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This unsusal rest caught my eye in the latest Australian Auction Arms Catalogue (Sunday October 3rd) - Item 447
RARE ENFIELD REST: for sighting in sniper rifles; frame cast SAF 789; complete with sighting scope in fitted box; marked RIFLE LAYER A48 C.S.O. NO.42. A very complicated piece of equipment suitable for a museum.(Rifle not included)
Thought the pic was worth sharing.
Paul
(Perhaps Peter Laidlers fingerprints are still on it from his time down under - would that make it worth more????)
I don't remember ours having wheels on them - except handwheels of course, or the spent case deflector. Whoever wins it will need a hefty old car to move it! We still use one and every telescope I repair gets test fired for shock loading from one.
Enfield rest............. There was even an Army Ordnance part number for them!
We had one on the 25 yd range in Victoria BC for some time. This was in the 70s. Too heavy to move so it stayed put until disposal. It was far larger as I recall and was a floor mount. The size of a good floor lathe. It had hand wheels and recoil springs and such. Zinc chromate green coloured. Even as a kid I knew what it was for and would have taken it then if I could.
Wow, I wish I could get that.
Marty
We've got one here Marty. How the xxxx do you get it back home....................?
LERA has one here in UK - but again, too heavy to move and so it never gets used. I wish I had access to one for testing!
I often thought that the NRA/NSC at Bisley should install a machine rest on a 100 yd test range. At a stroke, you could eliminate all those generations of shooters saying: "the ammo is a bit suspect/ the bedding is faulty/ the barrel is shot-out/ the sights seem to have some back-lash/ the butt markers aren't very good today/ my SMLE can't hit a barn from the inside/ etc"..... LOL...
this one on the auction site has wheels on it type castor unwileding.
and going by the relative size of the HT sitting it doesn't look that big. Could easily fit in the back of the tojo and a 700 kg hiab would do the trick!
cheers
ned:thup::thup::thup:
So Ned
Should I take a few days off and pack my fuel card.
It's only a 5000km round trip
Paul:madsmile:
4,000 km or, say, 3,000 real pommie miles........ jees Paul, it's not that far according to my map. What sort of Country is THAT big?
Well, if you want to help me drag it out of "the shed" (tm) I'm sure we can make a deal or if not I will even drive it to Toronto for pick up. Price negotiable.....
However, be prepared to bring a large car or a half ton as it weights a bloody ton (well, at least 350 pounds):D.
Peter
Ned and I are based in Bunbury Western Australia. From Bunbury to Australian Auctions Arms in Doncaster East, Melbourne Victoria, it is a 3,387km drive. This equates to 2,104 Pommy miles. (which were also Aussie miles up to 1971).
So a quick round trip with a short diversion to the Lithgow Museum in New South Wales equates to a total distance of 7,965km.
For your interest I have attached a Google map of the route.
Austrlia is a very big country.
Peter perhaps you need a new map.
Of course this is based upon having enough cash to win the auction, with enough left over to fund the necessary beers for the road trip.
Cheers
Paul
Paul, I only got to th West coast once or twice, to Perth/Albany area. Wheaty, I can see the problem now and why you need some parts............. As I said, we have one but they're so heavy and such an akward shape
Paul I sense a road trip :)Quote:
Originally Posted by paulseamus
Look good at the picnic shoot
Daniel
Peter,
we are based 170km south of Perth, on the Coast, in the port town of Bunbury. So you were just up the road during your two trips to Perth.
With the constant encroachment of residential housing on the Perth metro range, it is under pressure to close.
When this happens our local range, Coolilup, will be the closest to Perth.
I searched google to try to find a picture of the range, and the best I could find shows Ned (Dave) shooting his (now mine) 1955 Fazakerley No4 mk11. The pic is attached. Clubhouse is in the rear of the pic.
It is a great rifle. Shoots straight for Ned. Shoots massively to the right for me! ........must be the bedding, bore, action etc........:banghead:
Cheers
Paul
Daniel
I am not so sure about the virtues of the 7,965km road trip. Drinking the beers sounds a lot more attractive, but the pressure is on to sort out the shooting right issue before the picnic shoot.
Paul :)
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Here's some pics of the range
One of the telescopic layers came onto eBay a few years back from a naval(?) base in Wales IRRC.
Oh, I see it was 2001! Tyme wanes swiftly awaye!:D
Listing says the maker was "G. Baker, High Holborn, London".
No sign of the rest itself as far as I recall.
What would you estimate the weight at Peter? (Of the one you have)
Phew, T Bone.............. I couldn't even hazzard a guess. But as an engineer and a supervisor, I'd just say that it was 'fxxxxxx heavy'. That's close enough!
Pictured is the Enfield Rest I have, in addition there are 3 different layers scopes that have been purchased over the years, which are for SMLE, No 4 and L1A1Attachment 54142
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If anyone is interested in one with two layer telescopes PM me..
I put the weight at around 350 to 400 lbs and it can be palletized.
The Last one I saw in the UK Market was the Charnwood Ordnance Sale one, IIRC it sold for £4000. Picture of another in use where i am not sure.
That's amazing............... That bloke faffing around with the rifle is (the late) WO2 Harry Weeks who as a civillian, became an Armourer instructor at Carlisle, teaching Brens, L4's and the M1919/L3 Brownings. A very facetious man and nowadays would be described as a bit of a verbal bully. But bygones be bygones.
I'll send this pic up to The Armourers Assn.
Tankie, your dad will know him............ Not many ear-boxes/defenders there is there?
Don't worry Peter, we had those too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler