I have a chance to buy an R.E.L. scope in very good shape. I believe it's for a tank gun since the graduated reticle has "Gun" on the left side and "MG" on the right side (for the co-axial?). Any idea of worth or value? The buyer wants $50. and it's a neat piece of Canadian military history.
R.E.L. 1942 Scope info
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Thanks for the contact. Will do! I'm an old fart and the search option on this site SUCKS THE BIG ONE! It is not user friendly (Greentips, take note) and for us older folks who aren't technologically hotshots, why the hell, when I type is a username, it says "no match found"? Think about putting out a tutorial on how to use the search engine.
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It is a "telescope, sighting, no33". You are right, it would be for an armoured vehicle like a tank that has a 2 pounder or 3" gun, and a coax MG. Here is a pretty good link to a listing off all these telescope, sighting: http://www.wwiiequipment.com/index....ting-telescopes&catid=49:other-data&Itemid=61
As to value, there are thousands more of these telescopes around than there are relevant armoured vehicles. If you check completed auctions for "telescope sighting" on ebay, you will see this pattern of scope range from $30 to at best a couple hundred. Yours is missing the leather eye-piece. Since it is for a vehicle and not a gun, I would suggest the value is towards the lower end of that.
The same basic telescope but with different reticles could be found on the various artillery pieces as well. I have a no33 that was modified over to no42 for one of my pieces.
REL was a Cdn Crown corporation that made 10s of thousands of optics, both for us and for the commonwealth. They were also involved with early radar design and production.
As to value, there are thousands more of these telescopes around than there are relevant armoured vehicles. If you check completed auctions for "telescope sighting" on ebay, you will see this pattern of scope range from $30 to at best a couple hundred. Yours is missing the leather eye-piece. Since it is for a vehicle and not a gun, I would suggest the value is towards the lower end of that.
The same basic telescope but with different reticles could be found on the various artillery pieces as well. I have a no33 that was modified over to no42 for one of my pieces.
REL was a Cdn Crown corporation that made 10s of thousands of optics, both for us and for the commonwealth. They were also involved with early radar design and production.
Thank you for the information. It's a nice piece of Canadian militaria, but being budget conscious, I may have to pass.
