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    Enfield Mk No4 Mk1 Scope Bridge for review

    This item is out of my area of knowledge...it is listed on ebay. The pics aren't the greatest, so I've posted some others below. I have elevated the price until I get an accurate assessment of condition and valuation. Here's a link: (if this isn't permitted in the forum, please feel free to adjust)

    Vintage Enfield Sniper Scope Mount No 4 British Enfield No4 MK1 Genuine | eBay

    I was told to bring it over here for your evaluation. I've received several "expert" opinions, some say it's a fake other have said it's real, some feel it's been modified and others not.
    Here are some pics, most focus on the smaller ring...I can post other specific pics if so desired. Thanks for your input in advance...














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    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

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    Looks "real" enough, but it's seriously messed up! Very sad.

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    The answer is very simple and needs no further elaboration. It looks real/genuine enough but in the past, probably when these things were dirt cheap and ten-a-penny, some turkey has fitted another telescope to it and found that he needs to cut the rearmost 1/2" or so off the rear end in order to allow the ocular end of his 'better' telescope to to fit.

    The good news is that you could still use it with a No32 telescope and it'd still hold the telescope fast because the horizontal movement of the telescope is controlled by the front cradle part, as is the anti rotation medium. And the front cradle part is intact.

    The same turkey that 'fixed' your bracket came to my house recently to 'fix' my leaky shower tiles. He's been back a few times since to 're-fix' the leaks but he's failed because they don't make that silicon sealer stuff in half hundredweight tubes

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    It should be against the law for some people to posses a hacksaw....
    What are the chances of the leg breaking off under recoil? The ''turkey'' didn't leave much of a radius in the corner. Looks like he just snapped off the portion to be removed after making the cuts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post

    The same turkey that 'fixed' your bracket came to my house recently to 'fix' my leaky shower tiles. He's been back a few times since to 're-fix' the leaks but he's failed because they don't make that silicon sealer stuff in half hundredweight tubes
    That turkey was round my house few weeks back building a dwarf wall for the new porch to match the original brickwork and alow the soon to be, new bay windows to all fit together, what part of " I want a double brick wall with imperial bricks and a brick finish inside" they couldn't understand beats me because none of it was correct, I got home to find a single brick wall, metric bricks, crap inside finish and wasn't even level or the right height, hadn't been tied in and the old peble dash wasn't removed to butt the new wall up against the old........... I,m no bricky but I know the basics and I,m quite good at laying bricks (but not on the same time scale as proper bricky as the wife wanted it done this year) Its a shame these days that people are prepared to cut corners so much, I,ve called them people as they certanly weren't tradesmen.

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    When I was an apprentice we had to scrape and blue surfaces to get them flat even before we even thought about a gasket! Usually the joints were so good that a smear of grease was all that was needed. My claim to fame was that I got my old Norton Commando oil tight!

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    It would only be worth anything to me if I had the rifle of that serial number. At that point I dont know whether I'd silver solder the steel back and re-machine it as it was or leave it.

    (edit) wow it went for $230USD!

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    No explanation for what some idiots do in regards to the No 32 scope bracket one may hope they find their one and only brain cell that fell out of the hole between their ears, somethings get me.......

    Well done Peter L in curing an age old problem we played a game with the Nortons, BSA's and Trumpies as you could always tell where they had parked leaving their territorial oil spots, that was a little while back in 1976 when I was riding a '76 Z-900 rice burner
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