Maverick44
Youngest old man on TGT.
So, I have a habit of buying vintage scopes for vintage rifles. The new stuff is usually some form of matte black, and just doesn't look quite right on many older guns, at least to me. My go to is the Weaver K4 as they are usually decently nice, simple scopes that can be had cheaply. So, I bought one and it showed up today. There's something not quite right with it.
So, the ebay seller described the glass as being clear and scratch free. When I first looked through the scope, that was far from the case. There were numerous brown/dark colored things on the lens that looked like scratches.
After a lot of looking, I realized they were not on the outside of the lens. In fact, most of it wasn't even on the first lens. It was some kind of sticky stuff stuck to the inner lens, and it cleaned up. What didn't clean up is the stuff around the outer edge of the outer lens.
Now this stuff is definitely on the outside of the lens. You can actually feel it with a finger nail. It's very faint, but it's there.
To my eyes, it doesn't look like damage to the glass. If I were to guess, it's glue that someone tried to wipe off the lens. Looking around the edge of the lens kind of lends credence to that theory. You can see glue around the edge of the lens, and in one place, it's a glob of glue.
My question is, is this a screw up by Weaver back in the day, or did Bubba try to fix the lens after it popped out at some point?
I'm trying to decide whether I want to send it back or try to fix it with some glue remover. The scope was cheapish ($100), but not enough that I would accept it as it is now. The rest of the scope is honestly really nice. It looks almost brand new. It's just that one lens that's buggered up. It just unscrews from the body so it could be replaced, but good luck finding one.
So, the ebay seller described the glass as being clear and scratch free. When I first looked through the scope, that was far from the case. There were numerous brown/dark colored things on the lens that looked like scratches.
After a lot of looking, I realized they were not on the outside of the lens. In fact, most of it wasn't even on the first lens. It was some kind of sticky stuff stuck to the inner lens, and it cleaned up. What didn't clean up is the stuff around the outer edge of the outer lens.
Now this stuff is definitely on the outside of the lens. You can actually feel it with a finger nail. It's very faint, but it's there.
To my eyes, it doesn't look like damage to the glass. If I were to guess, it's glue that someone tried to wipe off the lens. Looking around the edge of the lens kind of lends credence to that theory. You can see glue around the edge of the lens, and in one place, it's a glob of glue.
My question is, is this a screw up by Weaver back in the day, or did Bubba try to fix the lens after it popped out at some point?
I'm trying to decide whether I want to send it back or try to fix it with some glue remover. The scope was cheapish ($100), but not enough that I would accept it as it is now. The rest of the scope is honestly really nice. It looks almost brand new. It's just that one lens that's buggered up. It just unscrews from the body so it could be replaced, but good luck finding one.