My "new" spotting scope!

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My "new" spotting scope!

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Picked this up at our collector gun show this morning. A 1890 era French Scelsi 36x long-range spotting scope. With a British made wooden tripod. These were used in match shooting and they were also sold to the French government during WWI to be used for artillery spotting.

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It's missing two of the three steel points for the ends of the legs, so I'll make up three and replace them all so they match. Optics on this 130 yr. old scope are excellent!
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That would be quite a conversation piece at the range... 8)
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Cool!

That was cutting edge in those days. I've seen a couple of the same vintage that had surprisingly clear lenses.

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Great story.

I need to read it again (like so many great books... < sigh > ).

Cool telescope too... :D
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Yeah Ray, I'm pretty confident you're the only one who has that thought! ;)

Although these same telescopes were used in the old Echo Shield World Long Range matches, and the American Creedmoor matches. So "Creed's Moor" which became the Creedmoor 1000 yd. range does tie into your thoughts.

I have a few pictures taken from newspapers like Harper's Weekly in 1874-76 era, with images from the Creedmoor matches, and showing a number of these scopes and tripods in use at the matches.

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Might be a bit tough to pack up a mountain while elk hunting but on the line you are going to get lots of ooo's and ah's . Neat find, just think of its history... if it could only speak.
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Vall, you'll need that scope as part of your kit for the 150th anniversary of the Creedmoor match of 1874.

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Bill in Oregon wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:38 am Vall, you'll need that scope as part of your kit for the 150th anniversary of the Creedmoor match of 1874.

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Are they going to allow cartridge rifles in that? I had heard that NMLRA was going to restrict participation to only muzzleloaders for the 150th event?
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Vall, yes, it will be cartridge rifles vs. the Irish muzzleloaders. There will certainly be period Sharps and Remington cartridge guns in play, as well as a number of original Rigbys. Some of the best shooters in the world post on the FB page.
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Bill in Oregon wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:39 am Vall, yes, it will be cartridge rifles vs. the Irish muzzleloaders. There will certainly be period Sharps and Remington cartridge guns in play, as well as a number of original Rigbys. Some of the best shooters in the world post on the FB page.
Just joined the FB page to follow the event and future coverage. Thanks!
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Outstanding, Vall! 8)
I would love to be there with a muzzleloader, but short of that, just to watch a great match.
I see that Lee Shaver just shot a perfect 40 at 1,000 yards with his iron-sighted muzzleloader, and the commentator said it might be the first time in a century ...
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Bill in Oregon wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:58 pm Outstanding, Vall! 8)
I would love to be there with a muzzleloader, but short of that, just to watch a great match.
I see that Lee Shaver just shot a perfect 40 at 1,000 yards with his iron-sighted muzzleloader, and the commentator said it might be the first time in a century ...
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Am I the only one who immediately thought of Doyle's literary character mister frankland of lafter hall in the "hound of the baskervilles" ?
Thanks for the reminder.
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