M14 Forum

mrmark99 · February 1st, 2012, 04:33 PM

From the M-14 Work Bench

Two Art II (One commercial - One military), Art-tel, and Israeli NimRod.

xk319 · February 1st, 2012, 05:04 PM

Keep thinking about finding one of these. Those are pretty nice.

mrmark99 · February 1st, 2012, 05:17 PM

I would use a modern scope (Leupold) if I was going to use it as a current battle rifle. 40 - 50 year old optic's are not what I would use as a first choice on a current build. No warranty, high cost to repair, poor light gathering, no mil-dot reticle, are reasons not to use.
With all of the being said, I have shot with them (Art II and Art-Tel on rifles, and at 300 meters are accurate enough. The Nimrod is better at keeping "zero".

xk319 · February 1st, 2012, 10:21 PM

I'd get one to shoot with mostly for collectors/history sake. I have had some WWII German sniper rifles built up for me over the years. Same thing, not cutting edge, but super fun to shoot with and you can hit plenty close to that bulls eye.

Reaper6 · February 1st, 2012, 10:34 PM

How do you tell the difference between commercial and military ART II scopes? I didn't know there were even commercial ones...

tokiwartooth · February 6th, 2012, 10:05 AM

Don't forget the ART/MPC. Just picked one up, and then had the mount dilemma. I actually did find an AUTHENTIC APT/MPC Leatherwood QD mount for it. Apparently, Leatherwood made one dedicated to the MPC.

tokiwartooth · February 6th, 2012, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper6

How do you tell the difference between commercial and military ART II scopes? I didn't know there were even commercial ones...

I'm gonna say the commercial one doesn't have the build in M14 base, but utilizes the same thumb screw cradle as the ART/MPC and current production chicom Leatherwood "ART" scopes.

JBS · February 6th, 2012, 10:30 AM

Purchased mine back in the late 80s as a complete unit direct from Leatherwood.