POTD: One Shot, One Kill – M40 Sniper Rifle with Redfield 3-9×40 scope
Photo Of The Day: Above you can see the M40 Sniper Rifle with the Redfield 3-9×40 scope used by Sgt. Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney. He recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills while serving in the Vietnam War, and the rifle can be found in the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.
Stone Bay was designated with the call word “Redfield” during a ceremony held by Weapons Training Battalion (WTBN) at building RR120 at Stone Bay, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 19, 2020.
“Redfield” will be used as the call word when communicating by range controls and firing desks across the Department of Defense. As WTBN specializes in marksmanship, it is appropriate to select a device that has made historical impacts such as the Redfield scope.
All photos courtesy of Sgt. Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney.
To see more images from the WTBN Redfield Dedication Ceremony please go to https://www.facebook.com/camp.lejeune/
Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
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Simplicity. Good rifle with good glass. Not a bunch of 'adjustable stuff' on it. Not much to hang up on vines and bushes... If you can shoot.. and shoot well.. it's all ya need.
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3-9 times variable-power magnification scopes? I was under the impression that fixed 10 power scopes were the USMC standard, and that variable power scopes was the US Army standard.