Scope for a Whitworth Rifle advise please

[Lewis348]

I would like some advice on this scope please .I believe it is a side fitting scope for a Whitworth rifle from the American Civil war period ?It seems to have all the fittings in the original box .Just wondering if someone could confirm this ,how it mounts and its approx worth [I am in the UK]Thank you

 

[New Hampshire]

I wish I could help, But here are a couple links they may provide some answers for you.

Vintage Gun Scopes — Scope Grading, Old Gunsights and Rifle Scopes (Digital Ebook) – GunDigest Store

 

[ResearchPress]

I believe it is a side fitting scope for a Whitworth rifle from the American Civil war period ?

It’s not like any Civil War era Whitworth scope that I have seen. See picture of original scope and mounts on my web site. Note the scope is easily detached from the mounts; several Civil War era Whitworth’s are known that retain their mounts, but the scope is now lost. I don’t recognise the makers name.

What’s in the wrappers marked ‘Whitworth Rifle’?

David

 

[52Bore]

Might be for a Cannon.. mounting hardware looks too big for a shoulder arm.

 

[TFoley]

Most of us look at everything Whitworth-y - no need to post your request twice, Sir.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/side-scope-for-a-whitworth-rifle.174861/
I bleeve that your scope is intended for a Whitworth breech-loading field piece. Not the rifle, sorry, but nevertheless an important item of great historical interest, more so in the US of A than UK, as the Union Forces made great use of the 12 pounder Whitworth-rifled field-piece.