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Has anyone ever got around to putting info this into a spread sheet?
Doing up a data base and posting it as a sticky would be a real asset for anyone looking for anyone having a scope, can or mount with a number and looking for a match .
Just a thought for someone with the computer skills to do it.
Warren
I have created a database with roughly 2,000 No.4 (T) rifles, scopes, scope cases and brackets. Every time a serial numbered set or any numbered components pop up for sale or are mentioned as being in a collection be it private or museum, I enter them. When matches turn up I try to connect the owners in the hopes that we can reunite numbered sets. So far with the help of many people, about a dozen sets or components have been reconnected. In each case, there is usually a trade and in most, but not all, cases the owners want to see the sets reunited and a solution is worked out.
Examples: a collector in Scotland bought a rifle with mismatched scope set out of the USA. The matching scope set later turned up in the USA and the owners were put in touch with each other and they negotiated a successful trade ... with a few adventures in the mix!
A collector in California had a scope set and I spotted the matching rifle for sale on a US gun web site. He was not a member of that group and he had trouble signing up, so I acted as an intermediary and asked the seller to hold the rifle for him, which he did. The grateful Californian later offered to trade me his Canadian made No.15 Mk.I chest for a British one as he knew I specialized in the Canadian sniper rifles. I accepted the trade offer with many thanks.
:-)
In another case, I purchased a No.4 Mk.I (T) rifle without scope set out of Pennsylvania and imported it to British Columbia. Brian Dick of BDL Ltd. in North Carolina located the matching scope set in Nebraska. As I already had some complete No.4 Mk.I (T) sets in better condition, I sold the rifle to the fellow in Nebraska who now has a matching set.
We should also remember ~Angel~’s Matching Service on Milsurps.com
There are some problems with posting databases e.g. confidentiality and the fact that every week it seems I am adding to the database from leads on Gunbroker, Facebook, auctions etc. It seems that Americans want people to know that they have guns, whereas we Canadians have NO gun rights and ALL firearms are illegal in Canada unless the federal police issue us licences. After the recent confiscation order in New Zealand, Canadians are extra nervous as our current government would love to do the same and just passed one anti-law-abiding gun owners law a(C-71) and they plan another more severe law if they are re-elected in October 2019. I am looking at ways to share some of the information whilst respecting privacy concerns.
Hi Seaforth,
Looking for A Win A5 or B5 to mount on P14 , would have preferred the Aldis but they have become like chickens teeth, any ideas where I could purchase one?
Just acquired a W watson No.32 Mk1 Serial No. 14103 dated 1943 - just in case anyone has the rifle.
Hi Seaforth72,
I've just acquired a No 32 Mk1 scope from the Netherlands. It is a Kodak Ltd 1941 dated scope no 6677. It came in a No8 Mk 1 case that is also dated 1941, but numbered to a rifle 18455 and telescope 3771. Feel free to add them to your database if they are not already, and if you know where the case matching the scope is...
Cheers,
Burton
I should add that the rifle number AV2240 is on the scope mount, presumably the original rifle the scope was issued to.Quote:
Originally Posted by BurtonP
Sorry, no matches yet. I suggest logging them into ~Angel~s 'Match Making Service here in Milsurps.com. The more eyes looking, the better chance of finding matches.
I recently received a feedback message from a Milsurps.com member who has a No. 32 scope and has been attempting to contact the owner of the matching rifle. I hope that they do communicate and can work out a way to reunited the scope and rifle.