Weaver T16 Question ?

choken · Post by **choken** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:12 pm

Did Weaver actually make a "new" T16? I saw reference to them on Weaver's web site, but I guess that they might be discontinued, as I can't find a single supplier in the country that lists them. A T24 is just too much for this old rookie to hold ! Thanks , Ken

BlauBear · Post by **BlauBear** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:25 am

You might try the Weaver KT15 as an interim.

Innocent · Post by **Innocent** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:40 am

Yes, Weaver did make a T16 back in the late 70's early 80's that I am aware of.

Mary

jeff59 · Post by **jeff59** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:57 pm

Keep an eye on eBay. The T-16's show up once in a while. Some of them even have dot reticles.

Jeff

choken · Post by **choken** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:42 pm

Thanks all. I'll keep an Ebay eye peeled. I'm in the process of building a hunter class silhouette rilfe. I looks like it's gonna be months in the process, so I ought to be able to come up with one in the interim. Thanks all for the information.

Ramslammer · Post by **Ramslammer** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:07 pm

G'Day Ken
Weaver have made T16's in both the old steel models (70's-80's) and also in their new models. I owned one of the old models and like a fool sold it cheap. I also have a new model on my rimfire "hunter". It has a 3/4 dot and I reckon it is a ideal scope. I have Leupolds on most of my rifles but this is one outfit I don't alter. I bought the scope of someone in USA and had it sent over. From memory I think I paid 300-350 US for it in the box as new.
Juddy

choken · Post by **choken** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:15 pm

Juddy, That is exactly the scope I hope to find ! Do you know what it weighs?

Ramslammer · Post by **Ramslammer** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:11 am

G'Day
From memory it is about the same as a EFR but may be slightly (1-2oz) heavier. I had to change rings to keep under IMSSU weight.
Juddy

Detritus · Post by **Detritus** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:31 am

Hey Ramslammer,
Do you run an EFR on any of your Silhouette Rigs? If so what recticle did you go for, and how well do you think a Bushnell 4200 with the 1/4 MOA Dot Recticle and 1/4 click turrents would stack up against it?
Its crunch time for me in regards to buying a new scope, and its out of these two............

Cheers,
Detritus.

choken · Post by **choken** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:04 am

Weaver lists the weight of both the T10 and the T24 as 16.7 oz. The T16 ought to be similar as it is between the two. I have an EFR that has been boosted to 18x40 by Premier and has a 1/2 MOA dot. I also have a B & L Elite 4000 . I haven't seen the 4200 with the dot, however in my opinion the 4000 has better resolution and is brighter. They both move equally well. If weight isn't a factor, I'd recemmend the B & L. I shot rimfire benchrest for years and always prefered the B&L 4000 36 over the Leupold BRD. Shot one until the Leupold Competition came out. It was the best all around benchrest scope for me.

GeoNLR · Post by **GeoNLR** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:02 am

Detritus wrote:Hey Ramslammer,
Do you run an EFR on any of your Silhouette Rigs? If so what recticle did you go for, and how well do you think a Bushnell 4200 with the 1/4 MOA Dot Recticle and 1/4 click turrents would stack up against it?
Its crunch time for me in regards to buying a new scope, and its out of these two............

Cheers,
Detritus.

That scope doesn't exist, if it did I think we would have one of the best scopes for Silhouette.....

The 4200 has the 1/8 MOA adjustments. Can get the 6-24 with 1/4MOA dot. Can send the 6-24 or the 8-32 in for the 1/2 MOA dot or 1/4 MOA dots for $55.

Problems - 5 moa adjustment on scope (actually 6 but at 6, you are back to '0'). On HP and target rifle this = more than 2 revolutions....SB = more than 1 revolution....

Detritus · Post by **Detritus** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:21 am

Hi Geo...
I'm truly the last person who will deliberately post miss-information!

Firstly my apologies on not getting back to you with haste about the EFR (went out on Exercise at short notice). Will do so when I have the funds ready to go....
In a few of the Shooting magazines circulating here abouts they have been advertising the 4200s with "1/4 or finer finger-tip adjustable turrents" so I took it for granted. I rang one of the distributors and queried them regarding the fact that this was actually the case and they assured me that they were available with 1/4 minute turrents and would have more in stock in a couple of weeks!
So like you said I thought I had finally found the veritable

GeoNLR · Post by **GeoNLR** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:10 pm

[quote="Detritus"]Hi Geo...
I'm truly the last person who will deliberately post miss-information!

Firstly my apologies on not getting back to you with haste about the EFR (went out on Exercise at short notice). Will do so when I have the funds ready to go....
In a few of the Shooting magazines circulating here abouts they have been advertising the 4200s with "1/4 or finer finger-tip adjustable turrents" so I took it for granted. I rang one of the distributors and queried them regarding the fact that this was actually the case and they assured me that they were available with 1/4 minute turrents and would have more in stock in a couple of weeks!
So like you said I thought I had finally found the veritable

Ramslammer · Post by **Ramslammer** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:00 pm

G'Day All
To Answer Detritus, I have two boosted EFR's, a standard 6.5-20 and also a EFR 6.5-20 on my some of my silhouette rifles. The standard EFR was sent to Leupold to be repaired (for the 3rd time) today along with a BR24 that will go on one of my heavy rifles. Also a mate of mine sent a EFR off as well with the same problems. BUT I still reckon Leupold give good repair and service even though I have had problems with this one scope. A bloke by the name of Garth Kendig at Leupold has been more than helpful.
Whatever you buy make sure that it's repeatable in adjustment, I personally prefer 1/4 min clicks but do also own a B&L Balvar in 6-24 (these became Bushnell 4200's) and think that it's as good as anything else you can own. I lent this scope to my brother and can't get it back off him so he must reckon there alright as well.
I also use everthing from fixed 10x ,4.5-14's, in fact allsorts of scopes.
Hope to see you at the Nationals Detritus or maybe at the SNOWBALL in Canberra on the Queens B/day weekend. Possibly Dave Macarthy will be coming so you might be able to travel together.
Juddy

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