Replica No32 MkII Scope for Lee Enfield

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Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with the Red Star Mountain WW II ENFIELD NO.32 MK II/MK 2 SNIPER SCOPE ?

Good, bad, ok, quality, reliability etc ?

http://www.rsmscope.com/index.php/lee-enfield-series/ww-ii-enfield-no-32-mk-ii-mk-2-sniper-scope-mount-no-5001.html
 
Wheaty repairs No 32 scopes. The later production Chinese scopes, like I believe the one you're asking about...are to be avoided per him.
Tolerances that are supposed to be like 1 thousandth are like 1/8 of an inch...

The earlier generation ones, from a few years ago...are better.
 
The Chinese used to sell those scopes cheaply. They started out making them for various resellers.

But, over time, they've seen what the resellers sold them for and thus cranked the price right up and they are no longer what I'd consider a Bargoon.
 
I have a repro (fake) No. 4T on which I've used both a Taiwanese replica No. 32 Mk I, and a Weaver K3. The Weaver is a snug fit in the repro bracket but it works and weighs a small fraction of either repro or real No. 32. The optics are also better and require less precision in collimating the bracket to the rifle (bore). However, the repro does look right and will fool 98% of the folks at the range. I've probably put 500 rounds through mine and it holds zero and has shown no signs of falling apart. It was reverse engineered so carefully that the adjustment procedure is exactly like the real thing (ie. a major pain). The repro with either scope groups as well as my real "T" and has helped me avoid putting needless plinking rounds through a valuable rifle./ scope combo. If the Taiwanese repro eventually falls apart it cost me little enough that I might try to repair it myself.

milsurpo
 
My understanding was that the scopes sold by Numrich at far less cost were the ones from Taiwan manufactured or distributed by Wayne's Machine and that the more costly reproductions were a different design from the Chinese company Red Star Mountain and were separate designs? Or were they actually from the same manufacture ??
 
The replica scope I bought was part of a small batch imported by a guy here in Calgary a few years ago. It came with a replica steel box and wacky adjustment tool and I payed him around $500.00 for it. There isn't any visible manufacturer markings on it. It's a shame these replica scopes are, apparently, not terribly robust as I don't think shooting an original a lot is a very good idea. One of the two I've owned was repaired a while ago by Peter Laidler (I talked to him about it directly and he informed me that it had been an Indian used scope and was in a terrible state when it got to him- barely repairable.)

milsurpo
 
Probably the least expensive replica is the ones from e-sarco. I used one, and had no issue with it. Although cosmetically very similar, It is all steel. The one from Red Star is steel and brass, like the original, but is quite a bit pricier. I haven't had any problem with either holding zero, but haven't used either enough to know how well they collimate. Personal opinion, but i think the one from Red Star is higher quality.
 
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