Thread: Weaver Grand Slam 4-16x44 opinions

Originally Posted by Brakelie

It was on Trademe but didn't sell but I got the guys number. Yes it's one of the newer ones looks just like flyblowns. Guy wants $500 which seems ok for a $1000 scope brand new.

$500 is a good price assuming its in good condition.

Reason I got this Weaver scope was because my one cuz in Alberta uses them almost exclusively and he brought me one in exchange for a couple of domestic flights on his last visit. He has probably a dozen or more Jap made Weavers on various rifles in various specs, plus some older US made ones. He has a two 1.5-5x32 (I think) Grand Slams on very heavy recoiling guide guns for grizzly country (that I remember fondly as the hardest kicking rifles I’ve ever shot). Its a big deal to those guys to have a tough reliable scope on those rifles.

The Jap made Weavers have a very good reputation in the US as robust, simple, well made scopes. For a long time Weaver kept it very simple, no fancy high tech tactical scopes.

Sorry @gonetropo that you had a bad experience, can you remember which model it was? Some of the cheap ones e.g. KASPA are made in China and branded Weaver which to my mind is never a good idea as they are seriously inferior to the Jap made ones.