OSHKOSH Airshow...SAVAGE #4(T)...was it real?

Hello gents,

I was down at Oshkosh over the weekend with my son and some other family, and happened to run across a group of military re-enactors with a pile of WWII kit. Neat to see, alas, time constraints didn't let me go play with all of the toys, I DID get hands on with a Savage #4(T)....about which I have some questions...some things didn't quite seem right.

I'll post the photos, and let the experts weigh in...I told the owner I was slightly concerned for him that it may not be correct....but he mentioned that it was apparently a former Israeli Rifle so they may have done some of the work on it, and he wasn't worried.

Here's the photos:

The 'firing' line:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/094-1.jpg

The Enfields:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/095-1.jpg

The Israeli marked scope box:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/109-1.jpg

Inside:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/110-1.jpg

Remaining photos:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/102-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/107-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/096-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/099-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/105-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/100-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/104-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/108-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/101-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/098-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/098-1.jpg

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Someone else had a nice jeep:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/030-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/029-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/031-1.jpg

An interesting setup with a holosight:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/041-1.jpg

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And finally, NavyShooterJR and myself inside the waist of a B-17:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/07/024-1.jpg

Israeli 32 scope...one of the converted British scopes and not the Israeli made model. Nice bit of kit with Israeli marked can as well.
scarco sold off a small number of these in the late 80's along with the "made in Israel" ones.

Wow guns and airplaines. It just does not get any better. If I had a bucket list Oshkosh would be at the top of the list. Is it as good as I hear?

It was spectacular....I have a photo with over a dozen P-51's in it...and that was only the D models.....

Sensory overload for warbirds!

I know this is a bit off topic but what are the sights? on the 50 cal in the B17 ?
We really are the poor cousins when it comes to airshows etc here in Australia, that looks like an ideal day out!!!
Love the pics!!
Cheers
Ned

Those are some nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

The rear pad screws look wrong to me....... Should be slightly diagonal - higher at the rear to avoid the hard area

Peter, that was the first area I noted too....the fact as well that there are no stake marks on either front and rear pad.

trooper554877, The sight on the B-17's waist guns is a K13, lead computing, altitude, temperature, and air speed compensated. Late war add on...

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Nice to see a Dakota there........ As a former paratrooper I always thought that I'd put myself out to parachute from a Dakota. Static line at 800 feet, Dakota........, yep, there's something about that after the run of the mill Hastings and Hercules of my era