USMC Model 70 Winchester sniper rifle

[binew]

Critch,
The AR did do an article about 10 years ago give or take. The M40's I saw had Redfield Jr mounts and Redfield 3X9 scopes. They had wood stocks and very heavy barrels. Middle 70's some "surplus" M40 stocks were available and I purchased two both glass bedded.
Hathcocks m70 was a target rifle, not a sporter as seen in the pic..

binew

[lboos]

Critch,
That pic. is an Army Grunt not a Marine. The easy way to tell is the elastic o/d helmet band. Most all Marine's at that time wore a cut up inner tube off of a M151 jeep tire, It was black, it was different from the Army Grunt and it was just the right size for the helmet. [It was a Marine thing.] And you would be hard pressed to find a Marine with an army issue o/d helmet band. lboos

[Buckeye Shooter]

Would a sniper carry a radio? Been a long time. What is that thing,
a PRC twenty something? I remember the coil cord and flat handset.

You can always tell a Marine. But you can't tell him much.

Semper Fi

[lboos]

Buckeye Shooter,
He could be a LRRP. Thats probley a PRC 20 or 25. The Marines for some reason liked the old stuff, PRC 15's And the old WW2 canteen's with the small black plastic top,s, if you notice the Army Grunt in the pic. is carring the newer large o/d cap canteen's. The Army seem's to have got the newer stuff, If you remember the marines were the last to give up there M-14's.
Im not an expert, But i play one on the internet {Stolen]. lboos.

[Nubber]

He was there and could tell us what they used.

[lboos]

Sorry i made a mistake.

[badash5946]

That looks like an M84 scope. Those were probably available in the supply system, but they were only 2.5X. Not bad for the type of terrain in that pic, though. I really have no idea about the mounts; Redfield, Williams...or whatever they could get.

Just reading old posts. I have a Vietnam bringback Win 70. It was shipped to the US Navy in 1965, has an M84 scope and was captured back from the NVA by the 101st in 1969...