M1C Mount - Real Or Fake?

[Boris Dripinoff]

Mark & Rick

Thank you for the comments on the mount!! I knew the mount was the MC 1952 version, what has me skeptical in the knurling on the mount levers. The knurling does not match the pictures of the rifle in Scott Duffs most recent listing nor does it not appear the same as the one in Peter Senich's book USMC Scout-Sniper WW2 and Korea.

The stamping appears to be the same size and same font as the ones mention above but this mount and bracket are blued. Was the MC mounts blued or parkerized? My undertsanding is that the MC mounts were not numbered to the rifle. The original brackets installed during WW2 were numbered.

I purchased this set-up for under $300.00 because I have seen to many things in the past and went home to read-up on them and then gone back to find the item sold. If this is a counterfeit mount it is a very good one.

If this is a fake mount then it was worth the price to let our fellow members and the GCA know these fakes are out there. If by chance this is a real mount my chances are slim of finding the proper Kollmorgen scope to complete the set-up.

I will use this mount on my M1C until I can fine an original M1C mount for the M82 scope.

Boris

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[five 0]

Mark & Rick

Thank you for the comments on the mount!! I knew the mount was the MC 1952 version, what has me skeptical in the knurling on the mount levers. The knurling does not match the pictures of the rifle in Scott Duffs most recent listing nor does it not appear the same as the one in Peter Senich's book USMC Scout-Sniper WW2 and Korea.

The stamping appears to be the same size and same font as the ones mention above but this mount and bracket are blued. Was the MC mounts blued or parkerized? My undertsanding is that the MC mounts were not numbered to the rifle. The original brackets installed during WW2 were numbered.

I purchased this set-up for under $300.00 because I have seen to many things in the past and went home to read-up on them and then gone back to find the item sold. If this is a counterfeit mount it is a very good one.

If this is a fake mount then it was worth the price to let our fellow members and the GCA know these fakes are out there. If by chance this is a real mount my chances are slim of finding the proper Kollmorgen scope to complete the set-up.

I will use this mount on my M1C until I can fine an original M1C mount for the M82 scope.

Boris

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WTS: USMC52/MC1 Kollmorgen Scope - CMP Forums

[Boris Dripinoff]

That is a lot of money!

[five 0]

That is a lot of money!

It is cheaper than this one
WTS: M81 Sniper Scope - CMP Forums

[Bob Seijas]

I believe that one has been "restored."

[Boris Dripinoff]

I believe that one has been "restored."

What do think about the mount?

[Boris Dripinoff]

Gentlemen,

I believe this mount and bracket are reproductions as the mount will not slide on an original bracket.

Boris