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I'll go with Xausa. The very first postwar Weaver K2.5, with a 1" tube and slightly enlarged eyepiece, was also designed with a 6" eye relief and 40' field at 100 yards, and was suitable for mounting ahead of 1903 and 1898 bolt handles. This long eye relief was maintained up through the 60 series, but was shortened with the 60A and later scopes by which time commercial bolt actions were available with low bolt handles. These K2.5s and the K3 (again, up through the series 60) are somewhat superior optically, IMO, to the Noskes. The early K4s also have a long eye relief but it is not as long as the lower powered Weavers and 4X is too much for a DG scope anyway. The Lyman Alaskan is a fine scope but eye relief is not as long as the Noske or Weavers. None of these early scopes have self centering reticles so they have to be mounted with precision. For the close to moderate ranges desirable when hunting DG, these low power compact sized long eye relief very low mountable early scopes are perfectly suitable and in many respects preferable to the moderns. The one respect in which, IMO again, they fall short is that they are not variables and cannot be turned down to 1.5x and a superwide field of view. On the other hand, they will not be sitting on 6x when you are surprised in the bush by an animal you are stalking.

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