The only difference with our Malcolm Optics is the glass. The company continued in business until WWII, even though some new optical technologies, which would make these telescopic steel tube scopes obsolete.Īs a tribute to William Malcolm, our modern Malcolm vintage reproduction scopes are constructed to same specs with the general look and feel of the original scopes. By the turn of the 20 th Century, Malcolm had become the leading scope manufacturer in the U.S. He understood that a riflescope must be properly constructed to hold zero. In 1855, William Malcolm started building riflescopes. However it would not be until the mid 1800s that rifles became sufficiently accurate to require a telescopic sight. These had all the optical quality that was necessary for a rifle telescope. I think USO made 100 scopes at a time for these small batches, often at the behest of former USMC snipers who hang out at terrestrial telescopes were being built by the early 1700’s. Non-issued US Optics scopes sold commercially as MST-100s in a couple of small batches in the late 200Xs and mid 201Xs. I have one of these, but I am not sure how many were made.ġ0.
UNERTL 10X SCOPE FOR SALE SERIAL NUMBER
They are marked " UNERTL - 10X" and have a "T" prefix serial number (for Tactical). Non-issued Unertl scopes sold commercially in the early 2000s, after the original company had been acquired. I am not sure how many of these scopes were made, but they are quite rare.ĩ. Non-issued but original Unertl scopes sold to the FBI and other federal law enforcement/security agencies in the 1980-90s, marked " 10X SNIPER" (appear to be serial # range: 2XXX). Canadian issued military scope marked "C3 Sniper." It was apparently used on the Canadian Sniper C3A1 rifle (an upgraded Parker-Hale M82) and the scope's BDC is in meters/Ĩ. Same as above, but USO made some "MST-150" scopes for the Marine Corps' M107 and M107A1 50 caliber sniper rifles.ħ. USO Optics made a slight design improvement and used coil springs instead of leaf spring in the mechanism, and the finish was also improved somewhat.Ħ. I am not sure about serial # range, but they seem to fall into the 2 to 3k range.but I have not studied this in depth yet either). USMC issued scopes made by US Optics, marked "USMC SNIPER" but with a "USO" logo instead of the original Unertl logo. I think these had the upgraded coil springs rather than the original leaf-springs in the turrets.ĥ.
They improved the seals and made a few minor improvements to make them more durable in the field. USMC issued scopes made by Unertl but refurbished by US Optics.
Markings manually removed and replaced with "50 CALIBER" nomenclature.Ĥ.
USMC issued scope originally made for M40A1/M118 cartidge, but rebuilt by Unertl for the. The range markings extended out to 1800 yards for the 50 BMG, instead of 1000 yds on the original scope for the M40A1).ģ. (These seem to have serial number range of "5XXX" - but I have not studied this in depth. USMC issued scopes marked " USMC 50CAL." as used on the big 50 caliber M82A1 rifles.
UNERTL 10X SCOPE FOR SALE SERIAL NUMBERS
(Original serial numbers for deliveries b/t 1980-1988 were 1006 to 1651 - but some subsequent orders took place in the 1990s so the serial range went higher, into the 18XX range).Ģ. USMC issued scopes marked " USMC SNIPER" as used on the M40A1 rifles. 50 caliber BMG, and slight differences in markings were applied to these variants).ġ. (Note: The scopes are basically the same, other than some minor improvements that US Optics performed internally the BDC dials were either calibrated for M118/7.62 NATO or. military versions of the Unertl 10X sniper scopes, one Canadian military version, and apparently 3 versions of the same Unertl tactical scope for commercial or law enforcement customers. ".As far as I can tell, there are about 6 U.S.