"A Trip Through Small Arms" - Paul R Scott

Printable View

10-06-2018, 07:07 AM
nijalninja

"A Trip Through Small Arms" - Paul R Scott

I just found this while wandering around Youtube for bits and pieces, and thought to check if anyone had posted it here, and with my quick search it seemed that no one had. Its also got a low view count so I thought perhaps no one here had ever found it.

I only got to 15 minutes and had to stop to check out the two No4 (T)'s that Mr Scott captures. The first looks like serial 74L 6326(?) which would put it in around 1944 right? The next one looks like it has the Lyman scope and different mounts? I also can't see the serial on this one. (Pretty fresh on No4 (T)'s so correct me please).

I don't mean to jump the gun and post without having watched it start to finish, but this caught my eye big time. Surely the rest must be worth watching too. I do wonder what may have happened to these two particular rifles.

A Trip Through Small Arms - Full Length - YouTube
10-06-2018, 10:58 AM
Lee Enfield

74L0326

The other scope is the C.No32Mk4 / C.No67MkI
10-06-2018, 06:34 PM
nijalninja

Cheers Lee, would that serial also suit my guess as to when it was built? Also serves me right for not watching it all the way there is what looks like an Experimental Lightened No4 just after the T's.
10-06-2018, 08:29 PM
Lee Enfield

Quote:

Originally Posted by nijalninja

Cheers Lee, would that serial also suit my guess as to when it was built? Also serves me right for not watching it all the way there is what looks like an Experimental Lightened No4 just after the T's.

The 1944/45 snipers were "number block" guns, ie) 350-1000 serial numbers were set aside specifically for sniper rifles.

Long Branch also used specific number block for the Lyman Alaskan "TP", C.No67 & Mk3 scopes.

To me the most interesting block is the 71L block which includes mk1,mkIA and mk2 scopes, and receivers dated 1944 and 1945.

All the other blocks are found on single year receivers - no known (original) 1945 dated TPs, C.No67 rifles, no 1944 dated mk3 rifles.
10-06-2018, 09:51 PM
nijalninja

Oh awesome. I probably didn't pay enough attention in Skennerton's book about all this to know that. Are these blocks well documented or this all info you have found yourself?
10-07-2018, 05:40 PM
Lee Enfield

Quote:

Originally Posted by nijalninja

Oh awesome. I probably didn't pay enough attention in Skennerton's book about all this to know that. Are these blocks well documented or this all info you have found yourself?

The study of Long Branch No4 snipers is an interesting journey, you cannot just buy a book and have all of the information as much of the info remains un-published. Study of existing examples reveals something new info all the time.

The best published info specific to Long Branch snipers is "Without Warning" by the late Clive Law, available thru service publications.

Skennerton's "British Sniper" and Laidler's "Armourers Perspective" and "No32 Telescope" are very important references.

Searching on this website is a good resource. a few examples:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread....ight=71L+block
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=48117

https://www.milsurps.com/content.php...)-Sniper-Rifle
https://www.milsurps.com/content.php...t-Sniper-Rifle
https://www.milsurps.com/content.php...h-Sniper-Rifle
10-07-2018, 06:00 PM
nijalninja

Thank you very much Lee. I think I have found my next topic to research. Thanks mate.