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I know matte is the current darling but just where in the hell are all the damn gloss scopes? Us blue steel and wood guys like them

I have about 20 Leupold M8’s, they’re all I use. Classic scopes that to my eye look just as good on Montana’s and M700 Ti’s as they do on pre-64 M70’s.

I'm with you guys. I wish gloss scopes were still made. I have a number of 1980s vintage Leupold, Redfield and Burris scopes that are all gloss finish. 4x, 2-7x and 3-9x. But then, all my rifles are wood stocked and blued steel.

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I just mounted an M8 6x on a Mauser, and after chasing POI around for a while, I'd had about all the nostalgia I wanted for a while. The Burris is going back on that one, I think.

Bought the 6, and a 4 to mount on an old custom, where one will stay to look all pretty and period-correct, but for day-to-day use, I'll take something that points where I tell it, and when.

I have never had a problem with M8s in 4X or 6x not holding zero

Hmmmmm. I have a gloss scope, waiting for paint.


Glossy scopes with thin tubes are a thing of the past for me,


Carry-on

I don’t chase the POI around with ANY of my M8 scopes. There solid, rugged & reliable! I’ll keep’em over variables anyday.

One of the side-effects of capitalism--supply and demand--is that while gloss scopes were more the rule than the exception over 20 years ago (as we were really shiny stocks and metal on hunting rifles. Thus a LOT of gloss scopes were made, and probably 85-90% are still around.

Which is exactly why anybody who really wants a gloss scope today should check the Campfire Classifieds, where a lot of gloss scopes show up, often for pretty "affordable" prices.

This is the same basic reason that Savage investigated the possibility of reintroducing their Model 99 20+ years ago and decided against it. There were already over 2 million used 99s on the market, priced far lower than Savage could make new ones.

Which is why at some point, manufacturers start competing against themselves when "introducing" retro products, whether gloss scopes of Savage 99s.

Tommy and Dick Smothers explain supply and demand.

Damn she's hawt! I like retro now!

I understand supply and demand and that they are not commercially successful anymore but I am having a hard time finding them on the used market right now too

I know what you're going through, looked long and hard for a clean gloss 2-7 leupold to put on a 1969 year model all Belgian BAR 338 WM, found a nice 1.75-5 gloss Burris, it's a perfect match for a 300 yard hunting rifle.

Call the Leupold custom shop if you want a gloss scope. That was the word from the factory rep I spoke with a while ago. Almost all rifles manufactured now and they have matte finish thus maybe the reason for matte finish scopes. I'm sure the matte finish is cheaper .

Ken

Bushnell scopechiefs abound on eBay. Glossy and crystal clear. I’d stay away from the iv v and vi models tho

Sometimes I'll buy a rifle for $500.00 because it has a gloss leupold on it, knowing I can turn around and sell the scope for almost what I paid for the whole rifle/scope combo. Ha ha..




Speaking of a Leupold 2-7, one of my buddies used one on his model 71 until it puked. He probably still has it in his junk scope drawer. I like gloss scopes too, but have given away many m8's that have came on pre 64's I've bought over the years. Seems everyone here locally think those are better than sliced bread on their pre 64 model 70's. I even bought a CZ550 9.3x62mm that had one on top. Gave that away to a buddy of mine. Sold some for $50.00 at a flea market too. The retro scopes I like are the old steel tubed weavers. Last year a gave my good buddy an old sporterized p14 and put a steel tube weaver on it for him.


One of my favorite/go to hunting rifles wears a gloss Burris FFII 3-9x40 with ballistic plex reticle. Try finding one of those. Its not going to happen:

BONER ALERT,nice rigs sir..

That's not the reason Pappy348 decided he'd had enough "nostalgia" from an M8. They hold zero fine--but getting there often requires far more ammo and time than many of prefer anymore, especially when other relatively inexpensive scopes hold zero just as well, but require a LOT less effort to zero in the first place.

I still own at least half a dozen friction-adjustment Leupolds, both M8 fixed powers and a couple variables. They're on older rifles where they look right. But I own more Burris Fullfield IIs these days, mostly variables but also one of the discontinued 6x40s, because it takes far less time and ammo to get them zeroed--and they hold it very well.

Prezactly!

The FF II went back on, and though I'd changed out the mounts completely, bore-sighting it only required tweaking the elevation and a couple of rounds at the range had me back in business.

Meanwhile, the "old custom" has "issues" with the holes in the bridge that are going to take a set of Burris ring inserts to correct. They finally arrived after yo-yoing hither and yon across America like Ricochet Rabbit in a UPS Mail Innovations container. Gotta love that "Free Shipping"!