I got that one by emailing the guy who manages the auctions (after I won the 1st one)Īnyway, I figured I scored some brownie points by paying 5k for #1011, so I asked if he had any "not so perfect" ones. The 2nd one I got, #1045, was an early MST 150 conversion. When the CMP was auctioning off the Unertl scopes, as you know, i bid and won one when I got the M40 bug.#1011. So, ha ha, they may have been 30-something pounds, and the rounds were 5 lbs each, but we got 'em and you didn't! It will pick a BTR-76 off the ground when it hits it. Sometime in the '70's they came up with a new HEAT round for it. End of WWII vintage, used a lot in Korea, some in Viet Nam. A lot of us talked about where we were headed but not all of us got there.Īnd one more to make you even more jealous, we packed M67 Recoiless rifles. He went through Ranger School after attending SFUWO. One of my SFUWO (scuba) classmates was a Recon Marine and he went to Force Recon. Two of which I understood were headed the way of spec-ops. Fine, until you have to lay in position, or worse, low crawl.Īs far as schools go, I graduated Ranger school with one 'BUDS' graduate, and several Marines. Which was really more of a low chest holster. Leadership types, (Lt's, CO's, PSG's 1SG's) all had new shoulder holsters. Our line types had the WWII holster, that you literally "fished" for to get it out. It seems 'Hollywood', but much more effective than what we had. Even though, what I wanted to say was it was a pretty unique idea. It was going in my mind how effective that was, but without a holster it just looked stupid. Part of my "comment" was 'drawing like I had the holster'. Malcolm" over "USMC-SNIPER" and a serial number.It's not jealousy, it's reality. By the numbers, the scope measures in at 23-inches long, weighs 25.4 ounces, and offers a field of view of 11 feet at 100 yards. Looking through the glass, these rifle scopes show a fine crosswire reticle. The USMC Sniper Rifle Scope features modern lens coating for maximum light transmission. This 8x31mm scope, built by Malcolm Optics, offers an original experience in terms of windage and elevation controls and aesthetics, but with the improved manufacturing and features of today's world. Hathcock, who was credited with 93 confirmed kills during his two tours in Vietnam, favored the long-range Fixed Power Rifle Scopes when taking precision shots on the battlefield.
Finding a functional sniper scope like the one iconic Marine marksman Carlos Hathcock used can be difficult, but Hi-Lux Leatherwood offers you the next best thing with the USMC Sniper Scope, a replica of the White Feather's Unertl USMC marked scope.
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