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John Boy Ex Member	CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Dec 7^th, 2013 at 3:54pm	Print Post
	(You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) 25-21 ... 32-40 ... 38-72 ... 40-65 and 45-70 missing in the picture. Barrel being blued and Fecker out for repair from Super Storm Sandy When the weather breaks - time to starting sighting them in


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Lefty38-55 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 366 Location: New England Joined: Sep 11^th, 2013	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #1 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 11:16pm	Print Post
	Nice! 38-72 ... new one on me! Noticed that the Kittery Trading Post has 5 boxes of 38-100 or 38-120, I forget - duh! - brass, looks new or newer. Man that was a L O N G case!

	All of my single shots shoot one tiny ragged hole with cast bullets ... it's just the following shots that tend to open up my groups ...
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16289 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #2 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 11:14am	Print Post
	Very nice shooting setup with the various barrels and scopes! I sure like the Feckers!

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #3 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 11:43am	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Dec 11^th, 2013 at 11:14am: I sure like the Feckers! So do I. Third from top looks like the 1-5/8" Challenger model; not a great many of them produced.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16289 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #4 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 11:57am	Print Post
	Redsetter wrote on Dec 11^th, 2013 at 11:43am: marlinguy wrote on Dec 11^th, 2013 at 11:14am: I sure like the Feckers! So do I. Third from top looks like the 1-5/8" Challenger model; not a great many of them produced. As much as I like Feckers, I'm not up on the various models. I have one that looks like that 3rd one, so thanks for the model info!

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ron Oldtimer Offline Posts: 576 Location: Augusta Maine Joined: Nov 15^th, 2009	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #5 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 12:13pm	Print Post
	John Boy You have to many toys. You are a lucky guy. ron


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #6 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 1:12pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Dec 11^th, 2013 at 11:57am: As much as I like Feckers, I'm not up on the various models. I have one that looks like that 3rd one, so thanks for the model info! Model names like this one, Challenger & Woodchucker were conceived by Fecker, Inc. after Fecker's death in '45; previously, they'd been designated merely by objective diameter. The 1-5/8" size came along about 1950, but was gone by '56, when Fecker, Inc. turned its attention to selling special-purpose optics to the US gov't for big dough.


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Kurt_701 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1020 Location: Missouri Joined: May 20^th, 2004	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #7 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 1:31pm	Print Post
	Here is a little info from a Fecker catalog Reprint. Fecker made quality glass. He even made Observatory telescopes. A few years ago the University of North Carolina sold theirs. Kurt

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John Boy Ex Member	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #8 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 5:59pm	Print Post
	Quote: Third from top looks like the 1-5/8" Challenger model; not a great many of them produced . Red, you tweaked my interest so I went and measured it. The objective is 1 5/8" with a serial of 37xx. What I don't know is the power. Were they made in different powers or just one? If I remember correctly, I paid the least for this scope - $325 #2 on the list is a RA Litschert, Spot Shot with a 20x objective The bottom Fecker measures up to be the Commando with a serial of 89XX and I believe to be a 12x #5 a Fecker not in the picture that is out for repair since March - really don't remember the objective size or the scope length to guess what the power is other than it has a 3/4" tube BTW - Much Thanks for your knowledge transfer of the Challenger and Kurt, the scans of the Fecker catalog. Had you not mentioned about this scope - my knowledge for life would be ... it's just a Fecker!
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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #9 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 6:39pm	Print Post
	Quote: Were they made in different powers or just one? 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, & 30X. (What did they forget???) $325? Turn yourself in at the nearest police station.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16289 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #10 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 7:13pm	Print Post
	Can't say as I've seen a Fecker marked for power on it. Most the time I just guess, but there is a way to determine the power; I just don't remember how it's done.

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ClaMar Full Member Offline Posts: 141 Location: Texas Joined: Jul 23^rd, 2013	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #11 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 9:17pm	Print Post
	I have a Fecker with a ~1-3/8" objective bell (serial number in the 44,xxx range (best I can tell, the numbers have white paint non too expertly applied) that has a 10 on the ring associated with the crosshair cell. Clarence


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #12 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 9:25pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Dec 11^th, 2013 at 7:13pm: Can't say as I've seen a Fecker marked for power on it. Most the time I just guess, but there is a way to determine the power; I just don't remember how it's done. Very odd they weren't marked; no idea why. Many books or manuals on scopes describe the method of looking at a brick wall, or picket fence, through the scope with one eye, and comparing the number of bricks or pickets you can count with the scope with the number you count with the other, unaided eye. I've tried it, but lack the mental concentration, or something else, to make the comparison work as intended. I think an easier way to get an approximation is to use the eyepiece alone to magnify a line of type, then compare that magnification with the magnification of 2 or more eyepieces of known power.


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John Boy Ex Member	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #13 - Dec 11^th, 2013 at 10:20pm	Print Post
	I found this on the Internet: Here is a simplistic way to measure the magnifying power of a magnifying glass: just draw a 1" line on a piece of paper. Then take a ruler, set it on top of the magnifying glass, hold both over the line and see how long it is, holding the glass in a way that makes the line as long as possible but still in focus. If it is now 3" long, there is 3x magnification; if it is 5" long, there is 5x magnification, etc. Thus it will be found that most magnifying glasses made in China are not at all what they claim to be. The 5x and 10x ones are often no more that 1.5x, 2x, or 3x. This idea of how to measure magnification seems to be verified by this professional web site's comments: Magnification Magnification is the process of enlarging an object in visual size, normally through an optical lens. It is the ratio between the apparent size and the true size of the viewed object behind the lens. If an object behind the lens appears ten times larger than its true size, and the object is in focus (i.e. at the proper focal length), the magnification is 10x. (Magnifying Glass Facts and FAQs ) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11522 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: CPA Barrel Scopes - They All Have One Reply #14 - Dec 13^th, 2013 at 8:57pm	Print Post
	All my Feckers, Edwards, Lischerts, Unertls, Lyman STS, Lyman target spots, Win A5 Lyman 5A, Balvars, are sniper scopes. That's (sniper scopes).

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