• C.P. Goerz 3x scope on “semi turret” mount

    German sniper with C.P. Goerz 3x scope and carrying case with matching rifle number on the leather lid. The mount is sometimes referred to “semi turret” style, the ancester of the turret mounts ued later during WWII.


  • Lebel model 1886 M93 & A.P.X. 1916 scope

    Here is a pretty rare French manufactured Lebel model 1886 M93 fitted with an original A.P.X. 1916 scope. The Lebel M93 used to be the main rifle used by French snipers during World War I. The APX scopes evoluted from APX 1915 to APX 1917.

    Below are three black & white pictures, taken in the trenches, showing French snipers using Lebel M93 rifles mounted with APX scopes.

  • Winchester A5 sniper scope on Whitehead mount for SMLE

    Here is a WWI Enfield SMLE rifle fitted with the scarce Whitehead mount and a Winchester A5 scope. A one of a kind configuration in the collection world but not the best sniper setup of its time, from an engineering point of view.

  • 1915 Periscopic Prism Company Ltd. Sniper scope for SMLE

    1915 Periscopic Prism Company Ltd. Sniper scope, used on Enfield SMLE (serial n° 6133 Y) during WW1. Even if several scope models were used by the United Kingdom during WWI, the 1915 P.P.Co was the most used by British snipers.

  • Dr. W. Gérard B3x sniper scope

    This Dr. W. Gerard B3x sniper scope has uncommon transitional straight lined mounts. They were replaced by deported or half-deported mounts on most of sniper scopes pretty early in the war.

  • Otto Bock 3x sniper scope

    This is a Bavarian sniper scope made by Otto Bock K. & K. Hofl. in Berlin. Note the odd-looking single claw mount and the typical (1)-2-3-4 Bavarian-style meter dial.

  • Voigtländer Braunschweig “Skoparette” 4x

    Skoparette 4x scope, made by Voigtländer in Braunschweig, was one of the main models used by Bavarian snipers during WW1. The rear mount bears the logo of the Gebruder Merkel manufacturer in Suhl, Germany.

  • Voigtländer Braunschweig 3x sniper scope

    This 3x sniper scope was made by Voigtländer in Braunschweig. A lot of these were used during WWI. This one is bearing the rifle serial number 1139 cc but its mounts bears a different number. 

    German sniper using a Voigtlander Braunschweig 3x sniper scope from his trench, during winter 1916.

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