Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Anybody still use Denver Redfields?

I have a couple and I'm going to use them this year. Just curious if anyone here is still using them.

I've got a 2 3/4 X post on my deer rifle. It's been there since 1968.
Bill

I have an old 6400 20x, but it's not on anything at the moment.

I've got a 4X now a T/C Encore,still works like it did in '70.
I may move it to one of my Mannlichers for a little 'retro'....
I'd love to find a clean 6X.....

I have a 2-7 variable with post and crosshair on an old Husqvarna 308. It does the job.

Ted

I sold my last Denver Redfield about two years ago. They were very good scopes in their day. But, like computers, optics improvements are always on the march. And, I like keeping up with mo better stuff. (Mo, better and different is my middle name.. )

Don

I have an Redfield Tracker 3x9 on my 270. I do not see Denver or USA on it, but bought it new in 1978. Don't see made in Japan or China on it either. But is a very reliable scpoe. Tom

Out of a couple I bought and several inherited from dad, there's one left. A 4X with plex reticle made fairly late in the history of Redfield is still going strong on my 7mm-08. The others were sold, traded away or leaked and got tossed.

there is a widefield 1.75-5X 20mm Redfield on my Remington 742

I have a another 20mm tube, a 1-4X 5 Star on my Marlin 336Y

On my Remington 700 CDL, there is a 2-7X 20mm 5 Star.

Yeah, I like old Denver Redfields a lot.

I just put my Golden 5 Star 2x7x32 on my 358, it needs to go hunting again. My 700 270 wears a Widefield 3x9 again. I always liked them and wished they were still around.

Sounds like some neat combo's you guys above have, with great rifles, and older Redfields.
At one time, Denver Redfields were one of the most sought after scopes available, equal to Laupolds back then. But, the EPA done them in.

I have a 4x and a 6x..........both very good fixed power scopes in my view . I also have an older Luep 4x and I prefer the optics of the Redfields .

I've used the 6x quite a bit for load work on some bigger rifles , including a couple of 375 s . The eye relief is generous and the scope seems to be plenty tough .

My old 250-3000 has been wearing a 2x7 Redfield since the 70's. It's still going strong. Also have a 4x on my Ruger No. 1A in 30-06.
Doc

I got a 3x9 lo pro on my BAR 30-06. Had a twin but a guy wanted to be "period correct".

I've got a 3-9x42 Redfield Widefield Illuminator w/AccuTrac. The low light capability of this scope is still outstanding today. Also a 3-9x40 Tracker. I use them both.

The old "Denver Redfield�s" were great scopes in their day. I killed my first buck in 1970 with a Savage 99 in .308 topped with a 4x "Redfield 1 inch tube" scope - wish I still had it.

I do still have a 2-7x Redfield that works as good today as when I bought it in 1974. My history may be off a bit, but Redfield bought a scope company named "Koulmolgrenn" or something like that... I have seen scopes that look exactly like an old Redfield with that name on them. That is how Redfield who was in the iron sights and mount business got in the scope business.
A gentleman named Don Burris worked for Redfield in the early years and was the brains behind the second focal plane reticle Redfield offered and the Widefield models of scopes. He left Redfield and started Burris. Lots of U.S. scope history around those old Redfield�s. Not the current "Redfield" branded scopes that come from the Pacific Rim... As you might tell, I have a warm spot for those old scopes... They were bright, rugged, dependable and Made in the USA.

DMB is correct... the new scopes are better, brighter, more consistent, better coatings, and on and on... but those old Redfield scopes were and are a quality scope from a time when "Made in the USA" meant something.

Returning from memory lane to reality - damn, am I getting old!

Ovis_Chaser

my sons 8x57 has a 3x9 widefield with a plex. and I have a 8x32x40 with a half minute dot. its on a 4 digit ruger no 1 in 6mm. for target shooting the dot sucks but is ok in the field wish i could get it changed. any ideas on who could do that?

1911 these guys can help: http://www.ironsightinc.com/mildot.html

I have (2) 2 3/4's that are still being used. One on a 30-06 and the other on a 22lr. Not the quality of newer optics , but they work.

DocFoster, your Savage 99 wearing a Redfield brought back a lot of good memories... Killed my firt buck with a Savage 99E in .308 with a 4x Redfield. Thanks Doc! Ovis_Chaser