The Firing Line Forums

Go Back   The Firing Line Forums > The North Corral > Black Powder and Cowboy Action Shooting

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old February 15, 2008, 10:19 AM   #1
Schalk Wepener
Junior Member
 
Join Date: February 15, 2008
Posts: 3
Period Correct Rifle Scope

I am interested in making my own period correct scope.
I have found a couple of mounting examples but i'm having trouble with
the actual scope making.

Can any one provide me with information with regards to this please.
I'm particulary looking for information on how long the scope should be and such.

Thank you.
Schalk Wepener is offline  
Old February 15, 2008, 10:27 AM   #2
ZeSpectre
Senior Member
 
Join Date: June 4, 2007
Location: Shenandoah Valley
Posts: 3,276
contact the Smithsonian museum
ZeSpectre is offline  
Old February 15, 2008, 10:34 AM   #3
wjkuleck
Senior Member
 
Join Date: March 13, 2007
Location: Ohio, USA
Posts: 1,220
What period ?

Regards,

Walt
__________________
Author, NEW! The M1911 Complete Owner's Guide
The M14
and M1 Garand Complete Assembly Guides
The M1 Garand Complete Assembly Guide
The AR-15 Complete Assembly
and (New 4th Edition) Owner's Guides
wjkuleck is offline  
Old February 15, 2008, 10:38 AM   #4
Schalk Wepener
Junior Member
 
Join Date: February 15, 2008
Posts: 3
approx 1860
Schalk Wepener is offline  
Old February 16, 2008, 09:28 PM   #5
4V50 Gary
Staff
 
Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,824
I asked at another website as I too am interested in making my own period scope. No luck so far. Let me know what you learn.
__________________
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe!
4V50 Gary is offline  
Old February 16, 2008, 10:03 PM   #6
Hawg
Senior Member
 
Join Date: September 8, 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 16,177
I dunno bout the specs on a Davidson or Malcolm or anybody elses period scopes but y'all do realize period mounts weren't made for modern off the shoulder shooting right? They're too low for that. They were made for sighting from a reclining position with the barrel propped between the feet.
Hawg is online now  
Old February 16, 2008, 10:42 PM   #7
4V50 Gary
Staff
 
Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,824
The Davidson scope mount was on the side of the gun. Davidson intended it that way to provide enough elevation for long range shooting. The gun it was most commonly mounted on, the Whitworth, was capable of hitting a 32 feet x 2 feet target at 1880 yards. The size of the target was representative of a platoon of soldiers standing in formation.
__________________
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe!
4V50 Gary is offline  
Old February 17, 2008, 06:19 AM   #8
Colduglandon
Senior Member
 
Join Date: March 5, 1999
Location: Mass
Posts: 493
Over a mile away?
__________________
From the People's Republic of Massachusetts
Colduglandon is offline  
Old February 17, 2008, 08:59 AM   #9
Hawg
Senior Member
 
Join Date: September 8, 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 16,177
Gary, you're right of course. I knew that, just didn't think it through before I posted. Got a bad habit of that too.

Paul Morceau said
Quote:
Over a mile away?
Yep
Hawg is online now  
Old February 17, 2008, 12:05 PM   #10
4V50 Gary
Staff
 
Join Date: November 2, 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 21,824
Yep, over a mile. Remember, the target isn't man sized. It's platoon sized. BTW, it was made of several planks of oak and at that distance, the Whitworth still drove deeply into the wood. In my own research, I've found one Whitworth kill and one injury at over 1400 yards. How do I know it's confirmable? Well, it's between two islands with nothing between.
__________________
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. Molon Labe!
4V50 Gary is offline  
Old February 17, 2008, 06:11 PM   #11
Gewehr98
Senior Member
 
Join Date: June 30, 2000
Location: Token Creek, WI
Posts: 4,067
Nice ones here:

http://www.leatherwoodoptics.com/index-malcolm.html

I'm thinking about one for my 32" Sharps.

__________________
"Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...

Neural Misfires
Gewehr98 is offline  
Old February 17, 2008, 08:30 PM   #12
El Chimango Pete
Senior Member
 
Join Date: January 11, 1999
Location: Sierras de Cordoba - Argentina
Posts: 352

That is a beauty Gewehr. It would look great on my Pedersoli Sharps too.

Q
__________________
A 44 beats 4 aces. A 454 Casull beats a 44

http://www.byknight.com/wordpress
El Chimango Pete is offline  
Old February 18, 2008, 12:50 AM   #13
Schalk Wepener
Junior Member
 
Join Date: February 15, 2008
Posts: 3
Quote:
I'm thinking about one for my 32" Sharps.
Yes those are the ones. They look amazing. The only probnlem is no one imports them to South Africa and getting $400 something is a bit of a problem, hence I want to try and do it myself.
Schalk Wepener is offline  
Old February 18, 2008, 09:44 PM   #14
W. C. Quantrill
Senior Member
 
Join Date: February 11, 2008
Location: No Man's Land
Posts: 354
Frankford Arsenal conducted their tests at SandyHook Proving Grounds. An Allin conversion Springfield with bare sights was used in 1879 to make accurate shots at 2 miles. It was a .45-70 of course.

http://www.researchpress.co.uk/targe.../sandyhook.htm
__________________
NRA Life
Whittington Center Life
W. C. Quantrill is offline  
Old March 20, 2008, 05:30 PM   #15
El Chimango Pete
Senior Member
 
Join Date: January 11, 1999
Location: Sierras de Cordoba - Argentina
Posts: 352
That's a very good article, Quantrill. Amazing the extreme ranges and interesting that the Springfield has a longer range than the (lighter) Martini Henry.

The current record for a sniper kill is held, I think, by Corp.Rob Furlong with a McMillan TAC 50, at 2,657 yards. I'm not sure about the current record for a group but i think its slightly over that - always with the big .50

Thanks for the reference.
__________________
A 44 beats 4 aces. A 454 Casull beats a 44

http://www.byknight.com/wordpress
El Chimango Pete is offline  
Old March 20, 2008, 07:06 PM   #16
yourotherleft
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 4, 2006
Posts: 105
Check out:

http://www.montanavintagearms.com/scopes.html
yourotherleft is offline  
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:29 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
This site and contents, including all posts, Copyright © 1998-2021 S.W.A.T. Magazine
Copyright Complaints: Please direct DMCA Takedown Notices to the registered agent: thefiringline.com
Page generated in 0.11856 seconds with 10 queries