First off, I want to believe so I am hopeful a rugged , reliable No.32 repro scope is out there to be bought and will endure normal wear & tear and I do not mean a mere 500 rds of use. I mean a few thousand rds of use that fully demonstrates its a well made and trustworthy scope.
I see off and on remarks of those who bought No.32 scopes from Ebay, Gun Parts Corp, Sarco etc and truthfully, the owners aren't documenting a long history of use but human nature seems to force cheerleading the scope they bought. Which really leaves most of us to Discovery Learning and the track record until recently is most who bought Repro No.32 scopes found out the scopes crap out with use...some very rapidly. The last 20 years had not been a burning success story of repro No.32 scopes and I'll extend that to the last 40 years as I've been watching and talking to many who bought and were disappointed.
Where am I going here....who really out there has a repro that he's shot the crap out of...thousands of rounds and its held up well ? If that person exists, please tell us what scope met your expectations of shooting .
If I owned a real No.4 "T", I'd never shoot it with my original No.32 scope. That scope breaks /becomes damaged / inoperable, then I own a Ex No.4 "T" sniper. However if I could put a repro No32 scope on that real No.4 "T", I shoot it relentlessly. I've yet to see a No.4 wear out with mere range use. If you've done it, I'm impressed and envious.
I see off and on remarks of those who bought No.32 scopes from Ebay, Gun Parts Corp, Sarco etc and truthfully, the owners aren't documenting a long history of use but human nature seems to force cheerleading the scope they bought. Which really leaves most of us to Discovery Learning and the track record until recently is most who bought Repro No.32 scopes found out the scopes crap out with use...some very rapidly. The last 20 years had not been a burning success story of repro No.32 scopes and I'll extend that to the last 40 years as I've been watching and talking to many who bought and were disappointed.
Where am I going here....who really out there has a repro that he's shot the crap out of...thousands of rounds and its held up well ? If that person exists, please tell us what scope met your expectations of shooting .
If I owned a real No.4 "T", I'd never shoot it with my original No.32 scope. That scope breaks /becomes damaged / inoperable, then I own a Ex No.4 "T" sniper. However if I could put a repro No32 scope on that real No.4 "T", I shoot it relentlessly. I've yet to see a No.4 wear out with mere range use. If you've done it, I'm impressed and envious.
