Norman Ford Texan scope

[Jim in Salt Lake]

Hey Paul, I'd try anyway. I would definitely make the point about the Texan being a "clone" of the Alaskan. If you can present the specs of both and show how similar they are, with the pictures, I think you'd have a good argument. I would compare your situation to what they already have in the rules for the "1903A1." Your situation is comparable to the rules allowing the use of pretty much any Lyman, Fecker, Unertl, Malcolm scope so long as they're 8X or less for the "1903A1." You can argue a similar situation for the "1903A4." An email is free.....

[jgaynor]

Paul.

I just copied this post from the CMP Forum. The thread is current-something like Repro "US M1941A1" with 8x Unertl.... (the underlining and italics are mine):



"I wrote to Hi-Lux and passed on our comments on the mounts issues. Here is Hi-Lux' response.

Hi,

Thank you for your e-mail. Actually we did not copy the original 8X scope, because the optics that was used at the old time has no comparison with the today’s new optics. We need to redesign the whole optical system to make the scope that is capable to see a clear image at the low light situation. Because of the different optical systems, our scope cannot be the same length as the original one. That won’t be a problem to use. Our mounting system is getting very good now after several production run. We track this scope on the collimator , at the 7.2” spacing between the front and rear mounts, the each click is exactly the ¼ MOA adjustment and it is repeatable. Meantime we try to improve the finish of our steel mounts. Most people now are making the mount aluminum. But we try to stay to make the steel mounts. We sell the scope, mount, recoil spring and the bases for 1903 a1 as a package deal. We give the accessories free with the scope. This scope is one of the most difficult scopes to make in the market. That’s is why today there is no one to make this kind scope any more. We are still learning how we can make this scope better. We will stay on top of the quality and try to make it better. We will have a new shipment coming in May. We have already improved quality. I hope the people who are loving to use this kind vintage style scope would support us and give us a little bit more credit for making this kind scope available again. If you still have any questions about this scope, please feel free to contact us. We will try our best to continue making the good quality 8X scope. Thank you for your support.


Best Regards,


Hi-Lux, Inc."

It will be interesting to see if and how CMP responds to this information. For my money should they concern themselves mainly with creating a reasonably level playing field for the competitors.



Regards
Jim

[paul v]

Thanks Jim, I'm still debating petitioning it, but appreciate the info. I will be going to be in the south store this July (my yearly pilgrimage) and I may bring this up with Orest personally if given the chance. Paul