These scopes were everywhere a dozen or so years ago. Bought a whole bunch in fact. Most were duplex. Target dot showed up once in a while. This one is a mildot. So this .25 Huntsman has some old and new hardware. I suspect the thingy is old too.
I would love to have a V16. They are the clearest scopes I have ever used. I know there are better scopes but it's hard for me to imagine how much clearer or brighter another scope could be.
David Enoch
I had one years ago mounted on a Theoben Eliminator so I know they are built like a tank.
These scopes were everywhere a dozen or so years ago. Bought a whole bunch in fact. Most were duplex. Target dot showed up once in a while. This one is a mildot. So this .25 Huntsman has some old and new hardware. I suspect the thingy is old too.
It's interesting that you mentioned this, because I bought a new one about a year ago, and had an odd experience with it.
For the past 20 years, I've been recommending them to my tuning customers as basically indestructible, even on springers with very heavy recoil. That was also true of the V24 with its different magnification range. The feedback I got from those customers was always positive.
Now I'll fast forward to what happened a year ago, regarding the one I purchased with a duplex reticle. I chose the Weaver V16 to use as my test scope, because I wanted something built like a tank.
I mounted the scope on a springer to do some accuracy testing. The POI on the target kept wandering around, and I didn't think it could be the scope for the reasons I just mentioned. But, I should have known better than that.
So, for the acid test, I installed a trusted Tasco scope on the same rifle, and the problem instantly disappeared. The Weaver scope was obviously defective. It's what happened next that surprised me.
At this point I should mention that I checked the V16 for optical center when I first got it, and found it to be dead on. I left it there, not wanting to cause a problem because I possibly turned a knob too far.
So, I called Weaver customer service and set up the warranty repair. A week or two after I shipped it back, someone called me to say that there was nothing wrong with the scope, and that it was my fault. They said I had over adjusted the knobs to their limits. I tried to explain what I knew I'd done with regard to optical center, and that I hadn't adjusted anything, but they wouldn't listen. The same scope was returned to me in the mail, with a report that said the knobs had been over-adjusted.
Now, had it been a cheaper scope, I might have given up. But, after several calls, I finally reached an upper level manager who really listened to my story, and understood exactly what I was saying. He agreed with what I said, and sent me a prepaid return tag to send the scope back to Weaver for a second look.
Things got taken care of in a jiffy after that. I was told that the scope was indeed defective, and they replaced it with a brand new one. That upper-level manager even called me and apologized.
So, I don't want to hold one bad experience against them. They've been such a good company in the past, I'm going to try and give them the benefit of the doubt.
For the record, I tested the new scope right away. The accuracy was perfect, and it remains that way. I've used it a lot since then, and it's never missed a beat. THIS is the V16 I know and love.
Footnote: I wonder if the Mil Dot reticle on your scope was custom installed. For the kind of shooting I do, I prefer either that, or a duplex reticle--I shoot at various distances, and I don't like to do a lot of clicking.
40 years ago I had a K12 Weaver on a varmint rifle and I bumped the objective hard accidentally and locked it up, it would not turn at all. I sent it back to El Paso for repair expecting to pay for the repair and they sent it back to me prepaid and fixed ,no charge.
Weaver is now owned by Bushnell and I guess things have changed. Now repairs go to Overland Park, Kansas.
Being owned by Bushnell would explain a lot. I had a 4x12 3200 Elite that had a big blob of grease inside the ocular lens. I sent it back with a detailed letter and they sent it back to me with a note saying the scope was fine. I sent it back again with an even more detailed note asking them to actually look through the scope. They sent it back and it was clean. I put it back on my springer, that had never killed my V-16, and after about 10 shots, the grease was all over the lens again. This time it took about 3 months for a replacement which I promptly sold without ever mounting.
I have a few of the duplex dots floating around here, great scopes. My brother has the V24, I found the eyebox more critical. I love my V16's.
Prairie Farmer
I just posted R11 with one on it in the classified. Was recommended by JM when I ordered a new turned R-1 from him. Great scope, to me as good as any other high quality of the day. Still a great scope. Once took a wasp at 50 yards with same said JM turned R-1 .22. and Weaver 16. for you guys that remember Canon Hill Airgun Range In Rockwall Texas. it was from the my bench rest (Rested) table shooting at that big pellet trap by the end of the driveway. Awww good times.
tim
