I miss the days of gloss scopes.

[AlongCameJones]

There are still a number of shiny blue rifles in America that need glossy scopes. You will have to pay an arm and leg to have a custom shop put on a glossy finish to a glass sight or shop for a good preowned one with gloss finish. Here I am with a glossy Leupold on my Browning A-Bolt II BOSS in .25-06. Both gun and scope spanking new in 1996. Unfortunately, I lost this gold-ring Vari-X II 1.75x6, 32 in a 1999 home burglary. This would have been my deer scope for life.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

All of my hunting rifles are old, so they are all topped with glossy scopes.

Didn't actually realize it was a thing....

 

[Jreed6741]

Bring back the glossy scopes

 

[oldag]

Glossy scope lives matter

 

[MTA]

I thought Leupold still offered scopes in that finish

Edit: Pretty sure the OP is that retard hillbilly

 

[AlongCameJones]

Well, I went to Leupold site the other day and none were listed in GLOSS. I asked Leupold why not and here is their reply to me as follows:


Mr. Jones,

Thanks for reaching out! We at Leupold and Stevens are always innovating and improving our products and technology. While we regularly release new and improved products, others are discontinued based on demand and our production capacity. At this time we do not have any plans to bring back gloss finished riflescopes. If you feel strongly about finding this product, I recommend checking at a variety of retailers. While we are no longer producing them, it can take some time for products to make it to retailers so you may find one on the market. If any of our other products might work for you, please call us at 1-800-LEUPOLD or 503-526-1418. Our technicians can talk to you about what is important to you and help you find a current product that would suit your needs.

Regards,
Zachary
Leupold Technical Service

 

[AlongCameJones]

Gloss scopes just don't look good on matte guns and matte scopes just don't look good on shiny blued guns. The majority of hunting long guns these days have matte finishes. American hunters are not as genteel in tastes anymore. They mostly have to look "tacticool" out getting venison for the freezer. It makes me wonder if their game freezers are even painted in camo.

 

[gll]

Alas, Babylon...

 

[MTA]

Is this hillbilly again

 

[Army 1911]

Is this hillbilly again

Or still?

 

[Coyote9]

Hit a gunshow, always a table or four with great scopes. I picked up a gloss brass ring Leupold 2.5x7 for $125 with Leupold rings last year in Fort Worth. It will live happily ever after on my Mannlicher Schonauer carbine.

 

[Hoji]

Sniff, sniff, sniff. I think I smell someone who wears a suit to dove hunt.

 

[AlongCameJones]

Hit a gunshow, always a table or four with great scopes. I picked up a gloss brass ring Leupold 2.5x7 for $125 with Leupold rings last year in Fort Worth. It will live happily ever after on my Mannlicher Schonauer carbine.

I will need a shiny Leupold like that should I luckily find one of two vintage rifles of my dreams:

a. very good to mint, Husqvarna (Swedish-made bolt-action) with walnut (non-gloss) Monte Carlo checkered stock, black pistol grip and for-end caps, white spacers, gloss blued finish, Mauser style action with polished-metal ball knob bolt handle

I will not need a scope at all if I am to find a:

b. very good to mint, Savage Model 99/1899 (American-made lever-action) with walnut (non-gloss) checkered pistol grip stock and iron sights; I would replace the factory open rear sight with an adjustable Barrel Mount Peep Sight as made by Skinner Sights, LLC; this would be my woods gun for deer

 

[satx78247]

To All,

Rather than whining/moaning about NO "glossy scopes", start haunting the estate sales, garage sales & thrift stores, as I do, for scopes by Leopold, Redfield, Weaver & even Zeiss. - IF you do that, you'll find what you want at prices from "almost nothing" to 100 bucks or so..

ADDENDA: Don't tell a soul as it's a secret. - LOTS of "cheap BUBBA-ized" surplus rifles are wearing HIGH-QUALITY scopes, that are worth more than the same rifle/scope combination.
(Buy the scoped rifle, take off the GOOD scope, replace the scope with a "garage sale cheapie" & resell the "Bubba-modified" rifle for at least as much as you paid for it.)

All of my CF rifles have "bought used, on the cheap" 2X-6x scopes from the 1950s-80s.

just my OPINION, satx

 

[AlongCameJones]

To All,

Rather than whining/moaning about NO "glossy scopes", start haunting the estate sales, garage sales & thrift stores, as I do, for scopes by Leopold, Redfield, Weaver & even Zeiss. - IF you do that, you'll find what you want at prices from "almost nothing" to 100 bucks or so..

ADDENDA: Don't tell a soul as it's a secret. - LOTS of "cheap BUBBA-ized" surplus rifles are wearing HIGH-QUALITY scopes, that are worth more than the same rifle/scope combination.
(Buy the scoped rifle, take off the GOOD scope, replace the scope with a "garage sale cheapie" & resell the "Bubba-modified" rifle for at least as much as you paid for it.)

All of my CF rifles have "bought used, on the cheap" 2X-6x scopes from the 1950s-80s.

just my OPINION, satx

Of course, I want a "preowned" scope to perform and look like new: not all beat up, no fogged lenses, no failure to hold a zero. I would certainly want an excellent preowned Husky rifle to make a home for that scope. A sharp-looking shiny-black Weaver might work well and look good too on a classic Swedish hunting rifle. I consider Leupold Gold Ring, the gold standard, the Cadillac of scopes.

 

[oldag]

To All,

Rather than whining/moaning about NO "glossy scopes", start haunting the estate sales, garage sales & thrift stores, as I do, for scopes by Leopold, Redfield, Weaver & even Zeiss. - IF you do that, you'll find what you want at prices from "almost nothing" to 100 bucks or so..

ADDENDA: Don't tell a soul as it's a secret. - LOTS of "cheap BUBBA-ized" surplus rifles are wearing HIGH-QUALITY scopes, that are worth more than the same rifle/scope combination.
(Buy the scoped rifle, take off the GOOD scope, replace the scope with a "garage sale cheapie" & resell the "Bubba-modified" rifle for at least as much as you paid for it.)

All of my CF rifles have "bought used, on the cheap" 2X-6x scopes from the 1950s-80s.

just my OPINION, satx

I want to know where the garage sales are with firearms and firearm accessories offered for sale. Have never seen one.

 

[Hoji]

I want to know where the garage sales are with firearms and firearm accessories offered for sale. Have never seen one.

They typically do not advertise. It will happen when you see one item in a box of miscellaneous stuff ( a reloading die, scope rings, etc) and you ask if there is any other stuff like that and sometimes you hit a gold mine.
But you do have to scour garage sales. I used to do it when I worked offshore on my time home. Might have 1 in 30 have gun stuff after asking.

 

[satx78247]

I want to know where the garage sales are with firearms and firearm accessories offered for sale. Have never seen one.

oldag,

FYI, I've been a garage/estate sale "prowler" for over 40 years & have found deals from Ft Drum NY to Brownsville, TX.

It just takes getting out of bed by 0530 & hitting the sales just as the sales open and/or ASKING if the people have firearms & ammo/quality knives/vintage fishing gear/antique outboard motors for sale.
(I collect all of those.)

Also, it's called KEEPING YOUR EYES OPEN at the sales to make $$$$$$$$. = I bought FOUR "old school" accordions at one garage sale for 125 bucks about 4 years ago in 78750 & sold each one for over 150.oo on craigslist w/i 5 days.

yours, satx

 

[satx78247]

They typically do not advertise. It will happen when you see one item in a box of miscellaneous stuff ( a reloading die, scope rings, etc) and you ask if there is any other stuff like that and sometimes you hit a gold mine.
But you do have to scour garage sales. I used to do it when I worked offshore on my time home. Might have 1 in 30 have gun stuff after asking.

Hoji,

SPOT ON.
(When I worked 3 twelve-sixteen hour days on & got 4 days off, I had LOTS of time to "prowl the sales".)

ADDENDA: One of my recent garage sale TREASURES is a 1955 JOHNSON 18HP outboard with FACTORY electric start, that has FEW total hours & NOT a scratch in the paint.

It was offered to me for 50.oo cash (Nearly broke my arm paying him for it!!) & I turned down 1000.oo from a "well to do" AOMCI member, who KNEW just how rare that it is.
(The person who buys it next can try to get my daughter to sell it to them at MY estate sale.)

yours, satx

 

[Txhillbilly]

This place sells restored scopes if the "glossy" look is what you want.
I personally don't care for shiny blued rifles or scopes.

https://www.vintagegunscopes.com/vgs-remanufactured