This one retails for just $549.some originals in excellent shape have gone for more than $3,000. If you are into vintage sniper rifle shooting, check this scope out over on the Hi-Lux Optics website.
"The only difference I can see between this scope and an original 8x Unertl USMC scope is that the Unertl never had optics this good!" The one comment heard repeatedly at the show was something to the effect of. And the scope now offered by Hi-Lux is correct in every way. One of the areas he specializes in is rebuilding original scopes of this type. Mike Sexton also owns and operates Ironsighter, Inc., which just happens to be the leading scope repair service in the country today. That took two years.and then a year of development and refining. Then it became up to Mike and I to convice John that it was a worthy endeavor. The idea for recreating this scope emerged about 4 years ago, when Mike Sexton, Hi-Lux Optics owner John Wu and I sat down and discussed it.
I had the pleasure of shooting a few Remington 40x target rifles and also a few Winchester 52 target rifles that were mounted. They would produce target scopes from the 8 power to 24 powers, and I considered them a great line of target scopes. Malcom name.the USMC SNIPER model designation, and serial numbered. Unertl scopes from the 1950s and 60s era were probably the prominent target scope made in that era. Malcolm reproduction of the Unertl style scope that the Marine Corps used on sniper rifles of WWII, Korea and the early years of Vietnam. Needless to say, this scope was one of the BIG HITS at the 2012 SHOT Show in Las Vegas January 17-20.Īll of those shooters in the know, immediately called this scope a Unertl. In this photo, Desert Storm USMC veteran Mike Sexton sights through a prototype of the new made Hi-Lux Optics 8x USMC SNIPER scope that has been added to the company's Wm.
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