45 years ago me and my 14

[MJ1]

1966



My '83 SA


Pura Vida

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[Bodyman]

Thanks for sharing - nice rifle. I like your scope, too - which one is that?

[Tom Doniphon]

The spotting scope looks like an M49 type. Designed way back around WW2 and used for decades.

[Kirk]

It looks like a B&L scope sitting on a Al Freeland tripod & mount. Those mounts require a clamp to attach the scope. This scope appears just to be sitting on, not clamped to the mount. They are very good scopes.

[GUTS]

Thanks for the post and Thank You For Your Service!

[Col. Colt]

Originally they used a leather strap with a buckle to hold the scope on! Thanks so much for sharing. Tradition - it's a beautiful thing. CC

[jmoore]

M49's are a pretty good scope. A friend of mine uses one regularly. It's no Kowa, but it's as good or better than my old Redfield. Some are Unertl built, IIRC.

[RCS]

The M14's were being issued towards the end of 1963 at Ft Leonard Wood, was issued TRW 1313921 with a Sept 63 TRW bbl during early 1964. All that I saw back then were TRW M14's with wood stocks, except for a few plastic (Gen Tire & Rubber) early stocks, also on TRW rifles.

[MJ1]

We used the rubber boot blouse bands from the PX to hold the M49 to it's tripod. In Viet Nam I used a GP strap from a tool bag.