Woke up real early this AM and my mailbox had a notice that a new posting for Unertl was on eBay.

The copy read:
Mint condition Unertl 1 1/4" target scope with adjustable objective.  10 power and so marked.   Lenses are crystal clear with no issues.  Standard crosshairs.  Original blueing on the tube and its in excellent condition.    Scope comes with factory Unertl recoil spring, screw-on lens caps & rubber eyepiece.   Overall length is about 21 3/4" long.  Tube is 3/4" diameter.      All adjustments work as they should.  This scope has seen very little use, ever.   No disappointments here.

I had a few dollars in my PayPal account from selling some un-needed junk I had laying around so I hit the "Buy It Now" button.
If as advertised./...How did I do?.

Gonna mount it on my 'new to me" Stevens 44 1/2 219 Zipper / 38-55

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You did good.

   Joe.

RoyB wrote on Dec 15^th, 2013 at 6:11am:

I want to see that on your 38-55 at your next egg shoot Roy !

You'll recognize me ... as I'll be the guy with the LH'd CPA 38-55 w/ Unertl scope shootin' against you !

gunlaker wrote on Dec 15^th, 2013 at 12:50pm:

I just read where David Tubb recommends practicing with an air rifle and high magnification scope to improve your ability to 'hold' offhand (whilst using sights).

I also like his motto where practicing should be 'practice', i.e., you should be working to improve some aspect of your form and not merely throwing lead, even if only .177 pellets.

gunlaker wrote on Dec 15^th, 2013 at 2:26pm:

No need to buy his books, as many of his articles pertaining to effective offhand shooting and practice are available to read on-line, see here:

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It's true David Tubb did use high power scopes for Silhouette, he won the national championship multiple times. However Silhouette is different than bulls eye. No defined aiming point high scope power helps you pick a spot on the steel critter.  It will also show up your wobble area offhand and if handled correctly can improve your scores. 

His method is approach, settle off the target swing in and break the shot. Sort of like Shotgun shooting in a small precise way. Idea is rifle moving consistently wobbles less than trying to hold it still. Wind adjustment takes care of the lateral movement, as long as its, constant.  I know successful small-bore silhouette shooters than use boosted scopes to 40 power offhand. David Tubbs first book High Power Rifle is the best single instruction book available, any kind of competition not  just offhand.

Bulls eye like the ASSRA most of us will shoot higher scores with lower power scopes. I can pick from 20x 12x 10x & 5x scopes all external adjustment, generally shoot better with the 5x MVA.  Indoors no wind to blow my body around the 20 is very useful. Outdoors on good days the 12 is a great scope but don't shoot it any better than the 5, no doubt due to the majority of my shooting these days Iron Sight. My 10 Unertl is a large objective Varmint and too large and heavy to use offhand.

10 x is a good one to start with then experiment higher and lower.

Boats

. Quote:
Several years back, at Ridgway R&PC, a club member, Mel Hoffman, was spotting for me shooting Homer at 1000yds.  

After several 'Whong's I said to Mel - Let's take a ride out and see how I did.  When I walked over to Homer and looked down - there was an egg on the ground.  With a hole smack in the middle of it.  Turned to Mel and said, "Who the heck shot this egg?"  He just smiled!

Needless to say it wasn't a fluke.  I've watched Mel dust clay birds at 1000 with ease

RoyB wrote on Dec 21^st, 2013 at 8:47pm:


Automatically turning any scope into a sniper-scope, I presume, & the rifle the scope is mounted on into...what else?   

Guess none of Wm. Malcolm's descendants are alive today to claim their fair royalties for this exploitation of their ancestor's name.