A sniper rifle 47 years in the making

[Miller Tyme]

This story starts in June 1968 when my dad visited on of his favorite gun shops, Elgin Arms. He had bought dozens of mil-surps for them to sporterize and this rifle was going to be no different. The stock had been sanded by the previous owner and there was a crack in the stock by the pistol grip but that didn't matter to him. The owner told him about the rifle and told him if he found the proper scope it could be worth considerably more. So dad plunked down his $15.60 for the rifle , took it home and hung it on the wall in the basement man cave along with his other rifles only handling it to clean and oil it once a year. Christmas 1976 he gave me the rifle along with the receipt and the story about the scope and over the next 29 years I would look for one anytime I went to a gun show, but with no luck. But in 2005 I stepped into the 21st century and got on line and began to search more actively for a scope, Now my rifle more than likely came with a 4x adjustable, which never seem to come available, so my search concentrated on a regular 4x scope, but I was always a day late and a dollar short.

But that all ended about 18 months ago when I found me a 4x scope made by the Nippon Typewriter Co. for my rifle. I took it down to show my dad and he laughed about how his former rifle was sporting a scope that cost almost 80 times what he had paid for it.






(Note, the gun shop got the caliber wrong on the receipt)

















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[#1oilman]

Very nice and I would think quite rare

[browningautorifle]

Isn't that nice!

[AZPhil]

That is AWESOME!!!! Congrats on finally finishing it off!!
So how are the optic's on that scope? Do you plan on shooting it?
Semper Fi
Phil

[Miller Tyme]

That is AWESOME!!!! Congrats on finally finishing it off!!
So how are the optic's on that scope? Do you plan on shooting it?
Semper Fi
Phil

No Phil, I don't plan on shooting this one as I have been warned the scopes have a bad tendency to cloud up with specks of black paint flacking off from the insides of the scopes.
Thanks gentlemen, it has been a true labor of love to finally scope this one.