Odd shortened No.4

The No5 Mk2 sights were a British item from 1944 onwards

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ronlypng-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ndMK2png-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...dMK2bpng-1.jpg

An importer here in the US made a rifle like this and called it the Bulldog or something like that

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Originally Posted by Sapper740

Someone with better skills than Bubba built this rifle

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I've seen some of these in other models too. I think usually the muzzle is badly eroded and rusted - decades of dust and moisture sitting in the closet can murder the first 4 inches from the muzzle end, and leave the rest relatively unharmed. I personally think counterboring is much uglier of a solution. I imagine others feel the same, and is why we see these nicely done examples from time to time.

The most interesting feature to me was the "thumb relief cut" in the receiver wall: clearly much larger than on a No.4 and not an easy thing to modify without access to a milling machine and the right cutter.

Without close inspection, it would be hard to tell if the alterations to the left sidewall were done with a dedicated milling cutter or by hand.

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Originally Posted by tiriaq

Without close inspection, it would be hard to tell if the alterations to the left sidewall were done with a dedicated milling cutter or by hand.

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Yes, and the fact that none of the photos showed that detail was a strange oversight on the part of the auction, and the seller.

People with that degree of skill with files are rarer than milling machines though. ;)

here is one of these being made. part 1 and 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMdJBwLRHEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygDjMt6h6w0
There was a 1917 one too. can't find it - maybe it's not on the tube yet.

Can't see a video...

:confused: ssgross !

Part 1
'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMdJBwLRHEQ'

Part2
'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygDjMt6h6w0'

They show up on my screen. Funny though often get an error when trying to play with the embedded player. Right click and 'open link in new tab' solves that issue.