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Gun quiz
Feb 16th, 2012 at 5:11pm
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I've been re-reading some of my gun books this winter and always find something new---so I have a quiz for all my fellow shooters & collectors.
Who made the first variable powered riflescope, it was called the Multiscope, this company also made the first combination eyecup for the tang sight, and the first detachable mounts as the Lyman and Unertl that we use today.   ledball
PS   I do not believe everything I read in these old gun books so  your answers may be  different than mine.    Now you give us your quiz
  
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Reply #1 - Feb 16th, 2012 at 8:52pm
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Ledball,  I don't know who made the first variable scope, but I do have a rather unique quiz for all of the Winchester M1885 experts out there!  How many original Winchester Model 1885's were factory chambered in the caliber of 40-90 Bottleneck?
(Not the same as the 40-90 Sharps straight).
The correct answer might surprise you !!!   Tim  Smiley Smiley
  
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Reply #2 - Feb 17th, 2012 at 2:31am
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The Stevens 575 6x-12x Multiscope, available in single or double micrometer...

Which raises another question...was this variable scope an actual Stevens design, or instead a Cataract Tool & Optical Company development, which Stevens acquired?

leadball,
A fun and interesting quiz.

Have you run across one of the Stevens "Wide Angle" scopes from the same time period? 

As to the Hadley Eye Cup, did Stevens get that direct from Hadley, or did they acquire it via Hadley's association with Maynard?

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Reply #3 - Feb 17th, 2012 at 7:42am
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Love this Idea. MORE QUIZZES PLEASE!! 

Anyone know who made the first "range finding"scope?

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Reply #4 - Feb 17th, 2012 at 9:23am
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Going to guess at Tim's question and say none. Think the 40-90 bottleneck was pretty rare except maybe in a Peabody.
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Reply #5 - Feb 17th, 2012 at 9:27am
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       I have never seen anything but pictures of the stevens "wide angle" scope,
       My info  {Savage & Stevens by Bill West, says that the variable eye cup was from H M Pope, I can't find a picture of an earlier soule type tang sight with this eye-cup.  ain't this fun     ledball
PS  these Stevens scopes must be scarce, I see very few at the OGCA
  
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Reply #6 - Feb 17th, 2012 at 11:12pm
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Hello, everyone..I don't have The Bullets Flight with me at moment...I seem to recall reading that Dr. Mann had a name for his personal range..does anyone know?
  
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Reply #7 - Feb 17th, 2012 at 11:32pm
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Here's a quiz question and the answer:
How did Harry Pope test fire his barrels before he shipped them to the customers?

Answer:  His shop on the 18th floor of the Colgate Bld in Jersey City, NJ had a diagonal distance of 50'.  He fired 2 fouling shots into one of the brick walls then shot a playing card sized target diagonally 50' feet across the shop ... which he shipped to the customer with the rifle

In addition, the windows of his shop were so grimy from the cigarettes he always smoked, he used to write notes in the grim on the windows

Trivia that you'll never find in any of his catalogs! Smiley
  
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Reply #8 - Feb 17th, 2012 at 11:46pm
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And how do you know all this good stuff John Boy.
  Regards
  H. M. Pope
  
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Who was the young fellow that decided to do Pope a favor and wash those grimy windows?

  
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Reply #10 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 3:47am
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Lucian Cary?
  
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Reply #11 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 10:32am
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And how do you know all this good stuff John Boy.

You won't find it in any of Harry's articles or Smith's book but if you read the autobiography:The Life and Times of Arthur C. Jackson - you'll find more interesting information about Harry that I've never read elsewhere
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IIRC - Art Jackson when he was young - the offer was declined by Harry
  
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Reply #12 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 10:43am
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22 - I've got Dr Mann's book and am too lazy to find the name of the range in any of the 379 pages ... so I give up
  
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Reply #13 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 11:14am
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And how do you know all this good stuff John Boy.

You won't find it in any of Harry's articles or Smith's book but if you read the autobiography:The Life and Times of Arthur C. Jackson - you'll find more interesting information about Harry that I've never read elsewhere
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Who was the young fellow that decided to do Pope a favor and wash those grimy windows?
IIRC - Art Jackson when he was young - the offer was declined by Harry


Thanks for the Info on Arthur C.Jackson John Boy, sounds like an interesting read.
  Regards
  H. M. Pope
  
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Reply #14 - Feb 19th, 2012 at 12:37pm
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Chuckster wrote on Feb 17th, 2012 at 9:23am:
Going to guess at Tim's question and say none. Think the 40-90 bottleneck was pretty rare except maybe in a Peabody.
Chuck

  Chuckster, you are pretty close.  The factory records show that there were two 40-90 BN rifles built, and both were probably special ordered. A very good friend just bought one of them, from a guy in New Mexico.  I've seen the photo's & documents for the rifle, and it's in pretty rough condition, but still shootable.  He will bring it down to my shop as soon as he gets a little free time, and we'll examine the rifle and I'll get some photo's to post.  30 inch heavy round barrel (#4 or #5 ?) with barrel sights.  Straight stock, crescent buttplate, and regular trigger.  Tim
  
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