Or a wife from whom the shed is a place of refuge! :lol:
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I am working on making some reproduction Purdey mounts for a 1916 Aldis! Just collecting reference material so that I can get some drawings done in CAD and then 3D print some test models!
Over the years I've considered doing small runs of the Lithgow mounts but always decided against it in the end due to the scarcity of 'spare' Model 1918 scopes. When Graham machined up the No3 T mounts for me I think he did half of the sets of rings 1" & half 7/8" so that buyers had the option of fitting an Aldis (or other period 1" tubed scope) partly for this very reason. And No32's are really quite common, comparatively speaking.
I would do a bit more research on the rifle before you break them up allot of stuff was never put into books or known examples dissapeared off the radar who knows the pairs history might be a post WWI roo shooters rig then again Billy Sing may have used it in France.
For its a sad fact that things like this have been lost to posterity for ever by simple oversights and lack of research.
Not critisizing just saying get pics of all the rifles markings pull the woods and look there if the trail is not clear then get onto this site again or throw Ian Skennerton a line he has a penchant for these things may come to naught but in the Lee Enfield Story you never know............
Ah! I see.........you just need a set of bases. I'm afraid I don't have any spares there so can't assist, but maybe someone else on here might chime in? Forummers now at least know what you are in search of.:bow: I'll ask one or two friends, just in case they have something lying about.