I spent 20 years looking for an original Winchester leather case for my British service A5 scope.
Then 3 turned up within a couple of years, almost like buses.
The first was like an Airfix kit and was in bits having lost all its stitches.
Fortunately before I got round to sewing it up, a much better one turned up.
Then finally a really nice example with elevation instructions in the lid came my way.
The good news is that I was able to pass the first two on to happy purchasers for what I had paid for each, and none of them cost as much as the £250 I was quoted, some years back, for a modern hand sewn reproduction.
Last edited by Parabola; 05/16/23 02:58 PM.
