TooTaxed
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Thought you would find this sight interesting, as few people seem to have heard of this truly state-of-the-art telescopic sight. This sight is what makes the .50 Barrett rifles effective as sniping rifles on the first shot at distances of thousands of yards.
Go to: http://barrettrifles.com/optics_bors.aspx Click on the "Sighting In" video window in the lower right for a demo.
Mine...BORS with Leopold 4.5 x 14 x50 LR/T Mark 4 Mildot scope...is mounted on a Springfield .308 M1A, Krieger stainless steel barrel, walnut stock with built-in adjustable cheekpiece, Harrris bipod,,,done by the AMU at Fort Benning. Sure wish I had something like this when I was shooting 1,000 yard matches with iron peep sights on my M1 Garand!
Now...here's the truly astounding part...I bought this at an estate sale, where no one knew what it was...including myself! No one was interested in this very heavy, rather ungainly-looking package...no bids! You couldn't even tell what the base scope was, as all ID was covered by the scope cap mounts. I was interested in the rifle alone, as I had a nice Leopold Mk 4 to put on it...offered $1,500 for the rifle alone, allowed myself to be talked up to a quite satisfactory $1,600, then on a whim offered $2,000 for the entire package...Sold! Had no idea what I had until I looked up the Barrett website afterwards. It appears to have never been fired. Guess I got my $2,000 worth...
Go to: http://barrettrifles.com/optics_bors.aspx Click on the "Sighting In" video window in the lower right for a demo.
Mine...BORS with Leopold 4.5 x 14 x50 LR/T Mark 4 Mildot scope...is mounted on a Springfield .308 M1A, Krieger stainless steel barrel, walnut stock with built-in adjustable cheekpiece, Harrris bipod,,,done by the AMU at Fort Benning. Sure wish I had something like this when I was shooting 1,000 yard matches with iron peep sights on my M1 Garand!
Now...here's the truly astounding part...I bought this at an estate sale, where no one knew what it was...including myself! No one was interested in this very heavy, rather ungainly-looking package...no bids! You couldn't even tell what the base scope was, as all ID was covered by the scope cap mounts. I was interested in the rifle alone, as I had a nice Leopold Mk 4 to put on it...offered $1,500 for the rifle alone, allowed myself to be talked up to a quite satisfactory $1,600, then on a whim offered $2,000 for the entire package...Sold! Had no idea what I had until I looked up the Barrett website afterwards. It appears to have never been fired. Guess I got my $2,000 worth...