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303Lithgow
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I have a dozen or so vintage Weaver scopes and was wondering where I can get information about them. For an example I have a K4-F. What does the F stand for?
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cheaptrick
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Just a guess..."fixed" power?
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303Lithgow
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That might be a good guess. I know W is for wide.
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303Lithgow
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Any idea what the objective distance would be?
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cheaptrick
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I wouldn't know that. You might try contacting Weaver and asking them, friend. |
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Son of Ed
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The F was just a series designation. It's from the late sixties, early seventies. Then they went to just plain K4 and then they improved things and had the K4-1, and finally they had the K4-II....They had other series designations all the way back to the fifties.....( the K4-60----the K4 60B----The K4 E....etc...)
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igotta40
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I have a Weaver J 2.5
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Son of Ed
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That's an oldie.....pre-1965 stuff....
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claimbuster
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Had an old K8 that I gave to a friend that my dad bought in 1953. Still made in El Paso.
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My wife says I don't listen to her....or something like that.
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Skylar McMahon
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What does the E stand for?
We had a K4-E, but I have never seen an E. I thought maybe it was modeled after a European design? |
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Son of Ed
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No....E is just another model designation. The K (whatever) -1s started like in 1974. Everything with a letter designation was prior to that. The K 60's and 60B's and 60C's were 50s and early to mid 60s. From 1974 till the end of the company, in 1983, they were all marked as -1s and, later, -II (Steel-Lites on the box....)
The 70s and early 80s Weavers were excellent scopes. Way better than the money they were asking for them. I had several of them over the years. I still have a like new K6-1 Micro Trac ( from 1979 ) that I am saving for a rainy day....and a rifle to put it on. It weighs a whopping 15 oz!! They were steel, so they were HEAVY....( about like all the Sewer Pipes they make today!! ) What ever happened to a 9 oz scope??!! |
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Skylar McMahon
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Thanks Ed, I was trying to figure out what the E signified.
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Son of Ed
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Weaver K6-1 Micro-Trac Here's one from ebay. Mine is like Mint.... Here's a K6-II Micro-Trac Steel-Lite.....the last El Paso series ever made....my scope is shiny like this one...( This one also happens to be the optional WideView as seen by the flat ocular..) |
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Skylar McMahon
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Dang, that's nice.
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Son of Ed
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The Weaver K4-1 Micro Trac is one of my All-Time favorites. You can never have too many of these in your closet for rainy days.... |
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....You never know when you're going to bump into a bunch of 300 Savages or 257 Roberts' while poking around... |
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Skylar McMahon
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They are very nice scopes. Here's the one we had up for auction.
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Skylar McMahon
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It was testy. The finish is such a high gloss every time I touch, you could see the evidence of handling while trying to photograph it.
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Son of Ed
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Those old Weavers were blued like your rifle. They always matched!!
( You can also touch them up with Dicropan T4 from Brownells....) |
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Skylar McMahon
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Brady has a micro fiber towel I was using to wipe it down, but my camera picks up a lot of detail that you can't easily see with the naked I, until you load the image in photoshop. Then everything is more definitive and sticks out. I almost wanted to trash all of those pictures and re-shoot.
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