You'll become an expert at identifying the Model 1903 sniper rifle and its variations, as well as its commonly used telescopic sights such as the Unertl 7.8x, Warner& Swasey, Lyman 5A, or Weaver M73B1. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ACKNOWLEDGEMENĬOLLECTING THE AMERICAN SNIPER RIFLE 1900 TO 1945 by Joe Poyer Edited by Craig Riesch NEW RELEASE- FIRST EDITION. This volume is your one-stop shopping guide for pricing and identification of collectible accuracy devices.
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As well as a definitive discussion of scope optics and mechanics. An overview of telescopic sights is included. It also features a chapter showing market values on some of the smaller makers like the legendary H. It lists all major American-made rifles by manufacturer and gives the correct applications for that rifle. World War I, and World War II, including those for Military Springfield O3A3 1903 M1 Newtons, Lee-Enfields, Krag, 98 Mausers, Lugers, Husquvarnas, and U.S. Hard-to-find data covers sights from the Civil War. Inside, you'll find more than 750 photos, along with market values for collectible scopes and sights from the mid-1800s through 1985. At 584 pages, it combines both books with updated and all-new material. This book is an updated edition of both Old Gunsights and Old Rifle Scopes. It also list current antique and reproduction suppliers. Research, and determine market pricing for old gunsights and rifle scopes in your possession, or ones you might find on ebay, a flea market, or a gun show-all in one easy-to-use. Collector, gunsmith, hunter, historian, antique dealer, or military aficionado, Old Gunsights and Rifle Scopes helps you identify. A MUST-have book for the gun dealer and collector of vintage metallic sights and scopes! 750+ BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS* 12-PAGE COLOR SECTION* Above: Inside views of color-section. 2008 ~~~~~~~~ The first and only collecting and price guide for scopes and sights. 584-page book with updated and all-new material! FIRST EDITION. So the M1903-A1 mounted with the Unertl 8x became the “sniping standard” in the USMC.From the author of the classic Old Gunsights and Old Rifle Scopes OLD GUNSIGHTS& RIFLE SCOPES IDENTIFICATION& PRICE GUIDE by Nick Stroebel Combines both volumes into a single. They also recommended the scope be mounted on a Winchester M70 target rifle, but the USMC decided on the M1903 based on favorable accuracy comparisons between specially selected M1903’s and the M70. They specifically cited a 8x target scope made by John Unertl as being the best they found. After there was a push to standardize sniper equipment, the Marine Corps Equipment Board did an extensive study of optics under field conditions and recommended a scope of about 8x, with an objective lens of about one and half inches, a medium fine crosshair reticle, and double micrometer quarter minute click mounts. Unlike the US Army, the USMC had a standard issue sniper rifle at the start of hostilities in WWII, it was a M1903/Lyman 5A (5x), which was adopted (with the Winchester A5 Telescope) during WWI. It served with distinction in WWII, Korea, and even Vietnam. The M1903A4 is a legendary classic sniper rifle.
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The rifle was again used in the Korean conflict, and even in the early stages of the Vietnam conflict when sniper rifles were in severe shortage. From its adoption in 1943 until the end of the war, the M1903-A4 was used extensively in every theater of operation by both the US Army and the USMC. The M1903-A4 was an accurate rifle with an effective range of about 600 yards (550m), with the main limit on long range accuracy coming from its very low power scope (2.5x). The rifle was officially adopted on as the M1903-A4 (sniper).
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The Infantry Board and the Ordanance Department conducted an evaluation and recommended that the Weaver 2.5x 330C hunting telescope be adopted for use on M1903 and M1903-A1 rifles. There was a high demand, that could not be filled, for telescopic (sniper) rifles. The M1903-A4 was a specifically designed sniper rifle that came as a result of early U.S.