Canadian Sniper Scope rifle sniping telescope WW2 R.E.L (eBay)

[Surpmil]

Well, seems I know where that one is! Am I right you need an eye cup for it? Same one as the REL 6x30 binos (valleysniper's observation BTW) Perhaps the same as the 7x50s as well(?)

It would be nice to see a scan of that RCEME tag on it sometime...

I suspect more the Stands, Instrument, C No47 went hors de combat than the scopes did - or maybe just more were pinched by target shooting soldiers to use with their own scopes...!

It's a bit OT, but it is interesting to contrast how many of these scopes have turned up out of the 500 odd made compared to the 500 Warner & Swasey scopes: less than a dozen of those known. I suspect they were scrapped for the considerable amount of brass they contain, in 1944 or 45. "Without Warning" mentions that this was recommended by a responsible officer in 1944 as they were felt to no longer be needed. Barring one or two WWI bring-backs, the rest of those in existence are probably from the 80 or more sent over to the UK in 1939/40. Otherwise, we'd see a few more of them surfacing I think, considering only 150 or so got to France in WWI.

And yes, I think they were all shipped with matching numbers originally. The No26(?) scope and case that made such a high price were matching and obviously had not gone through three decades of Canadian Army service like most have done.