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It's a shame they couldn't keep their heads above water. Even if the company didn't have much of a future I would have enjoyed the experience. Unfortunately, I got stop lossed for the war and by the time I got back, said he had all the employees he needed. I only met Col Green once when he came by the shop to talk to Gunny and it was merely a brief introduction before he was on his way again, but he complimented me on the quality of the scopes I assembled and I couldn't help but swell up with a little pride.
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I was free skilled labor for Rocky, but I enjoy that kind of work. It took me a week, but I put them all together and got pretty good at it, so every couple of weeks for the next 3 months or so Gunny would bring me enough parts for a couple more scopes (only the first 7 were civilian, the rest were USMC scopes).
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Gunny was trying to line me up with a job for when I got out and the anticipated "production" of scopes got in full gear. I didn't know it, but he was a long time buddy of Rocky. He had parts for 7 of them, all stamped for civilian sales. Just thought I'd share an interesting story about my experience with them.īack in 2002 when I was Lance Corporal (2171) my Gunny trained me to assemble the Unertl 10x scope. I just googled unertl to see what was going on with them until I found they are gone. At least they did not simply stamp the Unertl name on product imported from Asia to make money, and ruin a long standing reputation for quality. I read somewhere that one guy waited nearly 2 years to get his scope. They had one or possibly two people with the ability to assemble what was left so as to have something to sell. I think someone on this forum had posted that the scopes produced by Unertl in the last 5-10 years have really just been built with the left over parts from their past production facility in Pa. They would also have a hard time building the 10X USMC Sniper scope to make money with. The cost to produce the old target scopes these days would be high enough that there would not be much of a general market willing to pay a price that would keep things profitable. I can only imagine that there were maybe a small handful of actual employees hired to bring the pistols into production, if even that. I think they had planned to build some more scopes if they were able to make a go of it with the 1911s that were advertised for a while. WE ACCEPT POSTAL MONEY ORDERS AND CASHIERS CHECKS.Re: Is Unertl Optics Co. WE DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS ONLINE OR OVER THE PHONE. IT IS EASY TO ORDER THROUGH GUNS AMERICA, CALL US AND WE WILL HELP YOU. The scope appears to be the only example of an unissued, unmounted USMC sniper scope known on today's collector market.OUR 3 DAY RIGHT TO RETURN POLICY GUARANTEES THE CONDITION. A super rare late WWII USMC issue Unertl sniper scope. The can retains all of its original green colored finish. It is complete with the original screw on end caps. Excellent plus, with 99% of its original blue finish overall with no visible wear anywhere. This rare scope is complete with the original Unertl scope mounts. The outside has a green painted/impregnated type of finish with its original canvas strap and belt loop attached to the side of the can. This is the Second Variation scope can that was made from a fiber-board type of material with a domed twist on cap. This scope is accompanied with an original WWII issue micarta scope can. Unertl/ USMC-SNIPER/1409" and it has the correct "8" marked on top of the rear ring indicating that it is an "8" power magnification. The rear of the scope tube is roll marked "J.
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There were approximately 2,500-2,600 of these scopes made in total with this example being a very late production scope that remains in like new condition. After WWII these scopes remained in USMC inventory and again were used very successfully throughout Korea, and again in Vietnam from 1962-68 when mounted on match conditioned Winchester Model 70s rifles. They were very effective in the early stages of the war, however their higher magnification, became a hindrance in the close fighting in the jungles. These rifles were simply designated as a US M1903A1 Sniper and were used in early 1942-43 during the initial invasion of the Japanese held islands. These scopes were originally mounted on Springfield Armory M1903 National Match rifles, specially modified by the USMC or Navy armorers. These scopes were developed and manufactured by John Unertl in the early 1940s and in 1941 he received a contract to supply these to the USMC for use in early WWII. Description: This is a beautiful, like new example of an original WWII, USMC issue Unertl Sniper Scope.