Absolute pish
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Absolute pish
Dont some people talk some rubbish , I dont know how he has the gall to try and sell a scope in that condition as if it were something fantastic , see here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Winchester-Br ... 23214c3c62
Hes selling a late 1940s .22 scope and describing it as a military sniper scope of WWII vintage , confusing it with the Winchester A5 worth hundreds of £s , what a load of BS .
Dave
Hes selling a late 1940s .22 scope and describing it as a military sniper scope of WWII vintage , confusing it with the Winchester A5 worth hundreds of £s , what a load of BS .
Dave
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Re: Absolute pish
I dunno, seems to me he's selling it as a training scope, which would imply .22...
Whats your beef?Manufactured for Winchester by Carolyn Scopes of New York between 1937 - 1941 - during WW2 two thousand of these scopes were supplied to Great Britain for sniper training and Home Guard guerilla warfare training duties in the event of an invasion - this is probably one of those supplied - although it has no War Department marking. Fantastic for a rook rifle or any fairly low recoil period small bore rifle or black powder rifle.
Re: Absolute pish
The last line of my OP , its basicly missrepresentation , because what he has isnt what he is implying .
Hes selling a late 1940s .22 scope and describing it as a military sniper scope of WWII vintage , confusing it with the Winchester A5 worth hundreds of £s , what a load of BS .
Dave[/quote]
Hes selling a late 1940s .22 scope and describing it as a military sniper scope of WWII vintage , confusing it with the Winchester A5 worth hundreds of £s , what a load of BS .
Dave[/quote]
Re: Absolute pish
"this is probably one of those supplied - although it has no War Department marking"
No marking means NOT War Dept. issue
A very very common Winchester scope from pre-war Winchester .22 rifles
Several listed in the 1937 Parker-Hale catalogue.
No marking means NOT War Dept. issue
A very very common Winchester scope from pre-war Winchester .22 rifles
Several listed in the 1937 Parker-Hale catalogue.
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Caveat Emptor = Buyer Beware
Purveyor of fine cast boolits.
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All round good guy and VERY grumpy old man.
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LOL saw the title and thought you seen my scores from last sunday.
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mr smith wrote:LOL saw the title and thought you seen my scores from last sunday.

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Mike357 wrote:mr smith wrote:LOL saw the title and thought you seen my scores from last sunday.
Also true......................... sign01 :lol:
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