WHY DO THESE SCOPES LOOK SO BAD?
- Make: Tikka
- Model: 4X
- Caliber: .338 Lapua Magnum
- Condition: New
- Price: $20 AUD
- Location: VIC
- Listed on: ssaagunsales.com
Seller Type: Private User Licence # 431-725-90B Location: ESSENDON NORTH, VIC, 3041 Phone #: *** click to reveal *** Description: ANSWER: Because they stayed on the job for decades and were not replaced under some lifetime warranty. Those old scopes all still work but similar ones that have not got beaten up can also be found, and will outlast anything made today. (see second picture) Why did they last so well? Because they used a different mechanical system not prone to shaking to bits. The left-hand scope is a Raven 4x, made at Punchbowl NSW (the closest place Australia has had to a Wetzlar). The brand was well respected by writers like Nick Harvey in the 1950s. Next to it is a J. Unertl (4x 'Hawk'), America's last reticle-movement scope line, made until 1985 by a family who knew the 'new' stuff was rubbish. Unertl resisted image-movement for 30 years after Kollmorgen first patented the concept in 1955 and the famous target-scope firm may never have touched it while still in the family's hands. In the middle is Sam's old Kahles Helia Super 27 from 1980, which served faithfully on his go-to sambar rifle, a Sako .338 magnum, for 33 years and was only replaced then so he could try some even older scopes on it. The scratches come from his using the rifle as a brake on slipping down a greasy cascade. Next to that is a late reticle-movement Kahles 4x32, given to Sam by an ADA stalwart who probably thought the power a bit high for his own sambar hunting. On the right is a Bushnel...
