Repro scopes?

[amadeus76]

What's the concensus on the quality of the repro No32 MkI scopes I see for sale e-sarco and a few other places?

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[browningautorifle]

I think the consensus was they weren't worth the powder to blow them to crap...

[amadeus76]

Does anyone make a good repro?

[browningautorifle]

I know there was lots of chat about these here in the forums reference #4T rifles, you can probably glean more there than I can tell you. I don't think I'd trust a repro. A miss match stray would be what I'd look for. Costs more but works right.

[amadeus76]

Seems the cost of a real no32 scope is hovering around $1800+... Considering I'm looking at having a fake no4 (T) built as a shooter, it doesn't make much sense in spending that kind of money on a real scope. What other scope options do shooters use in the no32's stead?

Someone needs to convince Hi Lux/Malcolm to build no32 repro scopes. I have an M82 fake from them for my 1903a4-gery and couldn't be happier.

[Peter Laidler]

I know someone who has been asked to repair 4 or 5 of the repro scopes that were a tad newer than the old original ones. He's had a few years experience with all manner of optical instruments and has failed with 4 of the five. That alone has convinced me.

[bigduke6]

Seems the cost of a real no32 scope is hovering around $1800+... Considering I'm looking at having a fake no4 (T) built as a shooter, it doesn't make much sense in spending that kind of money on a real scope. What other scope options do shooters use in the no32's stead?

Someone needs to convince Hi Lux/Malcolm to build no32 repro scopes. I have an M82 fake from them for my 1903a4-gery and couldn't be happier.

Its always a catch 22 when building something like a No4T, but if you take the cost of the repro scope and the resale value compared to an original and the resale value then the the repro is negative equity as soon as you buy it.

The other thing is the amount of repro's that have needed repair when you compare the original......... which will probably plod on until you can't see through it or suffers accidental damage.

[CINDERS]

Okay I will use diplomacy if a real No.32's were tough enough to be parachuted out of a plane during the war and they did not have really good chutes then like they do today, with the scope banging into the dirt or where ever then attached to the rifle and still being on the money as far as tracking wise of course the resistance end user will have to sight it in but it speaks volumes for their robustness.
Thing is its fine to have a faker and if you tire of your sniper faker the No.32 (real one) will command even more as they will increase in value as a re-sale but the repro 32 well someone may pay you to keep it.

When a sage offers their experience with these repro's I would listen or why not instead of a No.32 do the faker up to be like a LB sniper with the Weaver scope even something that looks similar would suffice your being open about it being a faker so who cares if it is not quite there with the weaver it is in the spirit of the thing.

Thanks Paul its Lyman my error but you get the drift hunt for something that looks like that with a post reticle if you desire (Should open my books more just lazy)

[amadeus76]

...or why not instead of a No.32 do the faker up to be like a LB sniper with the Weaver scope...

Can you expand on this? I wasn't aware that any of the No4 (T) rifles ever used anything except for the no32 scopes. What would the correct Weaver scope be?

[paulseamus]

Amadeus. Follow this link

https://www.milsurps.com/content.php...)-Sniper-Rifle