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Posted: 9/28/2008 8:29:46 AM EDT
| Anyone use a Nimrod scope on an M1A? I found one with an IDF mount for a decent enough price and was wondering about somthing like this for my Bush-Scout. |
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The milspec Nimrod scope mounted on the Galil sniper rifle is manufactured in Japan by a subsidiary of KOOR Industries, an Israeli firm. It has a fixed magnification of six power, an ideal compromise and more reliable than any variable-power scope. Objective and ocular diameters are 40mm and 32mm, respectively. The field of view is 19.6 meters at 300 meters (3 degrees 45 feet). The eye relief is about 3 inches. Heavy bars are superimposed over the crosshairs on the right, left and bottom. There are two auxiliary crosses, one for aiming at 900 and 1,000 meters, the other for high-trajectory ammunition. Range estimation with the reticle pattern duplicates that of the Dragunov/RPG-7 optical sights. At the bottom of the field of view is a baseline below five short steps. The step closest to the baseline is marked "10" for 1,000 meters, while the farthest is marked "2" for 200 meters. The three steps in between correspond to 800, 600 and 400 meters in ascending order. Just align the target's groin with the baseline and match the top of his head with the appropriate step. Dial the correct distance into the range drum on top of the scope (calibrated in 50-meter clicks from 200 to 800 meters for 7.62x51mm M118 match ammunition) and fire away. The windage drum, located on the scope's left side, provides five mils of adjustment to the right or left in 1/2-mil increments. This method is simple, quick, reliable, adequately accurate and requires a minimum of instruction. A constantly centered reticle pattem has been achieved by inversion of the lenses. Each scope is equipped with protective caps, a rubber eyecup and two ocular filters: amber for overcast light and neutral density for extreme brightness. Night vision equipment can also be incorporated. The scope tube is black anodized aluminum. This is an excellent military optical system which meets the user's requirements at all levels. |
Nice response  .junk edited to add an emotional smiley face so noone gets offened. |
Pretty familiar with Nimrods. For the most part they are a solid piece of gear. The Isrealis don't handle their gear with kid gloves, so most of the units I've seen look beat to crap. Even ugly they remained functional and kept zero on the M1A's they were on. The glass was generally pretty good, most I saw were clear, some had some small distortion along the edges, not too bad for surplus gear. Lots of these got dumped on the U.S. market about 6 years ago when the Israeli's removed the M-14's from general service. For a while they were selling for about $200-$300 in good condition, and Israeli issue Kahles ZF-84's were going for around $350-$400. The Kahles were a great deal and were dramatically superior to the Nimrods with regards to the glass. At one point in time I had a couple of Nimrods in unissued condition, sold them off. Kept a ZF-84 though, gave it to my son who proceeded to unscrew the ocular and vented the nitrogen from the tube.  I reclaimed it, one of these days I'll get it purged. If you look around, you may find the modified Israeli fiberglass stocks they slapped on the M-14's. They molded an oversized non-adjustable cheekpiece onto the stock. Very ugly and awkward, but I guess they worked. If you're going to build an Israeli M-14, you'll need one of these to be authentic. For a while Springfield Armory sold the Isreali gear, but I'd be surprised if they have any left. |
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Actually I found a good pic of an M-14/Nimrod unit with the ugly stock at this site: www.geocities.com/mazanga9/IDF/IDFSnipingSharpshootingPhoto1.htm |
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