![]() ![]() On the Eastern Front, Nazi and Soviet troops had deployed thousands of sniper rifles to great effect. ![]() When the United States military entered World War II in 1941, there was not a single sniper rifle in military inventory.Īll the sniper rifles developed for use during World War I had long since been disposed of.Īllied forces invaded Guadalcanal, the Aleutian Islands and North Africa, the demand for sniper rifles rose loud enough to be heard in the deepest recesses of the War Department. North Cape Publications, Inc., PO Box 1027 Tustin CA 92781. If you would like to explore the Model 1903A4 and other U.S. Editors Note: This piece was written by Joe Poyer, author of the book Collecting the American Sniper Rifle 1900 to 1945. I dont have any Alaskans left to play with now, but I do think the Texan with its two lenses in the bell is clearer than a short belled Alaskan.Blannelberry Jeff Cramblit Will Dabbs Clay Martin Ian Kenney Steve Gaspar Paul Helinski Doug Larson Chris Mace Jordan Michaels Mark Miller Justin Opinion True Pearce Levi Sim Max Slowik Austin Van Gilder GunsAmerica SHOT Show 2020 Subscribe Now Current Events Industry News.Īn Army sniper and his observer clearing an area on Luzon, in the Philippines in 1945. What youre asking for in your second paragraph would sure narrow down the approximate start of production for the longer scopes. It came mounted in a set of Redfield vertical split, blued rings.Ĭolt, I can only guesstimate that your scope would have been produced in the late 40s or early 50s, before Lyman began using the longer ocular bell. Or did Lyman mix them up I would think not, if they got matched sets of lenses from Bausch Lomb for each scope.ĭoes anybody have a boxed Alaskan with the original, dated sales recipt to match to a serial number - or the same for a rifle that was bought with a new Alaskan CC PS - This scope has a tapered Post, without a crosswire. Too early for the larger ocular bell, it didnt make it until the 50s.Īccording to Bob Bell in The Gun Digest Book of Scopes and Mounts, it was in the 1950s that the length of the Alaskan was increased from 10.5 to 11.25. ![]() Glad to help, I got into the little things for awhile and researched them quite a bit. The 43037 does have the larger bell and I just replaced it with the 11119 on my 03A4 as it has the post and cross hair reticule which I like better. The Norman Ford has better optics than the Alaskan with a single ocular lens, in my opinion. ![]()
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