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My old man shuttered when I showed him the pics of your centurion. As an old Nasho RAEME at Pucka / Bandiana for the duration he has fond memories of the beast in action on the range and them going...

Years ago when I was with the 50RCU under the wing of the the 13th Field Engineers based at the now demolished Victoria Park Barracks in Perth we had a tube firing range setup for air rifles.

It...

Unfortunately thats a commercial manufactured Alice pack. Seen quite a few here in OZ in the last few years. ALL NZ gear has braod arrows and NZ markings on the inside of the top flap in black inks

From my experience JB weld is great stuff however it will not take a rebluing effort.

If you use a paint spray over the top the paint will become tacky after a few rounds. unless its a high...

Straight out of Peter Laidlers and Ian Skeenertons book

An Armourers prospective : .303 No 4 (T) sniper rifle and the Holland and Holland Connection


Cheek mount screw were as follows: Wood...

The old man did his auto electrical apprenticeship in the 60's and then went to work for Lucas for a few years - no wonder his bald as a badger now.

Still he gets his just deserts now restoring...

MR Mister,

I got some of the SARCOINC transit chest hardware last year. The hasps and staples are spot on but the hinges that came where from a bren chest I believe. They were squared backed with...

As Col Kurtz nicely put it ... Ohh the horror.....

Peter,

You fixed two of the No32's last year (A Mk2 & 3) for me that I got from Lawrences sale. Internal water damage ring any bells?. Scopes for sale were a few 2 and 3's. I suspect LO kept the...

Red paint on the safety is a customs import / export requirement to indicate the safety. All rifles going in or out of OZ require this paint to be put onto the rifle before it can clear customs and...

They have gone up in price from when they were first advertised about a year ago. From memory they were first priced at $2500.00.

Lawrence got a lot of No32's (MkII and IIIs) and T receivers from...

Nope never ever tool the barrel out as part of the range clearing exercise. Only time the barrel is removed is for a field clean or strip down. Can only think the RO wanted the "novices" with the AUS...

L1A1 subbies were around in Australia still in Use by cadet units in the late 80's - mid 90's when I was involved in training the little bastards. Still about 40% went on to joining the reserves or...

L1A1 subbies were around in Australia still in Use by cadet units in the late 80's - mid 90's when I was involved in training the little bastards. Still about 40% went on to joining the reserves or...

SMLE No's 7,8,9 were purpose built .22Lr trainers. Very nice...

The New Zeland military just auctioned off about 60 odd cadet rifles for price from 300-1200NZ each.

I have a Enfield 1915 22...

SMLE No's 7,8,9 were purpose built .22Lr trainers. Very nice...

The New Zeland military just auctioned off about 60 odd cadet rifles for price from 300-1200NZ each.

I have a Enfield 1915 22...

There is a soviet vehicle dealer in the UK selling them the last time I looked at their website. Google armored vehicles for sale UK.

Oh the joys of having commericail made ammo. Highland (Aussie brand) make odd ball military calibres Swiss 174g FMJ boat tail as well as popular calibers. They also sell just brass. All made in...

Stolen from the Australian War Memorial web page for info:

The khaki hat, first adopted into Australian military service in 1885 when it was chosen for the newly-formed Victorian Mounted Rifles,...

That Jean lady must get around. I have a 44 lithy I Mk III with "JEAN" marked into the butt stock as well!!

L1A1 Lithgow made with sand cuts.
Mk1 III Lithgow made any year.
1911 Swiss Schmidt Rubin
Mosin Nagant 91/30
1903 Springfield

Been around fireams most of my life from the farm to where I currently work. the super race guns dont intrest me a bit but I love history so its old bolt actions for play and the hard black stuff for...

You just have to read any of Peter Laidlers posts on this site regarding alignment of scope in mounts on T's and the methods of soldering and alignment. Iam sure somebody could do it with a hell of a...

Jeff the match stick (as peter notes) or even double over paperclip was the go. As we were attached to a reg unit we did range shooting on army land and private farmland. Modifying the SLR on a army...

The SLR L1A1 made at Lithgow in semi auto was extremely easy to convert to automatic fire in the field by the troops. In Fact when I was in cadets (12-19year olds) our CO - Perm Engineering Field...