Weaver Scope V9-II W 3 x 9 AO
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That was likely a decent moderately "high end" scope, in its day - does it have the word "Micro-Trac" on the left side of the top turret?
- Location
- Western Manitoba
I had read on Internet that Micro-Trac was about highest standard for Weaver scopes at the time - so say circa first half of 1980's - before Bill Weaver died and production was moved off-shore. I do know from playing with the "TV screen" type eye piece - both Weaver and Redfield - is a bit "wonky" for your eye, maybe, to get focus just correct, and have the picture "square" to the cross hairs - I suspect a marketing thing - as if needed for leading a running deer or something? The AO, if it works, would be mucho bueno!! But not really too helpful for average deer hunter. Trying to do too many things at same time. Might want to work your way through to verify whether the numbers written for parallax free are true, though - is of an era, when marketers sold a lot of "chit" that really did not do what it said that it would - but people bought them, "because the guy said ..." - so, more were getting made, because they were selling. What you show could be 40 years plus old - so need to take that into consideration - a LOT has changed, (for better and for worse) since early 1980's ...
I bought a Weaver V9-II with Micro-Trac in Dec-2020 for $100 on CGN, mailed to me. I personally would not see the AO from that era, nor the TV screen, as adding any extra value for me - but what do I know ...
I bought a Weaver V9-II with Micro-Trac in Dec-2020 for $100 on CGN, mailed to me. I personally would not see the AO from that era, nor the TV screen, as adding any extra value for me - but what do I know ...
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That was a decent quality scope in it's day. There is some collector interest in the old weavers but the V9-ll is fairly common and wouldn't bring a premium. In excellent condition I expect you could get $150. The AO is a good feature for varminting and target shooting, not so much for big game hunting. The wide view was an experiment that faded quickly, won't add much if any value. If it was a V4.5-ll microtrac it would be worth more and I'd make you a healthy offer for that.
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- Western Manitoba
If that is an early 1980's scope, would have been from time when variable power was still thought of as kind of "iffy" by many hunters. Certainly in Central and Western Saskatchewan, maybe elsewhere, a lot of hunting was done with iron sights, circa 1950's and 1960's. Was during that time, I think, that sealing and gas purging was started - prior to that, using a scope meant dealing with condensation and fogging - inside the scope, not just on outside of lenses.
So, a young man who got his new made-in-1955 Winchester 70 in 30-06, likely did fine until late 1970's or so - his eyes would have changed - now needed / wanted a scope to shoot, and could likely afford one. So, brands and models like Leupold M8's, Redfields, and some better models of Tasco, like the "World Class", were often desirable. Bushnell - especially Bushnell Banner - seemed to appear a lot in the bush. You might want to recall that at that time, often, something marked "Made in Japan" was commonly viewed like "Made in China" or "Made in Korea", today.
I am not sure, today, there would be a lot of difference among those, from that time, and maybe others. I do have a made-in-Wetzlar Hensoldt from about that era - made in Germany - that glass and view is to take your breathe away after looking through made-in-USA scopes from that time - new Leupold FX and Freedom are getting close, in the past few years. I have no clue what various brands would have sold for, then - and I suspect that was important as well. I have come to believe that bias springs, erectors and gimbals are actually quite important in scopes, but not much about that stuff was mentioned in the marketing from those days.
At least where I grew up, most hunters had years of success with iron sights, when they were younger, so lower powered fixed scopes - 2.5x through 4x - seemed popular purchases - might have been easier to adapt to - might have been price? Was "common knowledge" among those guys that a variable power scope had way more moving parts, and was not going to last as long, or be dependable as, a fixed power scope. Today's "common knowledge" is likely different than that - at least as reflected by sales - is actually hard to find a quality new fixed power scope these days - by anyone. I still continue with that thought - my 9.3x62 has a Leupold M8-3x on it, is deliberately not a variable power.
And, on reflection, even though we used to live across the street from Mr. Gaillard in St. Brieux, Sask, (he was "old" in 1965, so likely the father or maybe the grandfather of the barrel maker guy), I did not know anyone who had a rifle for dedicated purpose of target shooting - was all for hunting or pest control - even the local "turkey shoots" were most commonly with Cooey's and similar.
So, a young man who got his new made-in-1955 Winchester 70 in 30-06, likely did fine until late 1970's or so - his eyes would have changed - now needed / wanted a scope to shoot, and could likely afford one. So, brands and models like Leupold M8's, Redfields, and some better models of Tasco, like the "World Class", were often desirable. Bushnell - especially Bushnell Banner - seemed to appear a lot in the bush. You might want to recall that at that time, often, something marked "Made in Japan" was commonly viewed like "Made in China" or "Made in Korea", today.
I am not sure, today, there would be a lot of difference among those, from that time, and maybe others. I do have a made-in-Wetzlar Hensoldt from about that era - made in Germany - that glass and view is to take your breathe away after looking through made-in-USA scopes from that time - new Leupold FX and Freedom are getting close, in the past few years. I have no clue what various brands would have sold for, then - and I suspect that was important as well. I have come to believe that bias springs, erectors and gimbals are actually quite important in scopes, but not much about that stuff was mentioned in the marketing from those days.
At least where I grew up, most hunters had years of success with iron sights, when they were younger, so lower powered fixed scopes - 2.5x through 4x - seemed popular purchases - might have been easier to adapt to - might have been price? Was "common knowledge" among those guys that a variable power scope had way more moving parts, and was not going to last as long, or be dependable as, a fixed power scope. Today's "common knowledge" is likely different than that - at least as reflected by sales - is actually hard to find a quality new fixed power scope these days - by anyone. I still continue with that thought - my 9.3x62 has a Leupold M8-3x on it, is deliberately not a variable power.
And, on reflection, even though we used to live across the street from Mr. Gaillard in St. Brieux, Sask, (he was "old" in 1965, so likely the father or maybe the grandfather of the barrel maker guy), I did not know anyone who had a rifle for dedicated purpose of target shooting - was all for hunting or pest control - even the local "turkey shoots" were most commonly with Cooey's and similar.
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I sold one similar to this without the tv screen ocular lens.
It was tagged at $150 and the offer of $125 was accepted.
There is another one here that didn’t sell.
It was without the AO feature.
Not bad scopes for clarity until you peer down the lens of something
newer and better quality.
It was tagged at $150 and the offer of $125 was accepted.
There is another one here that didn’t sell.
It was without the AO feature.
Not bad scopes for clarity until you peer down the lens of something
newer and better quality.
