Scope mount question

[Peter Laidler]

Sometimes you just have to be cruel to be kind Muffer!
Talking of which, seen my wife in Oz yet? She's there someway. I've told her to get her name down for a 'poms go swimmiung with the salties' trip in N-Qld. You know, a bit like those wierdos who appreciate the finer points of swimming with dolphins - or maybe a bit of underwater shark fishing. Anyway, say g'day when you see her

[muffett.2008]

Someone told me that the salties were not real partial to pom's pete, Besides, your wife will probably do a Steve Irwin on them and tie them in knots, Hope she has a good time.

[clutch5473]

Wow, you guys are good, if only concrete thinkers. Now lets get abstract.
Below are the facts:
I have a No1
It is not a No4
A standard No4 can be made to look like an L42A1, a clone if you will (or an L39)
I am in the US Air Force and have good teeth

Now theoretical:
The furniture of a No1 and No4 could be modified to look like that of an L42 and installed on a No1
Knowing the dimensions of a No4, such as centerline to outside of reciever, a person could have something made to reach that on a No1
With the miracle of modern CNC, one could even have the pads machined into said piece, if not just places for pads to attach
One could also have No1 mounts made if one knew the dimensions
A person could tap the reciever (which my Ishy has), the charger bridge (which mt Ishy also has), or even tap the holes where the charger bridge is attached
From 3 feet away (1 meter to you guys), only the true enthusiast would know, even with a modern aftermarket mount, since not many people enjoy the old battle rifles

[vintage hunter]

Sounds like you got it all figured out there clutch, now build the dam'd thing and lets see it. I've been told a picture is worth a thousand words.....................

[clutch5473]

I am also building an AR in .308 that takes G3 mags. Crazy!

[Son]

Wow, you guys are good, if only concrete thinkers. Now lets get abstract.
Below are the facts:
I have a No1
It is not a No4
A standard No4 can be made to look like an L42A1, a clone if you will (or an L39)
I am in the US Air Force and have good teeth

Now theoretical:
The furniture of a No1 and No4 could be modified to look like that of an L42 and installed on a No1
Knowing the dimensions of a No4, such as centerline to outside of reciever, a person could have something made to reach that on a No1
With the miracle of modern CNC, one could even have the pads machined into said piece, if not just places for pads to attach
One could also have No1 mounts made if one knew the dimensions
A person could tap the reciever (which my Ishy has), the charger bridge (which mt Ishy also has), or even tap the holes where the charger bridge is attached
From 3 feet away (1 meter to you guys), only the true enthusiast would know, even with a modern aftermarket mount, since not many people enjoy the old battle rifles

The operations you propose will cost you more in time and money than a previously sportered No4 in good condition.

sorry to put it plainly, but if you must proceed as you plan, I don't think anyone here is going to admit to helping you in any way. The ethics of a collectors forum are not to promote the destruction of the very pieces we seek to preserve. All the advise you have gotten so far, although it isn't what you want to hear, is logical to the max. It is your rifle, and if you choose to mig weld an aftermarket fake 4T scope mount onto a piece of angle iron welded onto the rounded No1 receiver to make the side flat... then in the immortal words of ALF... "Go for it Willie"... but, trust me, more people than you think will know what you have done at a glance.

If it's already tapped, then why not make a clone No1 sniper?..

BTW, I have good teeth too and I'm a D^D Armourer.

[paulseamus]

Peter

Not sure if she is traveling with your wife, but we have had a very distinguished English Lady in Perth this week. She looks very much like the lady on our coins , but I have been lead to believe hat she is married to a gentlemen of Greek origin.

HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

They both attended a BBQ by the river today. She "threw a snag on the barby" with several thousand Perth residents. 9 tonnes of sausages were consumed!

Nice of the POMs in England to let our shared Monach visit the Antipodes.

Paul

[fergs]

You could always sprinkle a bit of fairy dust on the number 1, or squint really hard to look at the no1 to make it look like a no4, no wait! you could always start with a long tom and in a few years it will grow into a no4. Nah that aint gonna work, or you could weld a scope to the top of the rifle am i getting close yet.
Scoose me for being a sinic but i really dont think that what he is trying to acheive is plausable in the realms of reallity.
Or is he just trying to wind everyone up!
Regards
Fergs

[Maxwell Smart]

Might have been born in Greece, but the ancestry of said "Greek" gent is more like 7/8 German, 1/8 Danish and 0/8 Greek....

As for "letting" them visit, I suspect that you and I are helping to pay for the trip to no small extent.

Hope they weren't booked to fly QANTAS!

[clutch5473]

Just got back from escorting a friend who fell in Afghan back to the States from Germany, priorities shifted indefinitely.