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I'm sure I posted this yesterday but cannot find it so here goes again :
Not strictly 'Enfield' but there are occasions when questions are asked re scopes other than No32.
There is a No22 on ebay at the moment for example.
Trying to find out what the No22 was used for and came across this web site :
British Sighting Telescopes
Weirdly the ones usually sold on ebay as 'enfield' scopes - the No42 and No53 which were artillery/tanks aren't mentioned.
No22 telescope was for the 2 and 6 pounder. No parts are even remotely useful inside a No32 series. Someone offered me a brand new one, still wrapped in the greased paper and sealed in the original box - all for a fiver (£5 for you wild colonial heathens and antipodian savages who don't remember that far back.....). But alas, a waste of a fiver!
Also used on the 25 Pounder for direct firing at Afrika Korps tanks, as there wasn't anything better to use except 3.7" AA guns and, well of course those were AA guns so they shouldn't be used for shooting at tanks...
Read somewhere that a lot of gunners got black eyes from them as they didn't have the rubber eyecup or perhaps as much eye relief as the No24 which was used on the 2 Pounder.
The little mimeographed manual I have is dated as received in Canada Sept. 22, 1942 so it probably dates to a few months earlier. It only gives "1942" on the cover.
The sight is always described as the "22C" in the manual.
With a little lathe work they make a passable replica of a 19th Century brass rifle scope.
Swap you one of my fivers for one of yours. Cheese and kisses made it to old blighty i had to come home:wave:. Next year:beerchug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
The 22C was also used on the Bofors.