![]() I'm just grateful that the CMP made these M1D Garands available to good citizens and that I was fortunate enough to draw one in the last lottery. Like the elevation knob, each click moves the post 1 m.o.a. ![]() It has a total windage range of 100 m.o.a. ![]() and numbers at each hundred yard increment. ![]() The elevation scale starts at zero yards and elevates to 900 yards with line marks every 50 yd. for each click, which are usually felt rather than heard. The finger adjustable knob gives 1 m.o.a. of vertical movement of the post for one complete revolution of the drum. The elevation dial has 32 threads per inch which provides 40 m.o.a. In my shooting with it, the top of the post appears to subtend 3 m.o.a., or 3 in. and it was sealed with rubber gaskets to keep out moisture. 870 in., length with rubber eye-piece and sunshade extended is 13.2 in., the reticle is a post with horizontal cross-wire, eye relief is 5 in. It has a universal focus, field of view is 27 feet at 100 yd, diameter is. For unknown reasons those scopes were rejected and the T134 adopted in April '45 as the M84. As a 2.2 X conventional design (T134) very similar to the M82, it was to compete in field tests against 3 X and 4.5 X designs in June of '45. opens the history on the M84 in early 1945. Chapter 4, Semi-Automatic Sniping System, The M1 Garand, goes into considerable detail on the history of the M1C, M1D and their scope and mount development programs. I found this book at the library while researching info. Peter Senich provided the most detailed information on these scopes that I have found in his book LIMITED WAR SNIPING, Paladin Press, 1977. ![]() The M84 scope replaced the M81 and M82 and was standard issue in April 1945. ![]()
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