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Offline Kmrere42

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Looking for INFO... Older Weaver reticles
« on: July 31, 2010, 01:07:49 PM »
Hi,



I have an older Weaver K3 60-B with a reticle that consists of a tapering post that just crosses the horizontal wire up from the bottom.  


Is this a common reticle type??



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Re: Looking for INFO... Older Weaver reticles
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2010, 02:31:50 AM »
I would say common.  Great for woods hunting.
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Re: Looking for INFO... Older Weaver reticles
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2010, 08:31:20 AM »
It was common but losing it's popularity when I was a young man.  And that's a while back!   ;)
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Re: Looking for INFO... Older Weaver reticles
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2010, 01:45:43 PM »
I would say very common from the late 1950's through the 1960's especially in the 2.5 and 3 powers.

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Re: Looking for INFO... Older Weaver reticles
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2010, 09:56:28 PM »
As mentioned above, at one point they were very popular. I have heard that perhaps the reason for the popularity is that the post is quite like the sight picture looking through a peep sight at the front sight of military rifles of that era ( M-1's, rifle and carbine, M-14, 1903A3, 1917, etc).
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