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Only variable El Paso Weaver I had was a V7. The ocular and power adjustment both turned together. Here's a link to a 1.5-4.5x20 El Paso. It's made the same way. If the El Paso's were changed to look like the one on that XTR later on I don't know.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/976984503/Weaver-V4-5-Scope.htm

That looks like the one on the Ebay link I posted.

So, I'm not sure what's on the XTR. That's the $64 question.

DF

Got one of those in a 6.5 x 55 Swede and it is a great shooter............. think I'll pass on the 308. MB

I bought one of the early, ugly ones from a good bud back in the late '60's. IIRC, paid him $90. I chunked the ugly factory stock, put it in a Royal semi-inletted stock, glassed, free floated, finished and even checkered it. It's a 7RM, shot an easy MOA with most loads/ammo. My son has it and it has put venison in the freezer.

Those guns generally shoot very well.

DF

Pretty sure only the El Paso Weavers had the Micro Tract. Can pick them up for 70-100 dollars but, I like them.

This scope has a different power ring than the Micro Trac I posted with the EBay link and the one Earl posted.

Was this version a later model, earlier model? I assume both versions are El Paso.

DF

I'm betting it's a Weaver Steel-Lite II. Made in El Paso but marked USA. As far as a DOM I found this:
" From 1974 till the end of the company, in 1983, they were all marked as -1s and, later, -II (Steel-Lites on the box....)"


Here's one it's a wide view model but other than that looks like the one your inquiring about:
https://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=180474



What you think?

It looks like someone bit on a decent deal. It has a Sale Pending notice at the link.

EZEARL, now aren't you the detective...

I think you nailed it. It's a V 4.5 II, 1.5-4.5x20, evidently a later version. The guy in your link was asking $150 for a widefield version, so these may be worth a tad more than the older ones (like you had), eyepiece turning with the power ring. To me, this is an improvement.

If this scope is in the $150 range, that cuts the gun cost to $450, an even better deal.

Thanks, Earl. I didn't know about that series of Weaver scopes.

DF

Forgot about a 3-9x40 I got in a swap years back that had Micro-Trac on the side and had the same ocular/power ring set up as that V4.5. Never used it and didn't have it but for a few months. Gave it to a friend in need and he's still using it. That got me to searching and I came across the info I posted. Beings that's a low power variable I'd think $150 would be doable. Looks to be in nice shape.

That gun gets cheaper, the more we find out about that scope.

IME, those big dealers, like Cabelas and Collectors, don’t spend much time figuring the scopes. In an obvious case like a Swaro, etc., they may figure it out. More obscure scopes, not so much. I made a trade with Cabelas for a T - Bolt .22 mag that had a VX-3 scope with Aluma covers, the covers worth nearly a hundred bucks. They didn’t seem too concerned. Got those fancy scope covers gratis.

Details can make a difference.

DF