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Why did you do this... you have just made me terribly discontent with my M40-ish build... now I am wanting a Springfield... no chance of ever owning a Garand... so maybe I will splurge on a 1903.

M40_A1, I was just thinking that with extra weight in the A1 spec... the recoil must be reduced to nearly nothing... one day I will build an M40A1 spec build...

I must be brain-dead or something... I shoot in a T-shirt... don't feel a thing!

Rainier42, I don't really have an answer either... I find my M40 Build very comfortable to shoot... and I am shooting a pretty hefty load - 43.6gn of AR2208 behind a Nosler 175gn CC which is clocking about 2710fps over the chrony... I put 50 rounds down range on Saturday will no ill effect... I...

Do you have any more information on these post-64's as this is the first I have heard of a post-64 being used in Vietnam... Were they chambered for .30 Cal(.30-06) or 7.62x51... what scope was used... etc... I know there was a lot of improvising... any more details would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks to everyone for the advice... I found this quote in another thread... Can someone school me on USO spotters? ... by Jason Kyle of USO... Our field observation scope was designed for tough rugged conditions. It was made with Marines in mind, to be taken out beaten up and have eye...

Good day, I have spent the past few hours searching this forum and the internet for user experience and opinion on the US Optics 15-40x spotter. Everyone seems to agree that the scope is very well made... the phrase 'hammer nails' comes up consistently... the price is right... that US Optics...

Marty, Many thanks! That is very interesting... the scope in post #7 with the photo of the camo'ed M40 is definitely a green scope... looking not unlike the color of the original green Redfield's you find today... but the scope on Chuck's rifle is a different color... I agree that it is a...

@et al, I am correct in saying that the scope on Chuck's rifle in the photo is a 2nd generation scope in black... in all the photos that I can find... the scope does not have the characteristic green hue of the 1st generation... thanks!

I know this is an old thread... but... Doc, Can you... or anyone... elaborate a bit more on this set-up... especially the 'Weaver" rings... were the Weaver rings called into service in the early days before the Picatinny rail and rings were common... thanks!

Thanks so much!

@ mjh30, Frank Green, Rainier42, Thanks for the advise... much appreciated!

I am process of building 2 M-40-ish rifles... not perfect clones or replicas... rifles that will be shooters and used regularly... a .223 and .308... both on early actions... and I would be happy to pay $500 to $600 for a good quality new scope patterned on the Redfield... preferably USA made or...

Good day, Sorry if this post is redundant... but I have used google... I have used every search method I know and I cannot find the thread with the title - M40 Build Guide - it seems to have been lost in the move... if someone has the link to this thread can you please post it... many thanks!

Why could they not get it right? There is so much documentation, photos, and etc available... and they really messed it up... the turrets are all wrong... the scope looks the a patch work of different greens... and the reticle is incorrect... they go to all that effort... and completely miss the...