A Unertl on an AR

[Bob Smalser]

Never saw a Unertl on an AR so I thought I'd try it on my adult son's match rifle build. Fabricated the mounts from Picatinny Rail 11mm adapters and 3/8" scope blocks. Used it as a class to our Junior Small-borers on scope mounting and setup. Here's a 17-year-old banging a 12" steel plate offhand at 200yds ten for ten.

One overheard comment today was "A 1955 scope on a 2015 rifle." What they don't realize is those old external micrometer adjustments are several-fold as accurate in repeatability as the elevators in most internally-adjusted scopes. Not to mention that modern lens coatings are nice, but are no substitute for old-school lens polishing. The only down side to the Unertls is that they aren't weatherproof like modern scopes, but the flip side of that is they are easily dismanted at home for cleaning and repair. I can restring a set of broken crosshairs in around 30 minutes.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

You didn't say what power it is, or if the objective is 1 1/2 or 2". I have a 15x Varminter 2" I thinking of putting on a Sharps 45-70. Ivan

 

[Bob Smalser]

It's a 10X 1.5" Varminter with dehorned mounts. Not a bad field scope, and a surprisingly low profile on the AR compared to the Weaver T-10 we initially mounted on that rifle.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I just put a 1950's Weaver K10 adjustable objective on a black rifle to see how well it will shoot.

 

[Bob Smalser]

Very cool.

 

[Cyrano]

Here's an old Weaver K-10 on an izmash Biathlon 22 sporter. The accuracy of that rifle is amazing; it's worth having a K-10 on it.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I am a bit intimidated by the Unertl's.
High price and lots of external adjustments and springs.
The Weaver K10's, if available at under $100, are a good deal for adjustable objective 10X accuracy.

 

[5-Shot]

Strange where those old scopes end up!

Here's mine:

 

[H Richard]

I've got a 1 1/2" Target model at 20X from my small-bore days. Fabulously clear scope that you didn't need any spotting scope for 100 yard small-bore match's. Only drawback with the Target models is the very limited depth of field/focus. When you are focused at 100 yards you couldn't see anything clearly at 110 yards or 90 yards.