I do shoot pistols on occasion, but I’m really a died in the wool rifle shooter. Unertl is now expanding into new product lines as well as having plans to produce many of the older model scopes. They are even used on the 50 BMG Barrett and that takes a tuff scope!

The USMC first used the 8X Unertl on the M1903 Sniper Rifle and later a great 10X Unertl was the choice for the M40A1 and later models. That’s a good indication that something must be right about them. Unertl made the scopes for the United States Marines. they aren’t! Unertl has always made products that I like to call “bullet proof” for their quality and durability. You know, those long tubes with the external adjustments that look delicate…. The Unertl Optical Company (Las Vegas, NV) is well known in shooting circles as a manufacturer of quality target rifle scopes of the old style. It was a test of stamina to hold and shoot that bull barreled rifle with it’s big Unertl! But, shoot it would and the Unertl was absolutely the best choice of optics at the time. My rifle was a bull barreled Winchester Model 52C and I topped it off with a 12 power Unertl 2 Inch Programmer. Seems like an eternity ago, but I still have the trophy if anyone would like to see it. The high light of my small bore rifle shooting carrier was winning the Nevada State Championship in 1983. I wasn’t a particularly good small bore shooter, but I did manage to win the National Guard’s Chief of the Guard Bureau annual State matches four out of five times I competed. At one time, many years ago, I dabbled in small bore rifle shooting along with my favorite sport of high power rifle.

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