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Posted: 7/26/2017 10:25:55 PM EDT
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Saw this and thought id share it. I've never seen one up for sale before.
Starlight scope on GA site |
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Saw this and thought id share it. I've never seen one up for sale before. Starlight scope on GA site I have seen quite a few of them over the years, I remember when I was working in the Armory when I first went in the Army, we had hundreds of them, most of them got thrown in the garbage, but a few did survive, I know because I have a few of them! 
They used to show up on Ebay every once in a while, that one if it is a real picture of the actual product looks to be in good shape, but I can say based on today's technology, they are a pain in the ass to try and use... |
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Extremely good illustration, the suckers are heavy and trying to balance your rifle is not easy!
By the way, are those your guns? |
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Extremely good illustration, the suckers are heavy and trying to balance your rifle is not easy!
By the way, are those your guns? |
1969 popular mechanics article https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9hAva_yxlzPdFZBdEFLNkxEQzg
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The ones I have have never been mounted, in fact they are in the safe, still in the O/D green pouches, I figured I would save a few of them when told us to get rid of them, which meant trash them, I don't know how many ended up actually getting thrown away and destroyed and how many ended up being "Disposed" of!
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The ones I have have never been mounted, in fact they are in the safe, still in the O/D green pouches, I figured I would save a few of them when told us to get rid of them, which meant trash them, I don't know how many ended up actually getting thrown away and destroyed and how many ended up being "Disposed" of! |
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I don't usually post outside of GD. I have no idea who moderates this forum.
I'm going to go out on a limb and ask...Aren't they screwed if you take the endcaps off during the daytime? Serious question? No smartass. ETA: I could have bought 100 of them over the years at Knob Creek. I passed. Should I have? |
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The one I have (bought it years ago and never really used it much) came with both the M16 mount and an M14 mount.
It has a big tag on it "ABC". Automatic Brightness Control. I suppose that means it's either a later model or it was modified at some point. The reticle is a horizontal dotted line with a vertical dotted line on the bottom/center of the horizontal dotted line. No upper vertical line. It's also a green looking color. Funny thing, I can see the reticle just fine. My youngest son can't see the reticle at all. It came with one of those little adapters for using 4 AA batteries in place of the original battery. |
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I don't usually post outside of GD. I have no idea who moderates this forum. I'm going to go out on a limb and ask...Aren't they screwed if you take the endcaps off during the daytime? Serious question? No smartass. ETA: I could have bought 100 of them over the years at Knob Creek. I passed. Should I have? |
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