Henzoldt Wetzlar
- Thread starter Boer seun
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Owned by Zeiss, as mentioned. Hentzoldt has been making optics for a long time, the Wetzler part is the town where the factory is. Very good glass actually, I have a rail 1.5-6 on my 300 Wby (German gun, German glass, lol). - dan
Here's mine on my Dad's old Mauser hunting rifle. He put it together in the late 50's, early 60's.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1061133&postcount=1
That's the same mount I have on my Weatherby, sharkson. - dan
They are claw mounts, fairly common in Europe. Not a lot of makers on this side of the pond though. Check with Martini and Hagn in BC, they might have some. - dan
Yes, I was referred to M&H as well. They are high end and were kind enough to get back to me with a quote of about $1,000 to modify my rifle with a new mount to accept modern glass. The usual job from scratch (new claw mounts on receiver) is about $1,400 apparently.
This was too rich for my blood for a 60 year old rifle, as sentimental as it is. I was lucky enough to find a local gunsmith (Nigel at Al Hobbs in Richmond Hill) who did the job of machining a custom rail for the top of my claw mounts (so the claw mounts are still usuable by unscrewing the new rail). I put a new Bushnell 3200 on top and voila, a refurbished rifle with another 60 years ahead of it.
He also tuned it up for me with a Timney trigger, barrel floated, etc.
I'll put a pic of it up eventually.
