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"Best of the 60s vintage fixed power fours or sixes?"

..pretty easy to answer that one. It's the ones that are still working and in service!

I.E. Weaver, Leupold, Redfield, Stith, Lyman, Norman Ford, Pecar, Kahles, Japanese optics like older Tasco/Bushnell.

Several great USA makers were out there from the 40's to the 80's.. It's a shame there are so few here now.

I favor the old Weavers/Redfields/Leupolds, although I have something from most of the makers mentioned above, and a few more..

my .02
dave

This one.

What is that one, I like it

An old Weaver that came on the 1948 FN .270 I bought last summer. Plain crosshair.

I ran across the FN right after a spirited discussion here on how FN actions made after 1949 or so were too hard and had H collars and in general were likely to bring me to a bad end. In order to preserve my lovely complexion and enjoy a long, full, life, I naturally had to buy the first '48 I saw.

This one is in the classifieds right now. I had one of these a few years ago and it was the clearest, sharpest hunting scope I have ever looked through.


https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth.../1/Bausch_and_Lomb_Balfor_4x_long#UNREAD

You're a good salesman Drover. I was on the fence with this early generation Japanese scope. I sent a pm to the seller and am buying that scope.