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Just purchased a Dr. Walter Gerhard scope of unknown power, value and date of manufacture. Markings are the serial number on the turret base, 412XX, a stylized "G" and "Dr. Walter Gerard" next line "Charlottenburg." Three-bar reticule with "dot on a string".
I know he went out of business in the 1920s. It's a 20mm tube with slim ocular and objective bells and brass bezels. The mount is a clamp on a bar with three holes. It appears to be silver soldered. The leather strap and lens cups are sooo cute. Question, O Ones Of Great Knowledge: Will this scope handle the recoil of an 11.15x50R M Target on a 10-pound drilling?
If so, the drilling already has claw bases and the quick-release would have to be swapped out for rings and claws, or the scope traded for one already so-equipped. History? Advice? Fatherly counsel? Pompous condemnations? Snide comments?
Photos to come as I fight my way through the Teutonically complex uploading procedures peculiar to this forum. Jon: Please convert our fine site to a "Click and Drag" system for us geek-challenged members.
I know he went out of business in the 1920s. It's a 20mm tube with slim ocular and objective bells and brass bezels. The mount is a clamp on a bar with three holes. It appears to be silver soldered. The leather strap and lens cups are sooo cute. Question, O Ones Of Great Knowledge: Will this scope handle the recoil of an 11.15x50R M Target on a 10-pound drilling?
If so, the drilling already has claw bases and the quick-release would have to be swapped out for rings and claws, or the scope traded for one already so-equipped. History? Advice? Fatherly counsel? Pompous condemnations? Snide comments?
Photos to come as I fight my way through the Teutonically complex uploading procedures peculiar to this forum. Jon: Please convert our fine site to a "Click and Drag" system for us geek-challenged members.
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