Fake? Maybe only partially so. I agree that the Unertl sniper scopes were 8X. However, I happen to have a 14X Unertl that is stamped "USMC" on the eyepiece. It is, to the best of my knowledge, authentic and a genuine item. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS A SNIPER!! However, I do believe it is an authentic USMC Unertl, probably bought as a team scope during some earlier era. I acquired it in 1972 when I was at Annapolis during the summer training Midshipmen in marksmanship. I had gone to the DCM (now CMPicon) in DC concerning Garand draws and parts and met LtCol Smith who happened to be the Deputy DCM at the time. He invited me over to his house and gave me a couple of sets of Garand NM sights (item I had inquired about at the office). He mentioned he had a Springfield "1000 yd" gun he was selling for a friend and would I be interested. I was. Turned out to be an 03 in a laminated thumbhole stock with a Womac (Louisiana gunsmith) bbl. originally chambered 30-06 rechambered 30-338. It came with the scope and ammo can full of handloads. He said it was done up for his buddy by one of the AMUs. No reason to doubt the story, I wasn’t paying top dollar for a scope marked USMC, I was paying $175 for a slightly dated match gun with scope and ammo. Something that would enable a young beginning Hi power shooter to compete in matches that his Navy Garand in 7.62 weren’t the best choice. I in fact used it that year at Perry when I managed to make the Navy’s first team to use the M16icon there. So maybe the scope is genuine, but some fool wanted to “enhance” it. Or maybe it is totally BS. And no I don’t know what a Marine scope was doing in the hands of an Army Office, but then in those days and those circles stranger things happened. I still have it and can post some pictures if there is interest.