Rifle Scopes "STOLEN" Schmidt & Bender M8541 scopes on eBay ... not so "STOLEN"

[TWOMANATTACK]

I have been heavily involved with tracking the origin of the recent M8541 scopes we have seen on eBay. People have been insisting they are "stolen", and their is definatly an on going scandal with a seller not shipping the scopes after they were paid for (ebay username "CMACIAS"). However, I have a friend on the East coast that was part of that scandal and now owns several of the recent eBay scopes. After buying the scopes he contacted SB first to verify they were not stolen, then PWS, PWS said that one of the numbers was out of Lejeune. At that point he contacted NCIS to report that he owned the "stolen" scopes. He gave the agent all the numbers he currently owns and told her that he is happy to help in anyway. The one scope out of Lejeune was DMRd. Not stolen! He gave the Agent the remainder of the serial numbers and is awaiting an answer on the rest of the scopes. I will update the post as I get more info. At least one of the scopes is legit and we will see on the remainder. Hope that helps anyone in the market for these scopes.

 

[One-Eyed Jack]

It's a freaking soap opera! I'll be tuning in tomorrow for the next epsiode.

 

[Altnews]

It's just like "stolen" Vectronix Vector 21s, many of them are, but there are a number that made it into the civilian market legally. I heard that a shipment was lost and the insurance carrier paid for it, then it was found, and since it belonged to the insurance carrier by law, they were able to legally sell them.

Besides, when I used to haunt DRMO I'd see all manner of stuff that didn't look like it should be being sold commercially, but was.

 

[J-Ham]

It's a freaking soap opera! I'll be tuning in tomorrow for the next epsiode.

It's really more of a scope opera...

 

[TWOMANATTACK]

NIS has all the sxope numbers now. The agent has not found any to be stolen from the government. They may have been wrongfully DRMOd but thats between the govt and whoever made the mistake. NIS east coast has had nearly a 3 week investigation and not even one have come up stolen. HOWEVER, use cation when buying from ebay sellers. There was a scam going with that. Dont accept second chance offers and use ebay and paypal to pay so u have recourse.

 

[gstprecision]

I was just interrested in his listings, pulled up an Ebay search and apparently CMACIAS is not a registered Ebay user anymore....what a coincidence.

GST