Was looking at the Fulton s sute and saw the following sniper rifle:
F1998 BSA SMLE SNIPER RIFLE .303
Did enfield get purpose built with Ajacks?
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Was looking at the Fulton s sute and saw the following sniper rifle:
F1998 BSA SMLE SNIPER RIFLE .303
Did enfield get purpose built with Ajacks?
If that's a genuine Great War Sniper the drinks are on me!
Nothing more than a fantasy piece.
Cheers,
Simon.
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Originally Posted by tower06
Might be a rifle made up to qualify for club competition:
HBSA, LERA and other clubs usually have sniper matches with a class for "classic" snipers - ie WW1. As even repro No1 snipers are rare and expensive (e.g. with PPCo mount & scope, or Purdey/Aldis, etc), rifles are permitted "in the spirit of the original". This means any mount, and a scope of WW1 vintage. Given that the majority of 1890-1920 scopes are German, these are a common substitute.
Still a hideous looking setup..... I bet the cheekpiece makes no difference at all with that scope position...
With an objective lens the size that it appears to have it's hardly even in keeping with the era. It looks like something off Star Wars to me.....
ATB
I know a good cheekweld is difficult to achieve on WWI Sniper with the offset scope but that's ridiculous:yikes:. You'd need a neck like a Giraffe and a Loophole the size of a bucket:lol:.
Cheers,
Simon.
That was for sale at Bisley a few years back, it was on the stall outside of the NRA office.
I didn't think so either, but I figured one of the experts on here would know better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon
Any story behind it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon P
Ja, I saw it at Bisley a couple of years ago... got an earful of "story" from Fred the armourer who was trying to sell it... all vague, name-dropping stuff like "Lord Lovat" etc ... "before the war office provided a pattern"... "officers private purchase" ...er... I didn't have a can of bullshirt spray handy, so walked away.
.............and that fine piece of antiquety could have been yours.......you disbeliever you!:rolleyes: