sharps4590,
Hang in there and be patient, there are many ways to skin cats.
Steve brings up something that I have thought about on and off. If a guy is comfortable with the earlier optics of the old German scopes (I am), some money could be saved by engaging in a conversion project. The dovetail mounts would be the easiest to convert as eye relief can be readily adjusted. It's the scopes with soldered claw mounts that I have been mulling around. What complicates matters is the fore and aft spacing of the rings and trying to closely match the spacing of existing bases. Most rear bases seem to be positioned in pretty much the same location on combination guns, just forward (1/2" +/-) of the breech face, I have seen some exceptions. Forward mount locations vary a great deal as some rings were located on the tube and some are way forward as they were fitted to the objective lens body. With a little digging (asking sellers dimension specifics) and commitment to being the top bidder or "buy now" a relatively simple conversion is possible ... as at that point you have started by securing the scope that you want. I have quite a few original German scopes but haven't documented the eye relief of each to see if there is a standard for all or certain makers. Knowing this, the distance from the back of the eye-piece body to the back of the rear ring, and the distance from the back of the rear ring to the back of the front ring would be enough for me to model (for explanation) and make the conversion. Typically the old scopes sell for significantly less than a new one, which would help to reduce the overall cost of putting a scope on an old combination gun. The other obvious plus side of doing this is parking period optics on the vintage firearm.
Ask around and see if a friend or relative can snap a picture for you and download it to your computer. When you have one, or more, PM me and I'll send you an e-mail address to send the picture or pictures.
Regards,
Buchseman
Last edited by Buchseman; 03/15/12 09:32 PM.
