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Recently, I found a pre-war model 70, with Stith mounts and a K-2.5, 1" steel tube Weaver. Well, the rifle and mounts are long gone. Scope has BRASS ring around the objective lens and adjustment turrets are also BRASS with no provision for covers. Tube is stamped WEAVER K2.5 PATENTED EL PASO TEXAS About half of the finish is gone, and the optics are dim by today's standards. However the crosshair reticle is fine and the adjustments actually work. I'm always hesitant to refinish something this old, since I once made that mistake with a oak table, circa 1850! Question: Does this scope have any collector's value or can I just cold blue the tube and mount it on a old 22?

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Originally posted by sambarman338:
Stroebel's 2008 edition of 'Old Gunsights and Rifle Scopes' values the K2.5 (1947-1984) as follows: "$75-150; add $40 for early exposed adjustment model".

Yours sounds like it might be at the lower end of that but collectability can be in the eye of the beholder. Were I in America and able to buy without them being exported, I would love to buy post-war, pre-image-movement scopes for my collection.