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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1180744" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>I was wrong...It was an 8x Unertl scope...Not a 10x.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock</a></p><p> </p><p>"Hathcock generally used the standard sniper rifle: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_70" target="_blank">Winchester Model 70</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30-06_Springfield" target="_blank">.30-06 caliber</a> rifle with the standard 8-power <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unertl_Optical_Company,_Inc." target="_blank">Unertl scope</a>. On some occasions, however, he used a different weapon: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" target="_blank">M2 Browning machine gun</a>, on which he mounted a 10X Unertl scope, using a bracket of his own design. Hathcock made a number of kills with this weapon in excess of 1,000 yards, including his record for the longest confirmed kill at 2,500 yards.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock#cite_note-50" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">[50]</span></a> Hathcock carried a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt%27s_Manufacturing_Company" target="_blank">Colt</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol" target="_blank">M1911A1 pistol</a> as a sidearm."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1180744, member: 12995"] I was wrong...It was an 8x Unertl scope...Not a 10x. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock[/URL] "Hathcock generally used the standard sniper rifle: the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_70"]Winchester Model 70[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30-06_Springfield"].30-06 caliber[/URL] rifle with the standard 8-power [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unertl_Optical_Company,_Inc."]Unertl scope[/URL]. On some occasions, however, he used a different weapon: the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun"]M2 Browning machine gun[/URL], on which he mounted a 10X Unertl scope, using a bracket of his own design. Hathcock made a number of kills with this weapon in excess of 1,000 yards, including his record for the longest confirmed kill at 2,500 yards.[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock#cite_note-50"][SIZE=2][50][/SIZE][/URL] Hathcock carried a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt%27s_Manufacturing_Company"]Colt[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol"]M1911A1 pistol[/URL] as a sidearm." [/QUOTE]
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