Are there no more repair facilities for old steel tube Weaver scopes? I have a Model V9W.
on the same era gun. I have a late 60's vintage Model 100 Winchester in .308, plain stock (no checker-board or design cut in the stock).

The scope was bought with the gun. Was bought by my grandfather to replace my grandmother's single-shot 30-30. Guess he thought she needed something fancy. She used it 1 year and went back to the single-shot

Well, grandma has been distributing her things in recent years and now I have this gun that is "mine" which I absolutely love. Never bought a gun for hunting - family has always had more than enough to go around. I've been using this particular gun every year for deer hunting since I was 16 and I'm now going to be 30 on my next birthday.

I know the gun and scope is old, and most people tell me to toss both of them in the corner and buy a new gun and scope. Well, it don't work that well with me because I guess I don't see a reason to toss out a perfectly good and working gun; however, it pains me to separate the scope from the gun. Not only is this still a great gun, but the gun and scope together hold great sentimental value for me.

My problem is now that the crosshairs are sticking. The up/down moves fine, but the right/left one will move only so far and then stop.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks a bunch either way...

Arvetus;

See the "sticky" at the top of this section. The scope repair company in Tulsa,OK is the one you want.

Weaver repair in El Paso is out of business, I believe.

Don't quit on the 100 just because of age. I still use mine with a Weaver V7 successfully.

Welcome to Shooters Forum

Regards,
Dave

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Dave

I tried the Tulsa number and it was disconnected...

Yeah, I don't want to quit on my old gun...it's a great gun and one hasn't ever gotten away from me with this one My only deal is that I would really like to keep the V9W with the gun for sentimental reasons. Plus, the old "tv-screen" eye piece is classic and has great optics.

**edit** Did a google search and found a different number... no answer, but I'll try them by email and report back for others...

Arvetus;

When you get that new number, if you would please send a PM to "kdub" so he can change the sticky. Us mere mortals can't do that.

We'd all appreciate it as there are still a good number of old Weavers in service.

Thanks,
Dave

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Dave

Received a reply back from them and they are able to repair my V9W...

Here is the new contact info:

Iron Sight Inc.
4814 S Elwood Ave
Tulsa OK 74107

(918) 445-2001
(918) 521-7736
scopeservice@tulsacoxmail.com
http://www.ironsightinc.com

Turnaround time is 3-4 months, but that is ok. I got time

Will PM the info to kdub...

Thanks - got your PM. Will edit the above sticky to reflect new essentials.

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Glad it worked out for you arvetus. "Thanks" to both of you.

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Please don't ever part with that gun & scope and don't ever separate them. That's a true perfect match along with the history behind them. I wish I had known my Grandparents but they were gone before I came along.
I grew up in the 50's 60's and that Winchester Model 100 & 88 along with Weaver scopes , in my opinion , defined deer hunting.
I hunt with a .257 Roberts with a nice old Weaver 3X and it's the best set-up I've ever had.