Original U.S. WWI Warner & Swasey M-1913 Sniper Scope with Mounting Bracket for M1903 Springfield in Leather Case Antique Flintlock Firearms or outstanding service in peacetime

or outstanding service in peacetime

with orders to watch the French fleet off Brest during the winters of 1799 and 1800

The liner is ink stamped with a size 56 in a circle

the main police force for all points east of Manitoba

ISBN-10: 0952692708

Original U.S. WWI Warner & Swasey M-1913 Sniper Scope with Mounting Bracket for M1903 Springfield in Leather Case Antique Flintlock Firearms or outstanding service in peacetimeOriginal item: Only One Available. This design was known as THE FIRST "OFFICIAL" SNIPER SCOPE" that was issued to snipers in the First World War. After the introduction of the Mauser based M1903 Springfield Service Rifle, it was proposed that telescopic sighted rifles be available to selected marksmen. An experimental rifle telescope, designed by Ambrose Swasey, a co founder of the Cleveland, Ohio firm of Warner & Swasey was selected. It was an