Lyman also stated they had a few hundred Commercial Alaskans already made with cross hairs that could be used to supplement the first shipment. So Lyman offered to supply the first scopes with the standard cross hair reticule to give them time to find the materials needed to produce the post reticule on later scopes. ![]() Ordnance actually wanted a tapered post reticule from the beginning, but there was a shortage of the materials needed to make post reticules. The Lyman Alaskan again was the front Runner as the scope for the M1C, but this time Lyman felt they could produce the numbers that Ordnance required, so Lyman was awarded an initial contract. Now fast forward to the testing of the M1C in the summer of 1944. ![]() Ordnance wanted to name the Lyman Alaskan the M73 but because Lyman could not produce the scope in the number needed, the Weaver 330 was chosen instead and designated the M73B1. In early 1943, the Lyman Alaskan scope was actually the front runner to be used on the M1903A4. ![]() I actually encountered something that I had never seen before, so I thought if I hadn't seen one others might find this interesting as well.
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