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    The M73 Lyman Alaskan Scope from WWII, which became the M81 for the M1C Garand Sniper

    I actually encountered something that I had never seen before, so I thought if I hadn't seen one others might find this interesting as well. This is the backstory: In early 1943, the Lyman Alaskan scope was actually the front runner to be used on...
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    My 1903 Sniper collection

    I'm getting closer to getting my collection complete. There are still a few variations of the 1903 sniper I wouldn't mind adding, but it's getting closer. It's taken me about 10 yrs to put this together. All rifles are real and not clones. A lot...
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    8X USMC Unertl Serial 1775

    Every once in a while I come across something that I just think is really special. This is one of those items. I was contacted by someone who said they had a really salty USMC Unertl they wanted to sell. I was interested as usually almost all Unertl...
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    M1903 Springfield Marine A5 Sniper Variant

    I sort of hijacked PmClaines thread the other day, but heck maybe some of you might be interested in this. Several years back I got interested in the Winchester A5 snipers from WWI. And reading the books that have been written on them, usually you...