Just picking. We will see it when we see it. Sounds like it will be worth the wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Dick
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Just picking. We will see it when we see it. Sounds like it will be worth the wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Dick
I removed the forend and took several pictures of the trigger and bedding but they are on iCloud storage on my iPhone. I'm ignorant on posting photos here and will try and learn. I know one thing about this rifle. It's the only No.4 I've ever owned with a crisp 3.5 lb single stage trigger pull. The intricate adjustable trigger definitely works. It feels almost unreal to me having only messed with original military triggers in Lees. When it was single stage, it needed to be fixed! Stay tuned.
It's not a Canjar trigger is it? They were quite popular here at one time it seems; have seen a couple on DCRA conversions.
NZ Palma No.4Mk.2
First off, my sincere thanks to Badger for posting these for me. A computer wizard I'm not!
I'm no authority on Fulton Regulated target rifles, or any other ones to be honest. I've had a few through here. Both SMLE and No.4 in .303. along with quite a few Canadian DCRA 7.62 conversions. Note the SMLE forend stud inletted into the handguard and used for downward pressure. The channel center bedding appears to be Bisonite or some other compound of that era. The bearing at the muzzle is cork. The barrel is a CAL 7.62. I've read all kinds of comments about performance at short range and long range. All the rifles I've had fired average at 100 yards. Me being the nut behind the bolt, all probably shoot better groups than I can anymore. I know for fact because I do get lucky sometimes! I've had a few spare forends from Canadian DCRA conversions and it looks like they tried all kinds of bedding tricks with emphasis on center bedding. I've seen them with floated muzzles and with bearings. The most intriguing part of this rifle is the trigger. I'd certainly never seen one before like it. Enjoy.
Note also that the (doctored) trigger appears to be from a No1; a bit more "tactile" than the smooth No4 type, without the need for "not by the rules" auxiliary trigger shoe..
That trigger modification was done to a few target No4 Mk 2's, and I have done a couple myself. In addition to the adjustment screws and altered leverage, it required careful modification of the sear and cocking piece, and a slightly stiffer mainspring to compensate for the shorter striker fall. I did also make a fully adjustable roll-away sear trigger mechanism, the housing of which attached by the sear pin. It worked extremely well but was very time-consuming to make and was done at the end of the era of such rifles so I only made the one.
I think the trigger is an early No.4 trigger with grooves. Note the "6" stamped on the left body side. Also, that it's built on what appears to be a new No.4Mk.2 body. I was told by the former owner that 20 of the 22 rifles were sold or traded in Canada after the matches with the other two taken back to NZ afterwards. I have to wonder who else has one now that doesn't know what it is? I also wonder why Fultons doesn't have any record of them when they were built specifically for the NZ Palma team.
Worth the wait!
So the holes in the face of the trigger were to allow different locations for the stud and therefore different let-offs?
How is the stud retained in the holes; just adhesive or friction?