Recent content by USMCSGT0331

Since I'm the only person in the country with a S&B scope that has a TR2ID reticle in it (allegedly), I guess I'll take a swing at the reticle pics at different magnifications! I've never tried to do this before, so I have no idea if you guys preferred that I aim the scope at an object like a...

Possibly 15 or 16 scopes? But @Euro.Connor is the person to ask about that one, hopefully he'll have an answer for us. The RAL7005 is very unique, and I like the scope color more and more. If there's going to be a limited edition batch available in the future, I highly recommend picking one up...

This arrived yesterday, the color is RAL7005, which is quite interesting. The scope also has the TR2ID reticle. According to EuroOptic, @Euro.Connor, this is currently the only S&B RAL7005 scope in the country and it's currently the only S&B TR2ID reticle in the country (in a private collection...

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That's a great set-up with the Unertl scope! I have photos with the M83 and Unertl before, but I can't share them since they aren't my photos. The Navy SEAL and FBI Unertl MST-100 scopes were typically in the 2xxx serial number range. The SEALs that I talked to about the M83 said that it was...

I have an original Navy SEAL used M83 stock. This one is the desert smear pattern, but they also used green smear stocks. With this original M83 stock, I also have an M83 scope base, and an M83 logbook. The M83 scope base is with @LRI right now, Chad might do a small limited edition run of these...

Wow, the M40 only sold for $8,900! That's a great deal for whoever won this rifle! If someone on here won it, please contact me and I'll give you the correct scope base for this gun. I thought that the rifle might hit $15k just based on condition and originality, so the winner got a killer deal...

This isn't the PX section. Pay the damn money to use the PX if you want to setup a WTB thread. This isn't the area for this shit.

Very cool, I'll have to pick your brain about some of the small arms stuff that L3 was doing at the time! Lockheed Martin was another contractor that supplied small arms, optics and accessories to the military. I'm the person who won the Gov Planet DRMO auction for the 20 NightForce Mil-Spec...

Funny that you mention the M24 FOIA's, I'm actually the first person to do FOIA's on those loose M24 receivers and 3 of the 5 I have came back with provenance to various Army Special Forces Groups! After I posted them in the M24 thread, other people started doing FOIA's on their M24 receivers...

That's a hell of a nice group! Who built your rifle, Mike at Tac Ops?! Lol! I assume it's a Raven build, too bad he's no longer in the business. He used to take on side projects here and there, but he just recently allowed his FFL to expire, so he can't build anything anymore, unfortunately.

I purchased this rifle from the CMP about a week or so ago and it arrived today! This is a very important M40, and I doubt that anyone could ever guess it's actual history and the units that it was used with! Now I need to figure out what the correct scope, base, and rings are...

Thanks man! I know that you and other guys on here are passionate historians and collectors, so I'm more than happy to share most of the information I have! The barrel date question is very easy to answer, please let me know if if you have any other questions about this M40 or other rifles...