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SMLE Sniper - 'I think the photos say everything'
Apologies if this rifle has been discussed before on this forum, but I stumbled across this rifle in the early hours of this morning on UK
website MJLMilitaria. I can't believe such things are put up for sale and especially with a price tag of £3,795.00.
The description of the rifle reads as follows:
"This is a near mint condition SMLE Sniper Rifle. Well what can I say!! WOW!
This is the best-looking SMLE I have ever seen with the largest military scope I have ever seen. 100% original and not messed about with. I don’t know how to describe it! I think the photos say everything. Complete with original WW1 leather sling. A real museum piece! Complete with deactivation certificate."
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01-21-2015 06:43 PM
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I wonder what brand / manufactuer of the scope is ?
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It looks vaguely familiar. Have we seen it before, or something very like it? Suspect the cheekpiece might just be original 4T although heavily sanded. As for the rest, well............
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I think its been around the houses a few times.
IIRC it came up at Holts a few years ago.
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Yup, it just can't find a home. Fred the armourer at Bisley was trying to flog it at an arms fair maybe 2011-ish. He said it was made up for one of Lord Lovat's snipers as officer's private purchase. So that must be true, hey?
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Personally, I'd consider the phrases "100% original and not messed about with" and "complete with deactivation certificate" to be mutually exclusive...
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Shame about the over zealous tightening in the vice buried deep into the wood work. Looks a nice piece.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Aaaaaaggggghhh!!!!!!! Stop it, Stop it, Stop it. It hurts my eyes.
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So now we know what Herr Major Koenig did in WWI! 
Plainly someone missed their vocation as a weapons designer for the Star Wars films. 
I wonder who put the vise jaw marks in that nice early forend?
Last edited by Surpmil; 01-23-2015 at 12:14 AM.
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Why would you pay that for a non-shooter even as a collectible they have to go bang otherwise they are nothing but dust collectors of minimal use!
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