Desperately Seeking IWS mount for L42A1 (still looking)

[WilliamT]

I am considering buying another just to put a modern scope on it for my No.4(t) also. I consider the ease of install and not modifying the original rifle worth it.

[jmoore]

Looking at MJ's pictures reminded me that the original style bracket does have the disadvantage of allowing only a very small objective diameter scopes, regardless of power! Any real bell at the front crashes into the handguard, even some 32mm 4x stuff.

[frank carno]

MJ,
You mention a good point, well done Mr Surpmil for pulling off the nearest thing I have seen to alchemy. I hope you make some coin out of this.
The possibilities this bracket opens up for an L42 as you illustrate are most interesting.
How does the Leupold shoot? questions/thoughts/feelings???

As soon as my enfiend habit coffers are replenished, Mr Surp will be the recipient of some of my brass for certain.

As this is my first response to anything I've read in the forum, thank you all gentlemen for sharing your knowledge. This web site is paydirt .
Cheers,
FC.

[Surpmil]

Frank, call me Rob if you wish ;-) "Surpmil" was a spur of the moment thing!

Thanks for the kind words, yours and others. I've added some photos of the parkerized and painted brackets to the advert.

The paint is matt when applied, like Suncorite, and will take on a bit of a sheen when oiled or handled over time, as does Suncorite. It's a high-solids enamel and when cured it is damn tough; I've handled and tested a sample applied to smooth sheet steel with no primer or surface prep and I could not do anything to it. Over parkerizing I expect it to be almost as good as Suncorite.

[MJ1]

Number them and use a logo and you will be famous some day. More likely it will be the next day.

Cheers
...MJ...

[Peter Laidler]

Surpmil, I think you have done the L42 fraternity a GREAT service. A good example of '.......x-hit or get off the pot'

Maybe I ought to follow your example and remanufacture the old Rank Pullin SS20 IIW night sight!

[frank carno]

how does the GPMG bipod attatch? could you take a close up??
Cheers.
FC

[jmoore]

Surpmil, I think you have done the L42 fraternity a GREAT service. A good example of '.......x-hit or get off the pot'

Maybe I ought to follow your example and remanufacture the old Rank Pullin SS20 IIW night sight!

Can you use US AN/PVS-1 , 2 guts? I know of a -1 that could be utilized!

[Peter Laidler]

You can't use the PVS night vision scopes on an L42 because although they'll fit, you can't adjust the L1A1 mount to zero in the scope as you can on a PVS mount. Good try though

However, if you were just showing the PVS sight fitted to an L42 rifle at a show it'd certainly steal the show!

[jmoore]

Actually, the AN/PVS-1 has the built in elevation and windage knobs. It works well on the L42 (night shoots at Benning are really really dark w/o a moon!). I learned on a previous thread that the main visual difference between an IIW and a PVS-1 is the oscillator cap (dome on IIw, flattop on PVS-1)

I was just wondering if the internal image intensifying thinggy could be adapted to a reproduction IIW.