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    Early Schmidt and Bender Scope Knowledge?

    I have an early Schmidt and Bender OEM scope ('Frankonia' branded elevation turret cap) hanging around for years and have at last found a potential use for it. It has a 26mm dia. steel tube, 40mm...
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    Thanks for your views; okay to heat an old bolt?

    All useful info. The bolt is being bent soon, so maybe that's the time to do rust or oil bluing. I'm assuming that a normal oven couldn't heat the bolt to a level that would affect safety? This is an...
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    Once in six years? We shot all the time and had...

    Once in six years? We shot all the time and had regular annual camps dedicated to weapons skills at Hythe and Lydd. The party taking the armoury stores also enjoyed an overnight motorway drive from...
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    Thanks to all!

    As ever, the only place on the internet for the authorised version of LE management.
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    Sticky: No4 mk2 and ShtLE Mk1

    I've just bought one of mine this week; a pristine No4 mk2 with a UF suffix. It even had the untouched pull through and oil bottle in the butt. The other I will probably never see: a pristine ShtLE...
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    I know. I'm not disputing that they existed,...

    I know. I'm not disputing that they existed, merely that I don't remember anyone suggesting that the different spacers might apply to us. Not complaining - my personal rifle was lovely :D
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    No4 Butt length fitting?

    Hi. I'm curious to know how HM forces decided whether a shooter needed a different length of butt on their rifle. Was there 'official guidence' on the matter? I was in the TA in the 80s but don't...
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    I mean whatever will match the existing in the...

    I mean whatever will match the existing in the white bolt with the receiver, a la M41B. I expect this will be a professional job as I don't have tanks.
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    Bluing a Swedish Mauser bolt assembly?

    I want to reproduce the blued bolt assembly from the M41B (don't worry, the donor rifle is already a mixmaster!). Anyone tried this?
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    Fair enough.

    Fair enough.
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    Sunray: not using expanding ammunition is just...

    Sunray: not using expanding ammunition is just another local inconvenience; I use FMJ for everything else anyway. There are always weird importing rules: what did you have in mind?

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    153 gr 8mm Mauser

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    I want to replicate the German 1903 S patrone for my 1902 G98 - 9.9 grams (153 gr) spitzer bullet, 0.323 in dia, muzzle velocity of 878 m/s (2,880 ft/s). As far as I know, no-one manufactures an...
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    Thanks Harry. That's very good advice for the...

    Thanks Harry. That's very good advice for the future. As it happens I've just bought an old 'Franconia' S&B 6x42 from Germany. It's the right age-bracket, dimensions and reticle, has a 26mm tube and...
  14. Accumounts M41B scope mount fitting issues?

    I'm just about to part with a decent wad of cash for an Accumounts M41B kit. I'm not trying to make an M41B copy, but I prefer to have the wall of the receiver drilled, rather than the ring itself,...
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    Thanks, guys

    So sorry to have ignored everyone's helpful answers - been wrestling work deadlines for weeks, haha. Okay, Weaver K4 it is!
    Thanks for the input, everyone.
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    Sympathetic scope for a Swedish Mauser?

    My middle-aged eyesight means it's no longer much fun to use iron sights, so the inevitable shift to optics has to begin and I'm thinking about putting a scope on my 1944 Husqvarna M96. I've tried...
  17. Swedish Mauser: FSR-type target sling adjustment?

    I've just bought a great 1944 Husqvarna M96. It with came with what I always think of as the typical FSR leather sling - i.e. not either the common military version (although it does use the same...
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    'In the Wrap' values?

    As the price of milsurps here in the UK continues to rise, I thought I'd ask what members consider the appropriate price range for an unissued no4 mk II? As a guide for those not fortunate enough to...
  19. Looked rather good before you began, but not to...

    Looked rather good before you began, but not to worry. Many people 'restore' to a slightly tidyier version of what they started with. Presonally I always clean a lot of the old dirty linseed oil/gun...
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    Thanks Aragorn. On the other hand, presumably a...

    Thanks Aragorn. On the other hand, presumably a G98 still in the hands of the state in 1945 would have some post-WWI marks to show for it's life of duty? I'm thinking 1920 'Wiemar' re-issue mark,...
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    Thanks, guys: Steve - I think your grandfather's...

    Thanks, guys: Steve - I think your grandfather's recollection sounds like the circumstance for almost every bring-back, and his comment about the Germans not leaving anything behind them sounds very...
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    So is a duffle cut G98 an end of WWI caputure?...

    So is a duffle cut G98 an end of WWI caputure? Would this be likely a battlefield souvenir, or something collected from a 'dump' an the end of a tour of duty? Is it stretching credibility to...
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    The History of Duffle Cuts

    There are many posts on this forum and others about the ethics and process of repairing 'duffle cuts' on war souvenir rifles. I'm interested to know what the 'primary evidence' for the duffle cut...
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    Apologies for the delay in responding to these two posts - I don't check the forums as often as I might. But I note a slight change in the temperature of the conversation here! So, to sum up and...
  25. Thanks for all those tips, RCS. Which books have...

    Thanks for all those tips, RCS. Which books have this level of detail? - this is exactly the fine grain of information that I haven't been able to extract from the books I've consuted so far.
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