Picked up this neat old Stevens scope earlier this month, and just received it from the seller on Friday. The little #3 Ballard is marked under the forearm, "Re-bored by J. Stevens A&T" and ".25 Stevens RF" in Stevens script.
Figured it was the perfect gun for the Stevens 161 scope to go on! Have about 8 boxes of .25 Stevens RF, and occasionally splurge and take the little #3 Ballard for a spin!

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Sweet setup. The scope would sure look good on one of my Stevens.

Very sharp classic set-up, it looks exactly "right".

What's an appropriate price/inch for old Stevens scopes?

And as long as your posting pics, that's one Unertl I'd like to see a pic of.

Many of the old straight tube scopes in the common variety (and shorter length) sell around $300-$400, with standard mounts. When I refer to common, I mean the old scopes that are most often found for sale. The really rare varieties will bring a lot more, and the longer than 22" will also bring a lot more. Full length scopes in the 26"-32" lengths often bring prices in the $1500 or higher range! The longer scopes bring the highest prices.
Then there are mounts. Find an old Malcolm or Mogg scope, and it's very big money, but is they have the old vernier style mounts, the price is dramatically higher! 
There are also a number of scopes built by individuals who made very few, and are very good quality! Those are tough to price, since not enough are found to set the values.

This is the Unertl scope. I was wrong on the marking, as it actually reads, "JUNERTL" not UNERTL. It is an 18" tube, and appears to be browned, not blued. The lock ring has a "6" on it, which I assume is the magnification. Many old scopes were 3x or 4x, so the Unertl is a nicer magnification.

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Thanks Smoke!

BP wrote on Sep 10^th, 2015 at 2:30pm:


Thanks BP! I wanted to put it on my #3f Fine Gallery, but someone opened up the front dovetail for a 7/16 windage globe front sight! I'd like that globe on my Rem. #1 Sporter, as it's 7/16" front dovetail, but not sure if a 1/16" filler would work on the little #3f to make this scope fit?

BP wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 4:15am:


Yes, I'm also leary, and raising the scope isn't going to work, unless it was raised on both ends. I suppose a 3/8" raised block for the rear could be used with a 7/16" raised adapter for the front.