Looks like market dried up on old SS scopes. Ebay always had one or two. People just not parting with them anymore?
Beeman SS scopes
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I have an SS3 but it only came with one set of the pins and unfortunately they don’t seem to be the right ones for dovetail spacing.
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I had a Beeman SS3 1.5x4 scope years ago.
Put it on my Beeman R7...later sold it and put on a Beeman/Hakko 2x7 32mm (there were 3, SS3, m66r, m66rl if I recall right.).
Still got the Beeman/Hakko 2x7. It has been boxed away and in storage for years, but i think the model is 66r.
I preferred the m66r over the lighted reticle m66rl because at night, the lighted reticle was too bright...made it harder to see the dim light target.
Would trade it for a Beeman/Hakko SS3.
Put it on my Beeman R7...later sold it and put on a Beeman/Hakko 2x7 32mm (there were 3, SS3, m66r, m66rl if I recall right.).
Still got the Beeman/Hakko 2x7. It has been boxed away and in storage for years, but i think the model is 66r.
I preferred the m66r over the lighted reticle m66rl because at night, the lighted reticle was too bright...made it harder to see the dim light target.
Would trade it for a Beeman/Hakko SS3.
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I have an SS-1 that I bought with my FWB-124D 40 years ago and it has never missed a beat. Yeah, it's not going anywhere. Optically, it is nothing special, and the reticle is just a duplex. At 2.5x the magnification is marginal but you don't see shake either. It is an excellent gunsight though and the only time i have ever had to adjust the sight is when I changed ammo types. Every other scope I own has a much better view but far fewer kills than this one.
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My interest in a SS-3 (1.5 to 4x), is that every other scope/mount/tune kit I've tried with my .177 FWB124d is what I can "temperature inconsistent". That is, in the cool morning hours, I sight in and poi is right on. Then about late morning, the day getting hot, now at 40 yards, p.o.impact is about 2" low. Logically the issue is either the breakbarrel lockup or the scope is temperature sensitive.
It has been an issue for years. My fixed barrel springers, TX200 and HW97k scopes/mounts are not temperature sensitive.
Neither are is my Beeman R9, Beeman R7, HW55's.
My .22 HW80k and .25 Beeman Kodiak....same poi temperature shifting problems...so I can't say what the issue is.
Eyes too old for iron sights.
When I ground squirrel/farm/ranch pest hunt, I normally use a scope at 12x.
But if I found a Beeman SS-3, at reasonable price, I'd try that to see if the poi would not shift as the day warms.
Odd that my .177 HW95/Beeman R9 is poi stable with a standard 4-12x 40mm scope but the .22 HW80k is not.
With the .22 HW80k, I've tried several different scope mounts, several different scopes, several different tune kits of different powers.
.....still, the Weihrauch HW80k....zero'ed in the cool early morning....2" low at 40 yards by about 11am as the day heated up.
RinC
It has been an issue for years. My fixed barrel springers, TX200 and HW97k scopes/mounts are not temperature sensitive.
Neither are is my Beeman R9, Beeman R7, HW55's.
My .22 HW80k and .25 Beeman Kodiak....same poi temperature shifting problems...so I can't say what the issue is.
Eyes too old for iron sights.
When I ground squirrel/farm/ranch pest hunt, I normally use a scope at 12x.
But if I found a Beeman SS-3, at reasonable price, I'd try that to see if the poi would not shift as the day warms.
Odd that my .177 HW95/Beeman R9 is poi stable with a standard 4-12x 40mm scope but the .22 HW80k is not.
With the .22 HW80k, I've tried several different scope mounts, several different scopes, several different tune kits of different powers.
.....still, the Weihrauch HW80k....zero'ed in the cool early morning....2" low at 40 yards by about 11am as the day heated up.
RinC
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