Old European scope ?

[bloorooster]

Has anyone heard of Opta brand rifle scopes?
Are they in anyway connected to Me-Opta scopes.
This one is mounted on an old L46…appears to be 26mm

 

[icebear]

Never heard of it. Might be a distributor brand. Some of the big German and Austrian sporting goods distributors had their own house brands. This one, for instance, is marked Hubertus, which is a distributor house brand. It was probably made by Schmidt & Bender,

 

[bloorooster]

Wow!
Can you say … “Chin Weld”?

Never heard of it. Might be a distributor brand. Some of the big German and Austrian sporting goods distributors had their own house brands. This one, for instance, is marked Hubertus, which is a distributor house brand. It was probably made by Schmidt & Bender, View attachment 34434

Beautiful rifle..

 

[icebear]

Wow!
Can you say … “Chin Weld”?

Beautiful rifle..

Chin Weld it is! Quite accurate, though, so long as you feed it heavy bullets. Here's the whole gun. It's a German custom on a military Mauser action, proofed in 1961. Barrel by J.P. Sauer.

I'll be interested to see if anybody can come up with anything on the "OPTA" scope. Do you have access to the rifle? If so, what does it say below "OPTA"? It's possible that it was, indeed, made by Meopta. The only vintage Meopta scope I've seen was marked Meopta, but that's a sample of one and they could have used that name at some point.

 

[bloorooster]

I will know more about it this week.
My son purchased this one…L46 (birch)

 

[bloorooster]

I will know more about it this week.
My son purchased this one…L46 (birch)

Update:
Turns out the old European scope was actually an old Japanese scope.
3-9x32 in a 26mm tube. It does have a post type reticle (#1 German?) and is quite clear and bright, comparable even to some of my older Leupolds . We will see how it holds up as it fits the gun very nicely.