They were pretty much a 'paper targets' item.You do realize the Marines used these scopes as their sniper scopes for many years. People who have ever used these scopes will know what I am talking about. Adjustment was less than a turn on a cam arrangement. That's one reason though, Unertl came out with their Programmer scope. They are very easy to adjust to target range, slower than modern internal adjust, focusing objective scopes since they were push, push adjustable, but workable none the less. They were pretty much a 'paper targets' item.Unertl made their 'Varmint and Ultra Varmint' scopes (non calibrated and calibrated objective cells) specifically for varmint hunting. How could a person use that scope on crows, unless all the crows decided to land at the exact same distance from the shooter? Ditto for woodchucks. My objective has white embossed marks for 50 ft and for 25, 50, and farther yards. I would have to dial the objective lens to the correct distance to get any clarity. I am bewildered by vincvanb who tells of hunting crows and woodchucks with his STS type scopes.ĭo people realize that the objective lens needs to be dialed in to the distance in order to use one of these scopes? For instance, I am shooting smallbore at 25 yds, and decide to shoot a target at 50 yds. Finally, one of them obtained 'the wrong' mount and milled it down to the correct height! This was many years ago. As I recall, I went to several gunsmiths. One problem with my scope was getting it mounted - the gunsmith could not find or obtain bases that would work.

The gun plus scope look very cool - not inferior to some of the photos posted on the website you referenced.

Mine is mounted on a Savage Model 19NRA target rifle - a rather heavy-barrel item. Did you ever get the recoil spring on yours? You hardly need one on a 22LR, but they sure do look neat. I am very glad to share that I do have the recoil spring on mine. This confuses me, because a ring back by the eyepiece end of mine has a '15X' impressed in white against the black blueing. Someone stated they didn't know the magnification of one of these scopes that they owned, but guessed it was a 20X. It just makes me grateful I have the one I have. I went out and read both of those threads and learned quite a bit, although I suspect that purchase of these scopes for over $900 and up is a bit rich for my blood.

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