what is the proper name for the long tube scopes that some of the scottish stalkers use. thanks

they are known as an extendable telescope or draw scopes.

and are still made today.

https://www.grahamsonline.co.uk/product/2079

Swarovski produce a couple of modern equivalents to.

https://aa.swarovskioptik.com/hunting/ctc-cts-c200203

Stalking Scope or Hill Scope.

Grays of Inverness still make them and they are lovely to use.

I have an older Ross which lives in my hunting pack and used quite regularly. Bought it last year - well used but still perfectly usable.

Also have a vintage Negretti & Zambra Stalking Scope that was my wife Grandathers. It still gets used but on fine days.

They take a bit of getting used to, but their length allows to do away with tripods etc. sit down learning against a rock and brace it across your knee, or with your walking stick.

The Swarovski draw is optically great, but a lot shorter so ergonomically doesn't work. You are better off with a converntional spotting scope or a tripod.

i still have a s&b draw tube scope - it's a 20x that draws from about8" to about 34" - very handy scope because is compacts so well-plus it has the sharpest optics of anything i've looked through-called a mayflower i bout it about 1980

Butch, they're meant to be used as spotting scopes, not duct taped to the barrel of your Mossberg! :-)

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Butch, they're meant to be used as spotting scopes, not duct taped to the barrel of your Mossberg! :-)