351 WINCHESTER
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I just bought an old Weaver 2.5x post & crosshair scope and I'm looking for input as to which rifle to mount it on. I have a non vintage single shot .22 that I shoot quite a bit or a .22 Hornet that hardly gets shot at all.
Which rifle to mount old Weaver scope.
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Dave DeLaurant
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Pictures of the rifles please! A 2.5x isn't a bad choice for a .22 rimfire, but I'd like to see the rifles were discussing here before weighing in with an opinion.
351 WINCHESTER
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I can't post pictures, but the .22 single shot is a Rogue Rifle Chipmunk with a bull bbl. and the Hornet is a Savage 840 or 340.
NIGHTLORD40K
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Either the Savage or time to buy a new-old gun! 
Dave DeLaurant
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Another vote for the Savage.
The old 2.5 Weavers look natural on an older bolt action hunting rifle:
The old 2.5 Weavers look natural on an older bolt action hunting rifle:
Howland937
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"period correct" is a phrase you should endear yourself to. Only one of your choices is really qualified to wear such an optic.
Heir Kommt Die Sonne
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I'd vote for a old military rifle, like a Mosin (preferrably a Mosin because there's millions already out there)
I like that bottom rifle.
I like that bottom rifle.
gotboostvr
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That Mannlicher number on the bottom is making me tempted to start looking on gunbroker again.
Dave DeLaurant
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They do show up occasionally -- one of my local buddies has a nearly identical one, also in 30-06. It was made by Heym but branded Montgomery Wards/Western Field.
BTW, the scope with the gold turrets is a Weaver with Sears JC Higgins branding.
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351 WINCHESTER
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Those were the good old days.
earplug
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I have the same scope with thin cross hairs on a 1946 vintage 300 Savage 99. I'd like your scope on my rifle.
I had a buddy who bought a Savage 340 off of Gunbroker and it had a K6 on it.He brought the rifle to me to install a more modern scope on it and when I asked him what he was going to do with the old K6,he said it would probably wind up in his junk drawer.I did the scope swap for him and when he asked what he owed me for the job,I said that old Weaver would be plenty good if he wanted to do that.It looks like it was meant to be on my old Remington 722 in 300 Savage.I'm looking forward to hunting with that old setup.An older bolt gun of some sort would be good for one of those old 2.5's.
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