• 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.


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    WW2 Russian sniper with SVT40 & scope

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    10-08-2025 : Romanian I.O.R scope on Vz.24

    03-08-2025 : Weaver M73B1 scope evolution

    01-08-2025 : ZF41 carrying cans evolution

  • 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.

  • 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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