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...arrived during my recuperation and I took photos today. The scope appears to be all steel with a 7/8" OD tube and is marked thusly:

The reticle is a simple tapered post with no horizontal wire and the eye relief is non-critical between limits of from 2.5" to 4.5".

Please note that the elevation knob is calibrated for one particular load, and out to a full 1000 yds!?!

The matching Noske mount is a solid one-piece affair held in place by 2 screws, mounting to a sturdy but compact dovetail plate screwed to the side of the receiver.


The one-piece construction and the non-quick-detach features are undoubtedly some of the things that doomed Noske. Both rings are made integral with the mount, severely limiting any versatility in the particular application.

The scope's optics are still very clear and I personally would rank it fairly high in quality and clarity as compared to other scopes of the day. IOW this example appears to be better than early Weavers and equal to my Lyman All-Weather Alaskan, but my experience with early optics is very limited and YMMV. The adjustments are click-detented but I have no idea of the click increments.

Questions and comments are invited.
Regards, Joe

Is there a model number on the scope, normally found on top?

That's a nice setup - any plans for what it'll go on?

I have several Weaver K3's for future projects. They haven't achieved cult status yet but the prices are inching up.

I'm amazed at the number of Paul Jaeger mount sets I see on ebay - I think at least one good set a week goes through.

That is the top grade Noske A with screwon adjustment caps. A cheaper B with the same optics (I think) but no caps was also made. These were the last Noske models. On thr A, you zeroed at 100 then set the disc at 100 tightened it and then turned the disc for the range of the target. Never tried to see how well it worked. Adjustments on the A were advertised as handmade. Very long eye relief allowed mounting ahead of bolt handle. A very fine scope.

Thanks for the information, Mark!

No specific plans for the setup yet, I won it online and thought it would be perfect for 'restoring' a rifle that had become separated from its scope mount. It's VERY convenient to have the proper-sized base when installing these side mounts since their dovetail sizes, for whatever reason, vary somewhat widely and should be individually bench-fit.

It's my impression that some of the Jaeger mounts on eBay came from the various iterations of the Dunn's operation and their connection to Jaeger. I bought one lot of NOS Jaeger mounts from an ex-Dunn's/Jaeger smith, he received them during one of the business dissolutions.

FYI out of 8 brand-new mounts and 12 brand-new bases, no 2 dovetails were the same size. That is, no 2 bases would interchange in the same mount and no 2 mounts would interchange on the same base. I ended up with 8 properly-fitting setups and 4 orphan bases whose dovetails fit nothing but were generally oversize.

This Noske mount uses a more attractive/unobtrusive dovetail and IMO is notably stronger in its construction than either G&H or Jaeger mounts. Too bad it's not QD.
Regards, Joe

There are a wide variety of both mounts and scopes made by Noske. I have not figured out all the different ones yet. I have a few of the Noske catalogs and several scopes and mounts.

Noske was the first maker of the side mount and they were used by both Griffin and Howe and Hoffman arms in the early years.

As I have time I'll try to sort out what I know about them.

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Nice photos- Noske scopes are prominently featured in my 1954 Stoeger's catalogue- My machinist's eyeballs see some strange marks inside the dovetailed channel when you showed the "flip side"- any ideas as to what they are and what might be the cause?

An early Noske scope and mount, the mount is marked "R. Noske over San Francisco" "U.S.P. 1428655". The scope is unmarked and has elevation only, the windage is in the mount.

A single aiming post without crosswire.

The single taper pin is often mistaken for the early Griffin & Base.