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Thanks for the detailed explanation! I would think that there must be more of them out there, but definitely not everone being aware of...

Hey @Northyuma what is the highest known serial number for a second J block VIS? This one being J0231 would suggest that at least 231 of...

$ 100 sent. Keep the forum alive!

Taken from an eBay auction .. is it only me or does the scope look like a Soviet PEM on its side mount - and the rifle its mounted to...

It isn't. Posted that very page above too. It is taken from the 1926 US Catalogue of Zeiss.

For what I understood Zeiss gave him their period documents, but Vaughn will tell us.

… these are already fireformed for what I understood. Borrowed the rifle to him ;)

Hey @vaughn99 there you go for pics. First comparison of all variable power Zeiss scopes, their markings, and then I also did a size...

Fortunately I have a friend who loves ammo, so attached pictures of the first 6mm Mauser round he made for me, based on 6,5x57 cases!

I'm not sure what @hatrick originally paid for the scope when he got it. It doesn't need to be him who bought it on eBay when it was...

Holy crap that price is insane. Happy I got myself three sets of all volumes when they were still available. One for the office, one for...

It was listed here on the forum trader for $ 600: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/sold-zeiss-zieldovier-scope.66225/ . The $ 600 IMHO...

It is a variable power scope of which Zeiss initially has had two models. For what I understood Zeiss produced all scopes in the same...

The documented Zielsechs LSR scopes I am aware of are all in the 76xxx serial range (and therefore would also consider 75xxx and 77xxx...

The two pins are not in a line, the front one is placed a bit more upwards (different to the base that Dave has showed in his post with...