I now only have a K-4 on a vintage rifle, seldom used for hunting unless I'm feeling nostalgic. That said, it is new enough to have a plex reticle and works fine. As many have noted, the optics aren't as good as my newer scopes, and though getting them sighted in was a pain, once sighted in they stayed sighted in in my experience. But I enjoy those old Weavers. My uncle Bill put a brand new K-4 on a brand new M99 EG in .300 Savage in 1954. His scope always bothered me when I looked through it...the reticle was not centered in that era Weaver and the intersection of the crosshairs was noticeably a bit to 7:or 8 o'clock in the field. It didn't bother him, he killed deer with that rifle till his death in 1984. It did have covered turrets, and must have been sealed, as he never had fogging problems. My uncle Bob had an even older K-4 on a .250-3000. His had exposed adjustments...no turret covers. It also had a non-centered reticle, and I would suspect was not a sealed scope.
Last edited by 300_savage; 11/11/19.
