![]() (Bob Bell)." Intrigued, I actually bought such a scope earlier this summer that is matte black and is stamped "US PROPERTY *0006", and it has the Accu-Range or "tombstone" reticle. The sight evaluated by the Marine Corps featured the low-profile configuration on both the objective bell and the eyepiece. The model shown here is the early version of the Widefield scope. Senich wrote: " The Redfield 3x-9x variable-power Widefield Low-Profile telescope with an Accu-Range reticle and black matte finish was among the rifle scopes considered for use with the M40A1 sniper rifle. ![]() According to Senich, some of the scopes that were considered but not adopted were the Leupold M8, Weaver T10, and a 'Widefield' Redfield.' Of course in 1980 the 10x Unertl was chosen, but here's what was evaluated in the late 1970s regarding a particular Redfield scope: Regarding trial scopes that were not adopted, Peter Senich in his research indicated that in the late 1970s when the USMC was updating the M40 to the M40A1 configuration, several scopes were evaluated as a potential replacement for the original Redfield 3-9x scopes. ![]()
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