Yes mate, I was out at Penrith, I was very lucky to get the HT, the No 4's were priced at $6k to $6500, they were in very good order.
cheers
John
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Yes mate, I was out at Penrith, I was very lucky to get the HT, the No 4's were priced at $6k to $6500, they were in very good order.
cheers
John
Had the rifle at work today, couldn't get the plate out but here is the photo of my other 1935 Lithgow
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ctioned4-1.jpg
nice..
This is what it looks like removed from the forend.
I can see that the mechanism is another means to achieve an end but is it a commercial means of tightening up the fore-end to achieve greater accuracy or a military idea to save patching the draws? Any Military input at all?
Just another Q following on from RJW (#16 below.....). Are the rods adjustable in any way? It doesn't look like it but by definition they MUST be due to the fact that every rifle is slightly different - that's why we have to FIT a fore-end!
I like what I see, although it could be upgraded to really do the job, overall, a must try for the target shooter, otherwise I'm with Peter's question, inquiring minds need to know.
No adjustment on them, i would think they have to be fitted.
The answer to your Q "is it a commercial means of tightening up the fore-end to achieve greater accuracy or a military idea to save patching the draws? " would be the same as for the copper blocks or the walnut inserts Lithgow also used.
I do remember seeing the patent for this while searching for something else, didn't dowload it though, had no interest at the time.
(Seeking Omark/Sportco M44 serial No.'s.)
If they were on a thread, and holes drilled through the wrist face, they could be tightened up, forcing the locking plate back against the wrist face, thus making a tightly fitted corner brace in that wrist/receiver angle. Logically speaking it should be an improvement in accuracy for target shooters, a good idea to test at the range (the place where logical ideas often fail, lol).
Lithgow production figures from Skennerton:
"1934/35 500"
"1935/36 1,141"
Either way a rare rifle.
Paul