I'd love to see some pictures, if you could post them.
They're also good scopes but with internal adjustments and go for 1/2 to 1/3 the price of an Unertl or Lyman. You might also look at Lyman Super TargetSpots. Black Oxide Scope Bases for Unertl or Posa Type Scope Mounts. I own and use 2 Unertl scopes, an 8X and. winchester 71 scope mount All screws torque to 20 INCH-pounds over EGW Winchester 70 WSM. Your rifle, with the original box and documented provenance could command a premium at the right auction, but you never know until you go to sell. I was at Cabelas in July purchasing a Remington Model 37 and noticed 2 early Winchester 52s with Unertl-Lyman-Fecker style scopes for 1500-1800. I've seen them go for as much as $275, when you can find one. I believe your rear sight should be an International Mk8. I bought a 52C Heavy Target in 98% condition for $1K less than a year ago. We went to Quantico and other schools before the Navy funded a SPECWAR school sometime in the 1990s. I actually graduated USMC Scout Sniper Instructor School 1/88. it was marked '10x Sniper' and ser no in the 2025-40ish range and was the same scope and mount as used by the USMC. What might it be worth as if I would ever sell it? I will comment on the Unertl however, we were issued the OGA version. I've always wanted to scope it but just never got around to it while the items in question were available. (Chicago), the Univ of Chicago Jr rifle team, (yes they did have a rifle team) and the 8th Inf Div. The rifle has some history in it for me since I shot it in competition at Loyola Univ. It is like new in a Freeland hard box.Īnyone know a source for Unertl rings, and a Unertll scope? The rifle has a pair of bases on it so I guess I'm OK in that dept. I have not shot it in competition for 44 years. Both have strong points, and I guess I would want them both.I have a M52C, bull barrel, Olympic mk8 rear, Olympic front, etc, I purchesed new from Freelands in 1961. Would I want a Unertl over a Leupold 36x for a benchrest gun? Debatable. There is a spring loaded plunger at the 7 o’clock position that hold the scope firmly up against the two adjusters. There are two threaded adjusters that simply move the scope tube up and down and left to right. The scope itself has no internal adjustments like a modern rifle scope. The use of Unertls on Marine sniper rifles continued into Vietnam- Carlos Hathcock used one on his Model 70. Unertl type mounts are external adjusting. They just couldn't bring themselves to use the Army's M1903A4's with 2 1/2x Weavers and Lymans. HERE YOU HAVE 16 ORIGINAL SCOPE BLOCKS FOR MOUNTING UNERTL SCOPES OR ANY OTHER SCOPE MOUNTING SYSTEM THAT USES THE SAME TYPE MOUNTING SYSTEM.
After all, the Marines used them on their M1903A1 sniper rifles in WWII to good effect and no complaints. That said, they are pretty rugged after all is said and done. The other negatives are obviously the hideous prices they fetch these days, and the difficulty in getting them repaired. It's rather easy to re-string the crosshairs if you have a couple tools and good eyesight. click target type mounts, recoil spring, standard clamp ring, screw dust caps. 0005" (half a thousandth) diameter tungsten wire in my shooting kit for that very reason. 2 and 1 Target Scope The 2 and 1 Target scopes, with their large. However I do use the 12x Fecker on two smallbore target rifles that do double duty as squirrel rifles (Winchester 52 and Savage M19-33 NRA), and I still never feel handicapped by narrow field of view.Īnother negative is their relative fragility in terms of knocking out/breaking the crosshairs. I never felt handicapped by that, but then again I never used one to track a moving target through the woods. Another negative is the relatively narrow field of view. The negatives are length and weight- but that can be ameliorated by selecting one of the later generation Unertls that were/are a lot shorter in length, probably not any longer than some "modern" target scopes. Adjustments are repeatable up and down the scale- thread lash isn't an issue. (Never off by more than a MOA after doing so.) The mounts on all those old target scopes were the same way.
The mounts are very precise and with their micrometer scales are extremely repeatable- when I swap the scopes around on guns I simply make a note of the micrometer readings on the windage and elevation knobs so I can be assured of correctness when I mount the scope back onto the gun. The Unertls always had/have excellent lenses, and most models are adjustable to eliminate parallax. I own/use three Unertl's, one Fecker, and one Litschert.