I've simply been told that a non-demilled PSR is worth upwards of $5K. I don't know if fact.
It's worth about $7k right now if it has intact markings, but I bet that this scope has destroyed markings. It's very easy to remove the plaque, just use fishing line and slide it under the tape like how people de-badge a car. It's just a double-sided foam tape made by 3M that's holding the plaque to the scope.
Most of the scopes with intact markings have been found with box codes "9317-7" on the right side under “Special Edition”. I’m not sure how high these serials go for the "9317-7" box code, the highest I’ve seen is scope number 96. Anything above serial number 160 I’ve seen was bad, and serial number 36 was also bad, both of these had different box codes.
For your reference, here's a reference photo we've been using that shows a box with the "9317-7" code, most of the known scopes with intact markings have had this box code. However, not all scope boxes with this code have a scope with intact markings! It's just a higher chance that the scope could have intact markings, and it's dedicated worth taking a look if you have one of these boxes.
Here's a few more photos that my friend and I were also using as reference material when looking for these intact scopes. The code on the right side of the box for the older style is "37916-7". This code exists on boxes that I’ve seen up to serial number 148. I know serial number 160 is the new batch, thus somewhere around number 150'ish is probably the transition. The new style boxes have several codes on the right side of the box including "30717-7" and "36917-7".
Just like the "9317-7" box code, there's a chance that a scope might have intact markings if it has the old "37916-7" box code. To my knowledge, all of the scopes with the newer box codes of "30717-7" and "36917-7" have had destroyed markings. You can always check the scopes that have these newer box codes, but I doubt that you'll ever find a scope with intact markings.
This is the scope being sold in this thread, it has a box code of "36917-7". There has never been a scope with intact markings found in a box that has this code on the label, so it's pretty much a 100% chance that removing the plaque on this scope will only reveal obliterated markings.
We don't know why some of the boxes have different labels and codes on them. All 300 scopes in this limited edition release are actual military contract overrun scopes, that's why they have the markings on the top of the objective housing in the first place. So, this is a legit scope, but with destroyed markings. We think that S&B boxes up the first batch of scope with intact markings and sent them out, then realized their mistake and recalled most of them. The ones they could get back had the markings removed and all further scopes from that point had their markings removed. That could also explain the change in labels as well, with a new box code for the destroyed markings modification. However, I'll freely admit that this is 100% speculation, and that we have no proof of what actually happened. It's just the current theory that makes the most sense.
I think we've found about half a dozen of limited edition PSR scopes with intact markings. There's probably less than 10 total of these limited edition PSR scopes that have ever been found with intact markings. These scopes sell for a massive premium because of their unused condition. They're actually worth more than the couple dozen legit military used surplus PSR scopes that came from DRMO and are now in private collections. The DRMO'd scopes are pretty beat up and some don't even function correctly, so collectors put a higher value on these limited edition PSR scopes with intact markings.
I hope my friend isn't upset that I'm sharing all of our research publicly (we're still trying to find scopes with intact markings), but we started looking at these scopes in 2017 and after 7 years of searching, we haven't found anymore scopes with intact markings. We had some luck 6 to 7 years ago, but nothing since then. I know that there's quite a few people still trying to find these scopes with intact markings, so I hope that this information is helpful!
