Weaver Target Scopes

[DaWhit]

Have a chance to pick up a Weaver 46X target scope locally.

Question is, what options does one have if the scope goes south, tracking or focus issues?
Will Weaver still repair these or are you SOL and lost the money invested in the scope?

 

[topclass2017]

Weaver won't do repairs, but there are options - Optical Services Co in Santa Teresa, NM repaired my Weaver. Price was reasonable, turnaround time was excellent, and my scope's functionality was restored.

 

[rjtfroggy]

Weaver is no longer in business so repair is doubtful.
They had a lot of problems with the 46x to the point they bought them back or recalled and tried to fix, then just shut down production.
So BUYER BEWARE. (with any Weaver now)

 

[Dr. Jay]

I have four of them and have no problem with any one of them. Good scopes.

 

[Larry Koch]

Great scope for the money, better glass than Leupold. Tracking seems soft. But good.

 

[jpx2rk]

Unless you need the extra magnification, the Weaver 36x are solid scopes, but again, no factory support.

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

For the price, the T-36 are fine scopes. I have two of them in their boxes collecting dust in a closet. One silver and one black. Took them off when I upgraded the glass on my rifles.

 

[Herzo]

When Weaver went out of business, Ironsightinc.com in Tulsa purchased all of their parts inventory and established a repair center for the products. They rebuilt 2 K-4's at a reasonable price, one is doing duty on my Swedish Mauser sniper.

 

[danny]

Weaver is no longer in business so repair is doubtful.
They had a lot of problems with the 46x to the point they bought them back or recalled and tried to fix, then just shut down production.
So BUYER BEWARE. (with any Weaver now)

Any idea why Weaver went out of business?

Danny

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

Any idea why Weaver went out of business?

Danny

The were acquired by Bushnell from what I understand the decision was to stop the Weaver line at the time and only sell Bushnell. they didn't feel they needed two different scope brands.

Lee

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

Weaver is no longer in business so repair is doubtful.
They had a lot of problems with the 46x to the point they bought them back or recalled and tried to fix, then just shut down production.
So BUYER BEWARE. (with any Weaver now)

Yes, they did have problems with the very first batch of XR 46 due to the erector lube migrating onto the lenses. they bought back the first batch. looked at the problem fixed it then reissued them.
they even made more. the new production was in white boxes. I have 4 of them with zero problems. two are the white box and the other two are in the green box.

Lee

 

[SBS]

Weaver won't do repairs, but there are options - Optical Services Co in Santa Teresa, NM repaired my Weaver. Price was reasonable, turnaround time was excellent, and my scope's functionality was restored.

Haven't been able to get in touch with Cheryl at Optical Services either by phone or email for over a month now. Makes me wonder if she's closed shop -- anyone know?

 

[JimPag]

Haven't been able to get in touch with Cheryl at Optical Services either by phone or email for over a month now. Makes me wonder if she's closed shop -- anyone know?

She's still repairing scopes, but sometimes she's a little hard to get ahold of. I owned 2 of the 46's and sold them because I have as much faith in them as those Leupold 45 Comps. I bought a 46X for a friend of mine, he used it for 2 month's and it shit the bed on him so off to Cheryl it went. She fixed it but the damage was done, He didn't want to take a chance on it again so he sold it. So it's a 50/50 chance when you buy one that's going to be trouble free or not. There are better scopes out there. Spend the extra money and buy a real scope.

 

[FNSafari]

Why take a chance spending $ on a defunct scope when you can put your hard earned $s on an in production scope with a guarantee? Oh I get it, it’s cheap.

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

She's still repairing scopes, but sometimes she's a little hard to get ahold of. I owned 2 of the 46's and sold them because I have as much faith in them as those Leupold 45 Comps. I bought a 46X for a friend of mine, he used it for 2 month's and it shit the bed on him so off to Cheryl it went. She fixed it but the damage was done, He didn't want to take a chance on it again so he sold it. So it's a 50/50 chance when you buy one that's going to be trouble free or not. There are better scopes out there. Spend the extra money and buy a real scope.

he was lucky she worked on the XR she told me she doesn't work on them, and this was about a year-18 months ago.

Lee

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

Why take a chance spending $ on a defunct scope when you can put your hard earned $s on an in production scope with a guarantee? Oh I get it, it’s cheap.

Cheap/affordable perhaps. I wanted all the same dot size and eye box/relief for 4 rifles. at the time I purchased my first 46XR I was using a SIII 45HD I noticed how much brighter the XR was and for less than $550.00 at the time I bought 2 more. sold the two SIII 45 I had to fund the other scopes. the remaining funds paid part of the last 46XR.
I am not a serious sanctioned RFBR shooter so to spend $6-7+K on scopes is not something I plan to do.
FYI, I was told once by a respected 1000yd. shooter Leopold were known/ nicked name UPS because of the time spent on those brown trucks going back and forth. I also witnessed NF go south. so even they can fail.
if my XR's do I will just toss them at $550 each. I shoot about that much in cost in a months' time in RF ammo.

Lee

 

[danny]

Why take a chance spending $ on a defunct scope when you can put your hard earned $s on an in production scope with a guarantee? Oh I get it, it’s cheap.

New scopes seem to, in many cases, be getting the "tacticool" (not cool) look. Repairing vintage, nice and classical scopes may be a desireable option.

Danny

 

[Krogen]

New scopes seem to, in many cases, be getting the "tacticool" (not cool) look. Repairing vintage, nice and classical scopes may be a desireable option.

Danny

For me it's not only the "tacticool" trend, but the move to overly complicated reticles. Some of them are like looking through the screen door on my porch! I put one of "Leupold's Best" on my F t/r rifle and had a hard time even seeing the X ring.

I suspect these goofy reticles came about with the change from real crosshairs to etched glass reticles. They got complicated, because they could. The array of features weren't possible with wire reticles. Maybe I'm an anachronism, but give me plain crosshairs or a simple dot reticle.

 

[FNSafari]

Cheap/affordable perhaps. I wanted all the same dot size and eye box/relief for 4 rifles. at the time I purchased my first 46XR I was using a SIII 45HD I noticed how much brighter the XR was and for less than $550.00 at the time I bought 2 more. sold the two SIII 45 I had to fund the other scopes. the remaining funds paid part of the last 46XR.
I am not a serious sanctioned RFBR shooter so to spend $6-7+K on scopes is not something I plan to do.
FYI, I was told once by a respected 1000yd. shooter Leopold were known/ nicked name UPS because of the time spent on those brown trucks going back and forth. I also witnessed NF go south. so even they can fail.
if my XR's do I will just toss them at $550 each. I shoot about that much in cost in a months' time in RF ammo.

Lee

Some BR shooters who used to shoot Leup Competition scopes owned three...one on the rifle, one in the mail and one at the Leup repair shop.

 

[JimPag]

Some BR shooters who used to shoot Leup Competition scopes owned three...one on the rifle, one in the mail and one at the Leup repair shop.

You ain't lying Greg. Those 45's could find their way back to the factory on their own. Not too many problems with the 40's and 35's.