Odd-looking prismatic scope...

[tac]

that was given to me a few years back. I've never seen anything like it before or since. Anybody here familiar with it?





A peek at the crosshairs - they are VERY fine.

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[Medic!]

Honestly?

It looks like half a pair of binoculars.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Could it be a sight / "Finderscope" for a telescope or spotting scope...?
Andy

 

[11Charlie]

Is that a rail mount on the side?

 

[Andy54Hawken]

After looking up Tinsley Laboratories Saturn Boone Scope...
( Berkley Ca....BTW )
It appears to be from the 1950's and many of the pictures show it mounted on the receiver of Air Rifles
( Sheridan mostly ) or .22 rifles....
Andy

 

[DirectDrive]

Harvested from the Interwebz...
Boone scope?

 

[tac]

Nailed.

Is that a rail mount on the side?

Yup.

Well, actually it's a plate with screw-holes in it to go into an action like a Winchester/Marlin/Taurus etc.

tac

 

[11Charlie]

Nailed.


Yup.

Well, actually it's a plate with screw-holes in it to go into an action like a Winchester/Marlin/Taurus etc.

tac

Unless I am looking at it wrong that would put the scope off to the side. That would be awkward

 

[11Charlie]

Nope I was wrong found this picture. Interesting piece of history.

 

[tac]

Well, I just dug it out to see if there were any instructions with it, and found that the scope actually fits in a very precise dovetail machined into the side-plate, which, as you can see from that fine pic above, screws onto the action at an angle of about 5 degrees towards the axis of the bore. It even has a minute stop machined into the end of the dovetail. Seems that the scope is held in place by the large screw applying tension to compress the dovetail.

Lemme take a few more pics after supper, OK? Remembering, of course, that it's quarter of six here right now....

tac

 

[Mygrainman]

quarter of six.. so 1.5?

 

[Mygrainman]

Nope I was wrong found this picture. Interesting piece of history.

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Why don't I have a model 8 yet!!!!

 

[Stomper]

Made in Berkeley, CA of all places.... LMAO!!

 

[11Charlie]

Made in Berkeley, CA of all places.... LMAO!!

Good catch! I didn't even see that.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Why don't I have a model 8 yet!!!!

Yes, why don't you? I scored a super sweet Shillin .308 rebarreled Mod 8 with Providence tool and machine adjustable rear sight, and Lyman post and globe front sight, kicks like a mule, but is very accurate and darn sexy, and lightning fast handling! Best money I have spent in a long time! Much thanks to the Late SgtNambu for his endless help and sage advice and his insistence that I must have one! R.I.P. Brother!

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

The mounting plate height looks like it's too short for Remington model eight. I have also seen those fitted to savage 340s using the Peepsight screw holes

 

[Boboclown]

Unless I am looking at it wrong that would put the scope off to the side. That would be awkward

Wouldn't be the first scope to be off to the side, if that were the case. The M1D sniper had the scope to the side for the clips. The PSO/POSP/LPS4/etc are also set to the side to allow use of iron sights.

 

[KKG]

Made in Berkeley, CA of all places.... LMAO!!

You need to remember that it was 1950 and things were different then!!!

 

[tac]

 

[Boboclown]

Looks like there's no way to zero it.