Gonna get all the glass out and measure up diameters and focal lengths and see if I can find some super high grade lense replacements on Edmonds. The fine adjustment levers use a slightly smaller BB. I've discovered that the ball bearings in the collars on Black and Decker 1/2" router bits are the same exact size as the detents on the main knobs.
Not many wear parts outside of the BB detents and springs. VINTAGE UNERTL 20X 3/4' TUBE W/MOUNTS 1 1/2' OBJ. I've taken these scopes apart, so I think my next step is to fully refinish this scope in a new black oxide finish and bring it to a brand new state. Lyman Super Targetspot 20 power Unertl rifle scope, Excellent condition. I see this untouched scope and my wheels spin further. I'm 90% there with an agreement with someone to swap the MST 150 elevation assembly for another MST 100 assembly Optics MST 100 and fabricated a "sniper" plug doe the area they machine out. I've converted it to an MST 100 using the elevation assembly from a U.S. In comparison to most scopes within its price range, you will note that. I scored that second Unertl for $2400!! Figure enough time passed to now tell people. A Redfield 3-9 USA for the larger classic rifles and a Redfield 2-7 USA for the. He sent me pics of a "broken" one that any layman would think was broken, but I knew better. 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. Nikon 3-9x40 Prostaff as NIB missing paperwork 165. Bushnell Elite 3200 1.54.5x32 Firefly slight ring marks 250. The 2nd one I got, #1045, was an early MST 150 conversion. Various scopes for sale or possible trade. 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. Unertl scopes from the 1950s and 60s era were probably the prominent target scope made in that era. 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.
It will compete with anything made today. He went through Ranger School after attending SFUWO. The best vintage Ive ever owned is a Zeiss/Jena 6X rail scope. 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.
VINTAGE UNERTL SCOPES FOR SALE HOW TO
The company was well known for their fixed-power scopes. This video answers viewers questions on how to set up, focus, and set the parallax adjustment on various types of Unertl Rifle Scopes. Spent over 500 on new lens for my glasses over the winter and my scores have not gotten any better. US manufacturer of telescopic sights from 1934-2008. Unertl vs MVA scope mounts and Tube Lengths I have decided to buy a scope for my BPCR, my corrected vision just isnt up to the task of seeing the Turkeys or Rams anymore. Our line types had the WWII holster, that you literally "fished" for to get it out. Unertl BV-20 rifle scope for sale with the original rings for mounting and lens covers. It seems 'Hollywood', but much more effective than what we had. M1903A1 Unertl / M1903A4 Clones + CZ.27 Rig Bring Back + 1944 Semi-Kriegsmodell K98k. Even though, what I wanted to say was it was a pretty unique idea. FS/FT Two Unertl 15X Ultra Varnmit vintage scopes Sale/Trade. 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'. I have owned, shot and Hunted with these scopes on pre-64 Winchester Model 70 Rifles in calibers 22 Hornet, 220 Swift, 257 Roberts and then a bit later on a 243 Winchester (Varmint Model).It's not jealousy, it's reality. I believe it was one of the first factory "Hunting" scopes to have the adjustable objective system! Two of them are on vintage Varminters and the third is in such MINT perfect condition that someday I will trade it back to the Leupold folks for a big variable Varmint scope!Īnyway these Leupold "Westerners" were straight 8 power scopes with an excellent adjustable objective system! GrosVentreGeorge: The CORRECT answer to your pre-64 Winchester Model 70 vintage scope question is: the exquisite Leupold 8 power Westerner!