Whitaker Special Register

[XL39E1]

Can anyone explain how the receiver is attached to the forend? I saw a locally gun smithed rifle with a similar concept, wrist removed, and the rear of the receiver had a 1 inch tang welded on, similar to a musket, and a hole drilled and tapped for the rear anchor of the receiver.

The receiver is fixed in a very similar way to the Canadian Lightweight No4 rifles, see Skennertons, Lee Enfield story page 301.

[Strangely Brown]

www.full-bore.co.uk View topic - Whittaker Special out of it's stock

Hopefully this link will show a Whitaker out of the wood work, the King screw is still the primary point of attachment.

[RJW NZ]

Simple and tidy arrangement,
thanks.

[jmoore]

www.full-bore.co.uk View topic - Whittaker Special out of it's stock

Hopefully this link will show a Whitaker out of the wood work, the King screw is still the primary point of attachment.

A couple of Strangely Brown's photos:





What's old is (relatively) new again!:






1879 Remington Lee

[Warren]

Whitaker 042 is in Canada...complete with sights.

[Strangely Brown]

Thanks Warren, I do wonder if that's the one that Alain Marion won at Bisley in the 1970's?

I'll add it to the list.

[Strangely Brown]

Whitaker Special No. 042.

Original No PF 195795
Stock: Afromosia (14 1/8)
Proofed to 20T
Barrel: Ferlach
Date delivered: 17/7/74
Cost: £84.50
Customer: Bradfield CCF (Combined Cadet Force, Bradfield is a private school in Berkshire.)

I now have some details of Bert Whitaker's work after spending a very enjoyable morning with Ted Molynuex (83) the curator of the NRA ay Bisley.
The research continues!

[weeman]

Hi I know this is a very very old post but could someone give me some info on a Geoff Hart No4 mk1* I own
Thanks

[Strangely Brown]

Geoff Hart bought the remainder of Bert Whitaker's rifles from Bert's son Christopher in 1978; this was after Bert had died in his tent at Camp Perry in 1976 shooting the Palma.
I mention this purely to add a timeline to events leading up to the No.4 builds that Geoff did.

What to add?
Well I'm firmly of the opinion that Geoff's one stock builds were the better despite my love affair with the Whitaker Special; especially when fitted with one of John Light's "Brindles" triggers.
It's been estimated by those in the know that Geoff probably built in the region of thirty No.4 conversions and the last ones appeared in the early 1980's, I was quoted 1984 but I have no means of verifying that.
A friend who passed a few years ago remembers being told that Geoff built two for a couple of brothers and that they were the last ones he did.

Weeman, if you can supply the serial number of your rifle I do have one of Geoff's old RFD registers and can look to see if it appears in there, sadly the other registers had been handed into the police when he gave up his RFD.

[weeman]

Hi thank you for the reply on a very old thread and for the info about Burt and Geoff, I only purchased the rifle a few years ago and the RFD couldn't tell me much about it as he was selling it on behalf of someone, it's a lovey rifle and shoots really well, it has the brindles sights and trigger and a lovely barrel, the number is 77L9463
Thanks Steve.