Thoughts on Weaver scopes?

[Deplorable Me]

Weaver Classic Extreme Series Rifle Scope - 6-24x50mm Illum. Dual-X Reticle Matte

The price seems really good. It's a 30mm. I want to marry it to a Winchester. 308 heavy barrel for coyotes. Bullet would be 168gr Sierra or one of the VLD alternates. For a 600 yard shot, thoughts on this scope? I've always used Leopold on my centerfires. I do have some Weaver glass on my rim fires. Seems like a really good deal. Thoughts, so I can talk to the budget office later today?

 

[Vinson57]

I also got lots of Leopold's also and sort of cringe when I put a scope that costs more then the rifle it is on. Are there cheaper alternatives and I think you may have a found something I would also get and looks like a good deal.

I guess you want to put the hurting on them coyotes with a 308? I tried a 308 match round on one and it made a small hole in and out but dead.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Weaver Classic Extreme Rifle Scope - 2.5-10x56mm 4" Matte

I ended up ordering this. 10X max instead of the 24X. I have a 2.5-10x40mm on a .223 bolt that's just fine. The 56mm should really brighten things up. Realistically 300 yards is more probable.

 

[Jezman]

At that price range it most likely is China glass and China internals. Good luck with it. So I see its a Phillapino much better then China stuff.

 

[Bushmaster]

I never even knew Weaver still made scopes. I remember buying few as a kid for 22lr and 22wmr. Horse farm guy across from me has REAL OLD Weaver on a old BAR 30-06

 

[Bushmaster]

Now I'm totally confused, I was wrong on the BAR 30-06. It is not a old Weaver scope, it has a Weatherby Scope. Never heard of them making scopes.

 

[ProgSpear]

I have a Weaver Tactical 3-15x50 Mil/Mil EMDR retical and it's made in Japan. I think, but cannot verify, that they are much the same as the Grand Slam series. FWIW.

edt: INTERESTING THREAD ON THIS:
Weaver Classic Extreme review

 

[Snappo]

Weaver Classic Extreme Series Rifle Scope - 6-24x50mm Illum. Dual-X Reticle Matte

The price seems really good. It's a 30mm. I want to marry it to a Winchester. 308 heavy barrel for coyotes. Bullet would be 168gr Sierra or one of the VLD alternates. For a 600 yard shot, thoughts on this scope? I've always used Leopold on my centerfires. I do have some Weaver glass on my rim fires. Seems like a really good deal. Thoughts, so I can talk to the budget office later today?

I would say this was about 10+ years ago when I still was in GA at Dobbins - I was in the mood to buy something in a new caliber. I got a pair of Winchesters at Walmart in WSM and WSSM. Each came with a Weaver scope. I was unhappy with the lack of light, hated the turret design, but felt the glass was very clear. I have since sold them as I went to a lesser caliber footprint in my collection (I got to well over 30 or 40 different calibers - way too unweilding). But in the $300 range, I have found the Nikon optics to be amazing. I put a Nikon M308 on two of my 308's and a Nikon P223 on an AR. I additionally put a P308 on my Savage 223 bolt action. The light is very bright, glass is clear, scope is extremely waterproof, turret design is awesome, and these scopes can be had from $250 to $350 all day long (under $200 on sale, actually).

 

[Tinman]

I kike the Vortex Viper. I have one on my Ruger Precision Rifle in .308

 

[Dantheman]

I have a Weaver Classic K6 and a Grand Slam 2-8x36. Both are great scopes. I think the Grand Slams are priced a little high compared to the completion but if one searches hard enough and is patient one can sometimes find an excellent deal.

Dan

 

[HighlandLofts]

Now I'm totally confused, I was wrong on the BAR 30-06. It is not a old Weaver scope, it has a Weatherby Scope. Never heard of them making scopes.

I bought an older Weatherby Variable scope at a pawn shop for $100 last summer just because I never seen one before, should of left it there thou. I mounted it on a rife and when I went to sight the gun in I couldn't turn any of the adjustments.
I sent it to a fellow forum member to look at it. The left to right and up & down adjustments work, but the 2.3/4 to 10 doesn't move when I turn the adjustment.
Other then that its a fine scope, i should send it out to get fixed.

 

[Snappo]

I bought an older Weatherby Variable scope at a pawn shop for $100 last summer just because I never seen one before, should of left it there thou. I mounted it on a rife and when I went to sight the gun in I couldn't turn any of the adjustments.
I sent it to a fellow forum member to look at it. The left to right and up & down adjustments work, but the 2.3/4 to 10 doesn't move when I turn the adjustment.
Other then that its a fine scope, i should send it out to get fixed.

Awesome scopes are so inexpensive these days that you probably shouldn't waste your time and aggravation on the broken scope. Last year I ditched three Pentax LightSeeker 30's rather than deal with Pentax/Burriss to get them to own up to and rectify the product issues after having read forums about the months upon months of fighting with them to get their scopes fixed. Just throw it in the garbage and put it as a "theft / loss" on your 1040 itemization schedule (I believe it is part of Schedule A).

 

[meketrefe]

Best deal right now...
Weaver Tactical Rifle Scope - 3-15x50mm SF Mil Dot Reticle Matte Black | Natchez
Japanese tube and lenses all made in japan.
FFP, mil-mil, it tracks to the T.

...cry once.