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    They're here! Reproduction No32 scopes.

    Sniper Scope, No. 32, MKII, Reproduction

    I think I'll spring for one.
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    I wonder if they'll keep the same serial number on them, or +1 on each they make. Or if they'll do a special order with a serial # to match the rifle.
    Egads. Everyone can have a No. 4 Mk1 (T) now!!!

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    There otta be a law!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Supply and demand I guess. There isn't the supply for legit ones, unless you are well heeled.
    Dunno if I will get one. They would have to be top quality for me to spring $600 on one. Then I have to get a T stamp... then the stamps for the furniture ... then ... wake up.

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    why oh why would any one make the mk2 instead of the mk3?

    and what is really going on with that rubbish about being set for 300 yards, there's some cheap short cut inside I bet ...

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    Be interesting to see what the quality's like. I see they seem to have a date on but no manufacturer mark (eg AK&S) which previous repros had. And they're not marked as mkIIIs. Wonder what they're made out of.

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    High-quality reproduction of the original WWII No. 32 MKII 3.5 power scope. Manufactured using original drawings and high-tech optics machinery, including state-of-the-art single-point diamond turning equipment. Scope is factory collimated with a pre-setting of zero/300 yards. Note: Our web site photo shows a scope mounted on an original No. 4T sniper rifle for visual purposes only.
    Given the markings, I think they're pretty easily distinguished from the real thing, however, they could fool a novice collector if disreputable folks start slapping together some reproduction pads and flogging them at gun shows sold "as is" etc ......

    By the way, here's an old thread on these started by Roger Payneicon last year when they showed up in Europe ...

    Repro No32's....I think they've arrived....

    Just my two cents ...

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    I'd be happier if they had no markings at all so there is no way they could be mistaken for the real deal.

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    Nice for what they are.

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    Don't let that 300 yard business put you off. If you're starting from scratch (see the No4T mount thread) and needed a telescope that you could shoot regularly at, say, 100 yards, you could cater for this lack of low range adjustment in the build-up.

    I think that they were back engineered and not made to the original spec as stated although if they work it's pretty well academic I suppose.

    Like RJW, I can' understand why they opted for the Mk2 instead of the mechanically simpler and cheaper Mk3. Maybe it was a case that they already had the CNC tooling for the Mk2's because these had been repro'd earlier in the year, albeit with duff markings
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