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British made scopes?
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:47 pm
by dazzler
Hi all,
Who are our homegrown scope manufacturers? I know that BSA for example are a U.K. Company and market their own scopes, but I'd bet they are made elsewhere.
Do we have our own scope industry?
Atb
Bobby
Re: British made scopes?
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 7:31 pm
by Gnome of the Woods
Not as far as I know, I don't even think we had one historically.
Re: British made scopes?
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:14 pm
by TenMetrePeter
The London makers like Wray, Watson , Dollond didn't really get into rifle scopes. We made plenty of microscopes and astronomical instruments. Wray made binos for the war effort.
There is a website below showing British scopes (Periscopic Prism Co. Ltd) for SMLEs but I reckon it was cheaper to buy from Germany and Japan after the war when civilians got into rifle scopes. BSA would have bought them in from Japan I would have thought.
https://snipercollection.com/category/1 ... sh-scopes/
Re: British made scopes?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:49 am
by dazzler
Thanks for the knowledge lads...
Bob
Re: British made scopes?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:33 pm
by Axelrod
Falcon optics are a uk co. in staffs. dave