I bought a 20X external scope about 1 1/2 years ago. It has a 3/4" tube and is built much like a Fecker but, has a painted aluminum bell and eye piece. The mounts are aluminum but, are fully machined and anodized, not cast like a Fecker or Unertl.

It is a quality made scope but, it is not marked in any way, also note the slip on scope cap, the ocular also had one. Maybe is a "one of"  made by a talented machinist that also knew how to build a good scope?

I know Parsons built licenced Lyman copies and another long scope of there own for BP but, does anyone know if he ever built a Fecker copy?

It looks to me, as a machinist that it might have been built in the 70's or later. Has anyone seen advertizing of a scope like this or know of anyone that might have one like mine?

Frank

830singleshot wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 6:32am:


But did he ever build the focusing adjustment into the inverter lens?

I looked through several issues of The Rifle from the '70s & '80s, but saw no ads for such a scope.  A fascinating book published in 1950 by Truman Henson, Sporting Rifles & Scope Sights, provides detailed plans & instructions for building a target scope having inverter-lens focusing, which for various reasons he thought the ideal design.  Frank, if you're a machinist, you NEED this book!

Kurt_701 wrote on Mar 11^th, 2014 at 8:44am:


I've heard that name--pretty scarce, I think.  Wonder if it was also unmarked.

I've never seen a scope like that Frank! It looks to have been professionally built, and whoever built it was obviously skilled. I think you got a keeper, and I hope someone can nail it down as to maker!

RedSetter,
I'm trying to find a affordable copy but, I found another book that he wrote for less, it's:

Binoculars, telescopes and telescopic sights;: How they work, how to select them, and how to design and build your own.

Thank you,

Frank

I think this will take you to the closed auction. As I understand it. the scope was variabile in magnification from 10x-30. The parallex functions similar to a Fecker.
It was nicely made and sold for $1500+. 
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The scope is a subject on this forum also. Here it was referred to as an "El Monte" type scope.  If I remember correctly the city of El Monte was near Los Angeles.
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hope this helps.
Kurt

frnkeore wrote on Mar 12^th, 2014 at 5:26pm:


I wouldn't be too sure--he (D.L. Semone may be the correct name) was making these things one at a time, so there's no reason to think he couldn't have changed things around from time to time.  Still don't understand why he didn't put his name on them.

Can't held wondering if his mechanical inspiration may actually have been more Arthur Hubalek than Fecker, because Hubalek also produced a variable power that resembles the one that sold on ebay.