Vietnam sniper rifles?

[Bendeco]

Is Vietnam rifles considered milsurps? Anybody have a Vietnam era sniper rifle? Please show pics

 

[Cocked&Locked]

well, M 21's would be converted autos and I don't think the government ever sold any off. Might be a few M 40's but again, i think the actions just get re barreled when needed and have never been sold off either.

 

[JoKa]

Here is Carlos Hathcock with his

 

[Robert Nicholson]

Is Carlos Hathcock the sniper who shot a North Vietnamese sniper in the eye, thru the scope glass of that snipers Mosin-Nagant?
I believe he used a Winchester 70, if I am recalling this story correctly.

 

[unstableryan]

he also liked the M2 for screwing around. He had a model 70 in 30-06 for out in the field.

 

[Cleftwynd]

Is Carlos Hathcock the sniper who shot a North Vietnamese sniper in the eye, thru the scope glass of that snipers Mosin-Nagant?
I believe he used a Winchester 70, if I am recalling this story correctly.

Correct, and although he recovered the other fellas rifle, it was stolen from the armory shortly after. He did use a model 70, and considered anything under 2MOA up to the task. His model 70 wasn't retired until it wouldn't hold that requirement.

 

[gewehr76]

M1D saw some limited sniping duty in Vietnam as well. Going to be pricey

 

[twincamharley]

Here are a few representative ones I have or had go thru my hands over the years...enjoy

 

[Canadian Psycho]

There is some lucky guy on the boards here who built an exact copy of an M40A1 correct in every way possible, from barrel crown to Unertl scope. Its a gorgeous rifle. As far as them being milsurps, I doubt any would have made it up to Canada, maybe some M21s but again they would be converted autos. I know the M40s were simply updated from M40-M40A1-A2-A3...etc

 

[BeaverMeat]

I know of a few M40s floating around that USMC armours made as personal rifles... That's as close to legit as your going to get. Only thing I can think of is a surplus Springfield or Garand that made its way into publics hands.

 

[75 Devil Dog]

Nice collection Twin cam!

 

[6167]

Ditto!!
Twin Cam has some cool hardware!

 

[Wormald1995]

The hungarian m52 was used in veitnam

 

[agentcq]

M1D's use to be the the cheapest of US snipers as they are hard to prove that they are legit and not parted together from surplus parts.

The only way to prove that one was an original sniper is if it comes with the US Civilian Marksmanship letter.

As a result - generally they are worth a some of parts - which right now would probably be 3K+

 

[MC One Shot]

I do note remember any M16A2s being around during Vietnam....