ID help with WW2 item ,solved

[CMDiamonddawg]

My Uncle Jim "First Inf .Div." gave me this . Mortar gunner in the 26 Regt. Landed on Omaha Beach D- day . N Africa Sicily, D day, Bulge, Hurtgen Forest, Aachen. He is 92 and says it's a sniper scope case . Correct? which scope? and value to collectors ? Can anyone help , ALSO, having a hard time trying to open it! Rusted metal ring under cap. Does cap pull off or screw off ? Thanks for any

 

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[oldfireguy]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Maybe post it on this forum: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Maybe post it on this forum: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com

Thanks, oldfireguy ..site looks great

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Theres one on eBay but connection to web belt is different. Yours appears original. Its a big scope. Cool.
http://img.inkfrog.com/click_enlarge1.php?image=DSCN0200.JPG&username=iggy200&aid=332260775

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Case looks like it has no threads.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310179793573

Your web belt connect looks original. The eBay belt part was probably replaced.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

It IS optic case I think.
What KIND is a mystery right now..
i DOUBT it is a sniper scope case.
I think more like an optical sighting device for another object. Artillery, Mortar, etc...

The hook you see on the front goes to a USGI web belt..

Thanks, Rando

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Case looks like it has no threads. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310179793573

Your web belt connect looks original. The eBay case was probably replaced.

Awesome big cypresshunter !! pulls off then ,correct?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Case looks like it has no threads. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310179793573

Your web belt connect looks original. The eBay case was probably replaced.

Awesome big cypresshunter !! pulls off then ,correct?

I dont know. It looks as if it pulls off. Try tapping it gently. Is there anything inside?

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

I stand corrected. I wasn't thinking about how damn LOOONNNG those springfield scopes were.

I think that is EXACTLY what it is...

03 Springfield was a bada$$ sniper rifle ,does that long scope mount on an M1 Garrand also? Keep thinking Jackson in Prv Ryan ,thought he had a case

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Did you check out that "buy in now" price on eBay Rando? $32 bucks and 8 sets available for rifle, 2 scopes and case?

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Case looks like it has no threads. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310179793573

Your web belt connect looks original. The eBay case was probably replaced.

Awesome big cypresshunter !! pulls off then ,correct?

I dont know. It looks as if it pulls off. Try tapping it gently. Is there anything inside?

Sounds like loose dirt or rust particles and a spring noise's.Try tommorrow to get it .Thanks guys

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Its a 12 inch toy lol. Fooled me for a sec. I dont know if the real case has threads or not.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Its a 12 inch toy lol. Fooled me for a sec. I dont know if the real case has threads or not.

not sure what you mean about a toy cypresshunter an ebay item This case is 24 inch looks like fiberglass tube of 4 " OD

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Its a 12 inch toy lol. Fooled me for a sec. I dont know if the real case has threads or not.

not sure what you mean about a toy cypresshunter an ebay item This case is 24 inch looks like fiberglass tube of 4 " OD

The rifle, scope and case on the eBay link I posted is a 12 inch toy model of the real thing. It sells for 32 dollars with toy rifle and toy scope. You have the real thing. But because the ebay case is a toy, it may be different from your real one and yours may open differently. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310179793573
When I first saw the eBay listing, I thought it was real. It fooled me for a few seconds, as it is a pretty good toy replica.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Its a 12 inch toy lol. Fooled me for a sec. I dont know if the real case has threads or not.

not sure what you mean about a toy cypresshunter an ebay item This case is 24 inch looks like fiberglass tube of 4 " OD

The rifle, scope and case on the eBay link I posted is a 12 inch toy model of the real thing. It sells for 32 dollars with toy rifle and toy scope. You have the real thing. But because the ebay case is a toy, it may be different from your real one and yours may open differently. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310179793573
When I first saw the eBay listing, I thought it was real. It fooled me for a few seconds, as it is a pretty good toy replica.

affirmative

 

[kuger]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

I stand corrected. I wasn't thinking about how damn LOOONNNG those springfield scopes were.

I think that is EXACTLY what it is...

AGREED!

 

[Monty]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

If that is a WWII German sniper scope case, it would probably hold a Unertl scope. The scope would have been mountd on a M98 Mauser bolt action rifle. Unertl is the only company I know of that made those long fixed power scopes. They came out long before WWII and were considered the best of the best. Nowdays optics have improved and better lenses and smaller tubes are used. Monty

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

If that is a WWII German sniper scope case, it would probably hold a Unertl scope. The scope would have been mountd on a M98 Mauser bolt action rifle. Unertl is the only company I know of that made those long fixed power scopes. They came out long before WWII and were considered the best of the best. Nowdays optics have improved and better lenses and smaller tubes are used. Monty

Thanks .Monty Unertl ,a German scope case

 

[kuger]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

Unertyl's were used by U.S. Snipers in the Viet Nam war as well

 

[dick99344]

Re: ID help with WW2 item

I stand corrected. I wasn't thinking about how damn LOOONNNG those springfield scopes were.

I think that is EXACTLY what it is...

03 Springfield was a bada$$ sniper rifle ,does that long scope mount on an M1 Garrand also? Keep thinking Jackson in Prv Ryan ,thought he had a case

I agree with you about the rifle. I have an 03-A3 Remington 30.06 given to me by my grandfather. It was still in military stock and web at the time. My father hand carved a sporting stock for it from Birch wood. It is marked: U.S. Remington Model 03-A3 Followed by the serial number. Wish I knew all of the history of this weapon. HH