Thread: New Build

Who is the lucky smith who is going to put your bits and pieces together?

dont know if its going to be this Rem or my other in 22-250 , so will not be selling barrels etc until thats decided .

As to smith , not 100% yet , as i am looking at a different can as well as some other minor mods to the build , will get that sorted soon .

Anyway here's a pic looking thru the scope , showing the mildots & the tapered heavy bars on the USO MST-100 scope , as the reticle is all metal as far as I know .




Cheers Chris

At the gunsmiths now , just have to wait now .

Just heard from gunsmith , thats the M40A1 is almost done , looking forward to gettign it home .

Looks like a Kahles reticle what Gunsmith did you use?

Scott in Featherson

The reticle is simply a mildot reticle , but the posts taper into the thin crosshair section that has the mildots , the original dots on the Unertl 10x USMC scope where made by dropping paint onto the cross wire , BUT I have heard from the Canadians , that you had to keep the scope shaded in summer or the temp could get high enough to melt the mildots ( paint ) OFF .
The USO modified version of the Unertl design , has a few tweeks , one the reticle is 100% steel , NO paint or glue to form the dots , and as such the USO MST-100 scopes should not have the dots MELT off .
Also , the turret housing has a plug at about 7.30 oclock , and this allows for a longer travel for the elevation knob , and has a stronger coil spring , this was done so that the scope could be mounted on a 30 moa canted rail , the older Unertl usually could not be zeroed on a 30 moa rail .
Also the knobs changed from steel , to SS , so when the paint wears OFF in use , the knobs donot rust .


Cheers Chris