Ok gurus, can you ID this

[Bsully]

a little mount, shop built/machined not cast, there was more than one made and it adapts an _________ to an __________.

[Dan in NY]

My best guess is that it is an adapter...It looks to adapt a Redfield-style base to ..............well, that's as far as I go....A pic of the top surface would tell the tale....Maybe night vision?

Dan in NY

[Bsully]

you are very warm.

[Bsully]

no, not for an m2

[lyman]

the cut on the top reminds me somewhat of a mount for an ART scope, however I'm thinking its on the wrong end,,,,(and just a WAG anyway!)

[Bsully]

Here it is. An adaptor to use an AN/PVS 1 on an M40. The two lower holes in the side plates line up for either Short or Long action.

[chuckindenver]

i think Dan in NY pretty much hit it right on the nose.

[Dan in NY]

Wow.......By any chance, do I win the above pictured rifle & scope?

(loud sound of chirping crickets......).....

[Bsully]

Yes Dan, you win the picture of the rifle in the above posts!

[chuckindenver]

that sure is a tank...hate to hump that in the boonies

[Dan in NY]

BSully;

I know nothing about night vision...old or new....Does that M40's scope have an actual battery in it?...What vintage is that scope? Operational?

Very cool...

Thanks

Dan

[Bsully]

Chuck,
It is a beast and probably the reason the Corps ended up not fielding a Night vision supported bolt rifle until the simrad came along beyond experimental units.

Dan,
The scope is an AN/PVS 1, the first "starlite" night vision scope fielded in Vietnam, it is fully functional, it takes a battery. The were primarily used as observation scopes and sniper scopes on M14 rifles. Of the available night vision scopes at the time, it was the only one in military service that had adjustments on the body instead of the mount.

[Dan in NY]

Dumb question, but is the field of view clear in the daytime, when you look through it?........What retical?....Again....verrrry cool...

[Bsully]

It has a daylight filter, during day use it is not very clear because of the filter, the reticle is a simple "T".

[coastie]

batteries

ChuckinDenver,
actually, flashlights are tubes in which to hold expired, leaking batteries.
The law of inversity appllies:
"The more expensive the device, the faster the battery will leak and cause terminal damage"

Just to let you know about my: Seiko Chronograph, expensive searchlight, Hallicrafter radio, several Maglights, other stuff I ain't figured out yet.

But that scope, in my hands, would have a leaky battery in two, maybe three weeks!

Paul [in Houston]