Just to whine, a little more, we were on the gold standard in '39 and gold was $32 oz so, the upgrade was almost a 1/2 oz of gold.

And see what you can hit with a 1/2 ounce of gold.

What the heck does all this talk of precious metals and the economy have to  do with Lyman scopes?

I would not part with my STS 20X full stop! But if I had to here in OZ $2000, a u. Albeit they are as rare as rocking horse do do here!   
           Cheers Mal in au.

Apparently enough to keep Lyman in business. And the farm boy was saving up to buy fifty 22 long rifle cartridges, not Super Targetspots. These were primarily for serious riflemen. Good night all.

Sort of, but not now, Please read above.

Green_Frog wrote on Dec 4^th, 2023 at 2:33pm:


I've known Nick, and dealt/traded with him for decades, until he got on Ebay and then it all ended. I bought both his scope book, and iron sight books when they came out from Nick, and he autographed them for me. At the time his scope and sight books were the only resource around, and appeared to be excellent. But as time went by and I got deeper into rare old scopes I realized how lacking his book was on details, and omissions completely of some very nice and rare scopes and their makers.
The sight book is about the same deal. Until the latest book "American Rifle Sights" by Tom Rowe came out Nick's book was pretty good, but it quickly got eclipsed by Rowe's book which has much more info, and way higher quality illustrations.
It still takes a huge amount of effort to ferret out information on a lot of the old scopes, as it's a topic nobody has really delved deeply into. Considering the prices some of the most rare and highest quality scopes get, I would hope someday someone will do the topic right.

Initially they were offered in 10, 12, and 15, Same as the Super Targetspots, when first offered in 1937. Not sure, but would assume they would offer higher powers as they were introduced. Also, at this point, not sure how long the service was offered.