To give modern performance to these old style scopes, we have utilized modern lens coatings and manufacturing practices. The only difference with our Malcolm Optics is the glass. The company continued in business until WWII, even though some new optical technologies, which would make these telescopic steel tube scopes obsolete.Īs a tribute to William Malcolm, our modern Malcolm vintage reproduction scopes are constructed to same specs with the general look and feel of the original scopes. By the turn of the 20 th Century, Malcolm had become the leading scope manufacturer in the U.S. He understood that a riflescope must be properly constructed to hold zero. In 1855, William Malcolm started building riflescopes. However it would not be until the mid 1800s that rifles became sufficiently accurate to require a telescopic sight. Unertl 1 &1/4 Varmint Scope 6X tube7/8’ obj cell 1 &1/2 metal lens cap on ocular cell clear glass with cross hair external adj ser 21911 500.00 Unertl 8X cross hair with dot :15.5 long: ocular cell 1.4 obj cell about 2 very nice condition 700. These had all the optical quality that was necessary for a rifle telescope. Good terrestrial telescopes were being built by the early 1700’s.
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