easy but you understand.

Thanks for your response, Jim. Here's photos of a comparable (identical it seems) scope with the claw mounts intact. Looks like the one in my possession had them removed at some point. I guess that would explain what looks like residual solder on the tube? It'd be great to find an appropriate set to reinstall. The ebay listing for the scope below ($1400!) makes reference to its military "sniper" provenance but I'm weary of taking the word of an ebay seller.

There seems to be good discussion out there amongst vintage spotting scope enthusiasts concerning disassembly and cleaning. Most seem to think its a feasible task.

Jim, do you remove the glue solution and replace it with something similar when cleaning and reassembling?

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