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Big Larry
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February 23, 2019 - 4:51 pm
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Here is a real nice one, in its original box. No plans to sell it. Boxed A5’s are very hard to fund. The scope I have for sale is almost as nice as this one and is currently on top of my 1927 M52. I don’t think $1,000 for a 98% and 100% original is too far out. A collector may pay that, but someone that just has to have a A5 for whatever purpose may well be happy with less than a 100% original. I am a collector, and would not even consider a A5 with 5A mounts. The beauty of the scope is the Grasshopper mounts.  Big Larry

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Big Larry, if the scope without the box is truly in the high original condition you mention, and all of the numbers and graduations on the rear mount and objective are enameled in red, post up some pictures and I might get interested real quick.  I need to see some very good, close up pictures though.

 

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February 23, 2019 - 5:45 pm
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As he has stated , not looking to sell.

But for the looks of that scope and box, I would be a player!

I have a feeling , I wouldn’t be the only one…..

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Just to clarify my post about the A5 Scope:  I specifically stated, “Big Larry, if the scope without the box is truly in the high original condition you mention, and all of the numbers and graduations on the rear mount and objective are enameled in red, post up some pictures and I might get interested real quick. I need to see some very good, close up pictures though.”  I’m well aware that BL mentioned he has no plans to sell the “scope with the box”.

James

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jwm94 said
Big Larry, if the scope without the box is truly in the high original condition you mention, and all of the numbers and graduations on the rear mount and objective are enameled in red, post up some pictures and I might get interested real quick.  I need to see some very good, close up pictures though.

 

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James  

Of course there are traces of the red enamel on the thimbles but some has evidently been lost over the years. They are definitely red, not later white. Even the one in the box has loss of red enamel as does the mount on my 98% Fecker. If you are still interested, let me know. The scope is really nice as you can see. The one on top of my 1927 M52 picture. Big Larry

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I am unfamiliar with the term “Grasshopper Mounts”.  Would you please enlighten me?  Thanks, RDB

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rogertherelic said
I am unfamiliar with the term “Grasshopper Mounts”.  Would you please enlighten me?  Thanks, RDB  

Not WRA’s term for sure, but find a photo & you’ll understand the name!  Would be a challenge to discover where & when it was first used, but it came into use while the A5 was still in production, so it’s not merely a “collector’s” term.  Anyway, it was WRA’s idea of the spring needed to lift the tube “up” against the elevation adjustment.  This was several years AFTER Stevens had popularized the kind of 3-point rear mount still used on externally adjustable scopes today. During the A5s lifespan, this spring was often criticized for being weak & poorly positioned, & when the A5 was adopted by the Marines in 1917, this wire spring was replaced by a coil-spring plunger in a redesigned rear mount, the Mann-Niedner.     

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Thanks Clarence.  Cool…… my early Winchester scopes seem to be correct.  RDB

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