Who invented the Rifle "Scope". Also when was it invented. i have searched every were and can't find it.?

Question

Who invented the Rifle "Scope". Also when was it invented. i have searched every were and can't find it.?

Answer 1

Not really invented per se since they evolved from small telescopes put onto rifles.

Answer 2

This is a quote from Kahles......

Kahles - A Synonym for Rifle Scopes

Since it is a fact that aiming over back and front sight produces a sharp image either of the target or of the aiming device but not of both, the first experiments directed to give hunters optical aiming aids go back to the early 17th century (target and aiming aid at the same level). Magnifying glasses and primitive predecessors of telescopic sights were attached to the weapons and even a kind of magnifying diopter was created. But all those attempts remained without success until around 1880, when August Fiedler (Stronsdorf), forestry commissioner of Prince Reuss, managed to build the first telescopic sight that really did work. Thereupon a number of constructions followed, among them some famous ones made by Kahles, an Austrian company located in Vienna.

One of these very early rifle scopes was sold under the fine- sounding name of "Telorar". It was manufactured by hand at the "Optical Manufactury" of a certain Karl Robert Kahles in 1898, and therefore we are completely justified in saying that Kahles is the world's oldest manufacturer of rifle scopes. It did not take long before the device became very well known among hunters everywhere and gained very best reputation.

Answer 3

No one person invented it. It just came to be of use. Most stuff we take for granted today was originally meant for miltary application. The first use of scopes as we might know them were in the civil war. And they were about 2/3rd the length of the rifle itself.

Answer 4

optical sights have been around since the Civil war.

I dont think we really know who the first person was who thought to use a telescope to sight a rifle.

Answer 5

gidday Ace, i read a book called "out of nowhere, a history of the military snipper"  by Martin Pegler while it didn't give me an exact answer it does give you a good idea of how, and why they came about, it does also name a few early brands also.  

Answer 6

like one of the answer says, it most likely evolved. as the years passed and technolgy, especially in weapons, got better the need to aim more accurate at father distances became vital. maybe not like a scope we know of today, but im sure telescopes were used to get a closer look to get a better view on targets.