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Help with 1980s- ish Scope I.D.
Last edited by Drew451; 14-01-2017 at 01:25 PM.
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Doubt it.
Back then, there were any number of brands of Japanese scopes sold here - far more than the number of factories making them. Many of them are rather similar and some appear identical apart from the brand name and other markings.
A few examples would be Simmons, Bushnell, Tasco, ASI, Optima, Edgar Bros, Fontaine, Webley, BSA, Weihrauch, Original, Kassnar, Hunter, Bushmaster, Vistascope....
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Yes, I that much i do know, but the lack of a brand name from that era is a new one on me. Badge engineering was king but there usually was a badge.
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I suspect it came from the same factory as was making Optima branded scopes. I think?? these were made by Hakko. Should be a perfectly good scope, the mounts are typical of the time too. The following is an Optima with plex cross hair:
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/IMGP6751.jpg
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I think they were called Hunter...Nice old jap scope. Mach 1.5
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Thanks for that, lads. I do remember most of those names above. This one is a 4x40 and seems good quality. I picked it and an ASI Deluxe 4x32 up cheap, locally and I'm pretty pleased with both. May keep an eye out for more old Japanese made stuff. I just about caught the end of the Made in Japan era when I started.
No idea what they'll be going on at this stage but will try them with the mounts already fitted and see how it goes.
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