L42 sight mount to fit a replacement sight?

Hi. .. :)

I'm looking for some advice. I've recently acquired an L42 rifle and am looking for a sight mount to fit a replacement sight. This not to attempt to make a picture perfect weapon but for a working rifle I stalk deer with! I have an original (albeit very tatty) L1A1 scope with mount but am looking to mount a decent 30mm tube telescopic (i also acquired a beautiful schmidt and bender at the same time). So ideally I'm looking for a sight mount which mates with the rifle but provides a picitinny rail for commercial sight brackets. Does such a beast exist?

I thank you for your attention in advance.

Deano

It's your lucky day............... Contact surpmil on this site. He has JUST what you are looking for

What Peter said contact surpmil.
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I bought one of surpmil's IWS mounts a few months ago.
great bloke and an excellent scope mount.
Great investment,

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Gents, I am a total newbie to this site, but your advice and assistance does you proud. Many Thanks.

Deano.

I received this one around 1998

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1999

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Mr Mj1,
How does the big scope shoot on the l42 ? I'd be very interested to know Sir?
FC

It doesn't help groups a lot, but it's good for picking up targets in poor light/ woodsy areas. I've run 20x scopes on L42s, but groups didn't shrink much. They were EASIER to shoot. The glass in No.32/L1a1 scopes is very good- seing bullet holes on a white background is easy at 100yds- do-able in bright sunlight at 200yds. Its just that the reticle tops aren't very uniform (or pointy) making paper punching a bit more challenging. (I sometimes just place the intersection of the post and crosswire tangent to the round bull for grouping purposes- POI isn't as relevant for this exercise.)

I think you'd be better off using a completely different weapon for stalking deer.

The heavy-barrel Enfields are not ideal for snap or multi-position shooting. The barrel weight makes them slow to swing onto aim, and tiring over multiple aims (they are very awkward to use in military matchs, such as the UK Civilian Methuen competition).

They are also not the right ergonomic shape to use with a large scope on high mounts - even with a cheekpiece its hard to get sufficient head elevation. When you do, you have quite a potential for introducing an arcing sight error due to the vertical distance of the tube above the bore line. Far better to use a low-mounted scope - eg a Simmons Whitetail classic with a 1" straight tube - in the original No32 mount.

You also ought to bear in mind the potential damage to your very valuable rifle by having a large scope/mount combination stressing the pads & screws of the mounting.

Good advice there Thunderbox. We keep a stalking rifle here for the trials people and snipers to use just for that reason. So that they quickly grasp the idea that a stalking rifle isn't a battle rifle. In fact, as being an old time snipers Armourer, I tell them that while stalkers might make good snipers EVENTUALLY, a stalkers rifle will NEVER make a snipers rifle.

Taking on game ain't the same as taking on men......., who are liable to fight back

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....You also ought to bear in mind the potential damage to your very valuable rifle by having a large scope/mount combination stressing the pads & screws of the mounting.

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That of course would depend on the weight of the scope and mounts. A lighter scope than a No32/L1A1 will stress the pads and screws less, and very few modern scopes are as heavy as the No32/L1A1. In fact I'm not aware of any that are.

Nice set up there MJ1, are those ARMS low STANAG rings?

No doubt an L42a1 is not an ideal "still hunting" or stalking rifle, but if you are going to do it (as I have), what in the world is wrong w/ the scope with which it came? I think its a great woods and close in set-up that works at distance too.

As far as stressing the system, I have to wonder how much more service the L42a1s required when employed w/ the IWS? Now THAT'S heavy! (At least my ersatz IWS(aka A/N PVS-1) is right chunky.)