Description
Offered for sale is a vintage Parker-Hale “Spotshot” spotting telescope, marked No. TEL18. This is a traditional brass draw-tube telescope with a compact, rugged design originally intended for shooting, field observation, or military-style target spotting.
The telescope features a multi-section pull-out draw tube with engraved magnification markings 15, 20, 25 on darkened eyepiece draw section. The body shows a naturally aged brass patina, consistent with age and use.
Main Features:
- Maker: Parker-Hale
- Model: “Spotshot”
- Marking: No. TEL18
- Construction: Brass draw-tube telescope
- Origin: England
- Objective lens diameter: 32 mm
- Magnification: 15x – 25x (by adjusting the eyepiece draw tube)
- Focus is achieved by extending and collapsing the draw section in the traditional manner.
- Extendable sunshade
- Length: 290 mm (closed) – 585 mm (fully extended, including sunshade)
- Weight: 688 g
- A leather objective lens cap is included
English manufacture, circa 1950s–early 1960s
Condition Note:
Good vintage condition with honest surface wear and patina throughout. Optics are intact and reasonably clean (internal lenses have been cleaned where accessible), presenting clear and usable image for the age.
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