I have a late 40s early 50s Weaver scope that has a rainbow that developed between the 2 lenses at the end. I can take them out of the scope but they are sealed togather inside the threaded brass ring. I contacted Weaver and was told that the new company doesn't handle old scopes? The scope is mounted to my grandfathers 721 with 1 piece Bueler rings and I am trying to restore it. Any ideas?
Old scope repair?
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Quick google search...they also repair Redfield. I think Redfield (Leupold) may actually repair the older Redfields.
http://ironsightinc.com/index.php?route=common/weaver
http://ironsightinc.com/index.php?route=common/weaver
Had the same problem with an old weaver scope. Shopped around and found a few places that would fix the old scopes for a price, but since there was no sentimental value involved I decided not to pursue that, and held out till my brother-in-law felt sorry for me and gave me a Leupold he had no use for any more.
Let's hear about the 721. Had a .30-06 and traded it for a .300 H&H.
Let's hear about the 721. Had a .30-06 and traded it for a .300 H&H.
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All this Remington talk reminded me that I needed to get this 721 project going. I purchased the cool old '06 from my grandfather when I was 14 for $75 (he said he would sell it to me for what he had into it). He purchased the gun in 1951 from a guy who got it new in 1949 but never shot it. I used the gun in high school and replaced the 51 Weaver 2.5 with a cheap Tasco 3x9 because I thought I needed more scope and the weaver was starting to fog up inside the lenses. Now that I have more guns in the safe and the old '06 doesn't get out much I have decided to put it back to 1951 usability.
The ironsiteinc place is a bit pricy and has a 16 to 18 month turn around. I'm not ready to put that into a gun that sits so I was looking around again today and came across a post about boiling the lenses and pressing them together. Both front and rear lenses were foggy with the back lens almost completely obstructed. I figured it would be hard to ruin a ruined scope so I gave it a try this afternoon. To my pleasant surprise the front lens is completely clear now and the rear lens is foggy but serviceable! It took about 10 minutes and a pot of boiling water. I'll put the scope back on as soon as I find the other screw for the Buhler mounts. I wish I had tried the lens boiling trick 20 years ago and it probably never would have gotten as bad as it did.
The ironsiteinc place is a bit pricy and has a 16 to 18 month turn around. I'm not ready to put that into a gun that sits so I was looking around again today and came across a post about boiling the lenses and pressing them together. Both front and rear lenses were foggy with the back lens almost completely obstructed. I figured it would be hard to ruin a ruined scope so I gave it a try this afternoon. To my pleasant surprise the front lens is completely clear now and the rear lens is foggy but serviceable! It took about 10 minutes and a pot of boiling water. I'll put the scope back on as soon as I find the other screw for the Buhler mounts. I wish I had tried the lens boiling trick 20 years ago and it probably never would have gotten as bad as it did.
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Bambistew
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You can probably find the exact replacement on eBay for about $40. Doubt you can get it fixed for anything close to that.
idnative1948
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MTpubliclander
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post a picture of it here in case someone has an extra, it cant hurt.
Bambistew
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Probably not inept, just an ass-umption on my part. 
Assumed it was a K series that I'm familiar with from about that time. I've "inherited" quite a few of them, and usually sell them on eBay for about $40. Curious to see the scope. I think I know what one you're talking about. I've one sitting on an old M54 that I got from my great grandfather. Can't see through it... might take it off and hunt with open sights... I know he did for the first 30 years he had it.
Assumed it was a K series that I'm familiar with from about that time. I've "inherited" quite a few of them, and usually sell them on eBay for about $40. Curious to see the scope. I think I know what one you're talking about. I've one sitting on an old M54 that I got from my great grandfather. Can't see through it... might take it off and hunt with open sights... I know he did for the first 30 years he had it.
noharleyyet
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The K6 Dual X was the cat's azz in it's day. I could not believe I spent 90 bucks on a scope.
It is a K series but the lenses rings are brass. I'll try to get a pic up this weekend. It looks like the other K series scopes on eBay but all the ones I have seen have blued steel lens rings. I have thought about trying to swap the lenses out of the rings but that may be above my abilities. I don't want blued rings because this whole deal it's about returning the gun to how it looked when I got it and the brass trimmed scope is a big part of that.
Bambistew
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I saw a couple old listing on gun auction sites for the exact scope. Didn't look to hard on ebay but I'll bet you ban find one if you keep after it
