70's US Military Scope

[paddling_man]

My wife sent the link to me - not her interest but understanding mine.

I was kinda interested when this was less than $10. At almost $200, not so much. The description from these guys are usually REALLY bad: "maybe an M60 scope."

Anyone shed any light on this scope?

shopgoodwill.com - #4436497 - Working Vintage US Army Sniper’s Starlight Scope - 2/5/2009 8:30:00 PM

 

[Thumper]

AN/PVS 2 starlight scope.They are quite good scopes.I had 1 on a m1a and had no problem shooting 1 inch groups at midnight.If you dont want
i'll take it for that price.

 

[paddling_man]

All yours! I would love to have it but can't justify the expense right now. I suppose it may go much higher since there is still time left.

What IS a reasonable price for one?

Can you believe someone dropped it off at a Tacoma, WA Goodwill??

 

[Thumper]

A reasonable price with the mount is about $700.

 

[Britton]

Heavy and bulky, but better than a PVS 4 in good moonlight.

 

[r3126]

Was state of the art when I was a battalion 3 at Camp Pendleton, way back when.

Heavy - 7 or 8 pounds, took, as I recall, 4 or 6 AA batteries. I wonder how the military version got in the public market. They have export restrictions on them, I believe, even though they are out dated.

I suspect it was "misappropriated" long ago and then passed from hand to hand thru a couple of generations until someone wondered why they had this "old piece of junk" and donated it to get a tax deduction for a "telescope." (Wow, that was a long sentence)

 

[ballzac86]

up to $500 now...

 

[mike8170]

Bought mine about three years ago, gave $550 for it, plus another $40 for the M16 series mount. Really enjoyed it. But since then, I have moved on, PAQ4 on the rail, and PVS14. I figure that eventually I will get a nice M1A to mount it on.