What's the longest you've kept the same scope on the same rifle

I think I read about it in NZ guns or possibly Lentle & Saxton. A way of making a scope protector from used inner tube.

Basically the idea was to cut long strips of inner tube and wind them onto the body of the scope in a sort of spiral formation and you end up with a cheap 'rubber armoured' scope. I actually did this with the Tasco mentioned in page the first page of this thread, in the 28 years that the scope has been on the rifle, the rubber armour has only been taken off once, it was when I bought some flip up scope covers for it in 2013. The same rubber was wound back on in place and only needed new 'tie ins' (thin strips used like rubber bands to hold it in place near the turrets).

It is a trick I have used on other scopes since, and there have been a few moments where I was grateful for having done it.

Pecar 4x81 steel tube on my BRNO ZKK601 for 56 years

I didn’t manage quite as long with my Pecar- was 44yrs before I sold the .270 Monarch it was on. Barrel was rather“ tired”..


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