I was thinking today about vintage scopes, the massively long tube style ones (think Outlaw Josey Wales). Does anyone own one? I see that reproductions of them are still made, it'd be cool to have on a percussion rifle or on a sharps replica.
If you are interested in the long tube scopes, check out the Lyman/Ruger commemorative. They had a heavy 28" barrel and chambered in 45/70. Made in 1978 to mark the start of Lyman, I think, there were several versions. The first version had a lot of engraving and a fancy wooden gun case, about 100 of those. The second version was less fancy and about 2500 of them. I have one of the third group, plain jane and no case.
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