The reasons is apparently that a sniper could change the dials in low light by feel and hearing, even if he could not see the dial clearly. The military preferred the Weaver scopes with the “click” drum knobs rather than the truncated cone “silent” screwdriver adjusted model. Between 7,000 and 7,044 were made in this block)Īlthough the plan was to use the Lyman “Alaskan” scope on these rifles, these scopes were not available, so the main scope for these sniper rifles was the Weaver M73B1, which was a military version of the Weaver 330 scope which was only 2-3/4 power. Weaver also made the 330 SCOPE M.8 for the military according to what the Weaver Company told sniper researcher Peter R. These rifles were made in batches at Remington so the serial number ranges are known. Army standard sniper rifle of World War II was the Springfield M1903A4, made by Remington.
As noted this would not be a combat position as he is too exposed. sniper with an M1903A4 published in March 1945.
