ORIGINAL WW2 No 53 MK1 LEE ENFIELD SNIPER SCOPE TELESCOPIC SIGHT | eBay
are people so gullible ??
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ORIGINAL WW2 No 53 MK1 LEE ENFIELD SNIPER SCOPE TELESCOPIC SIGHT | eBay
are people so gullible ??
"for adjustment on the range, bring a tyre lever":lol:
messaged him, he thinks its funny........caveat emptor
Wonder if that is an Indian T with the "Ishy" screw.
The original "Kentucky Windage" scope....... I must say the reticle wires are looking rather frayed & broken, would that come from a sniper rifle or an AT gun or possibly Tank gun just curious, one source I found said they were fitted to the Besa's on the Churchill tanks?
Its certainly off something that had its own windage screws remotely placed on the retention brackets or weapon. It rings a bell. He's clearly flogging it based on the sight picture it has nothing else going for it.
I am sure Peter will recognise it
It was made later in the last War and was used as the coaxial machine gun telescope for the BESA MG on the Mk7 and 8 Churchill gun tank and the early Mk1 Centurions that also had BESA's. Until common sense prevailed that is and they got rid of the BESA for the M1919 Brownings.... but I digress. When you say a 'gun' what do you mean? A 'gun' as in an anti-tank gun (wouldn't last 2 shots....) or a 'gun' as in rifle? The problem you face is that the tube is neither fish nor fowl as it is 1.018" diameter so a 1" mount will be too tight. Additionally, there is no inbuilt adjustment so all adjustment will have to be on the mount and this in my opinion as a bit-part Armourer is a recipe for total disaster. There are several graticle patterns too. The No53 Mk1/1 (with V5/OS 1099A on the tube) is the only one that will have a decent grat pattern for rifle shooting.
found on google
I do just have to love the precision of the description though--"used on rifles and other guns and rifles in WWII....." So, that would be rifles, as opposed to other rifles...... The saddest damn thing is that there are over 40 bids!!!
Perhaps this is the new standard for auction descriptions. No longer need we be slaves to precision, accuracy or pesky details. Why bother researching what the sling or bayonet is for, when one can just say, "WWII bayonet, used on rifles and other guns and rifles in WWII. Maybe in WWI as well. Looks good on a Mauser but as shown ideal for a Lee-Enfield (may require some fitting)" In fact, you can just fill in the blanks. "WWII sling, used on rifles and other guns and rifles in WWII". Pouches, belts, grenade launchers, cleaning kits, oil bottles, spare parts even. "Assorted parts, used on rifles and other guns and rifles in WWII, look good on a Lee Enfield". If a guy can put in the word sniper there even better......
Cleaning out my basement just got a whole lot easier. :lol::dancingbanana:
Ed
Gets easier than that boltaction;
Description = "Used for War" and thats it does not matter if it ever left the Q store or the factory that made it its all there in the description...........
Only thing missing is, as used by the SAS :lol:
There's time yet Gil, if it doesn't sell this time round, out with the punch set and "photoshop it" in the hands of Paddy Mayne!:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd
Taiwan is a better solution or even an original
For sellers like this, I propose a universal ad text:
"Whatsit used with something whenever!
That covers just about everything. And the suckers will still bid!
Sad it states "NO 53 MK1 LEE ENFIELD SNIPER SCOPE TELESCOPIC SIGHT" further from the truth it couldn't be. Hope someone see's through it early!!!
Low feedback bidder won it for $425 GBP may have not done their research, he kept coming back to bid on it so there endeth the lesson do your homework..........
Should have come here to get the score!
it does say he will take returns.........just as well
Or personally carried by Field Marshal Montgomery on the D-Day invasion! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd
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WW2 STEN GUN Butt complete with cleaning rod, Magazine charger, and accessories | eBay
what about this one....world record ?
"Perhaps this is the new standard for auction descriptions. No longer need we be slaves to precision, accuracy or pesky details. Why bother researching what the sling or bayonet is..."
Nowadays you're in the lucky tip top if you get even word of description aside from the pictures, occasionally bad, out of any seller, besides the paragraphs and paragraphs of legalese they always manage to find time to put in.
Except for: the one other type of seller I have seen cropping up that copy and pastes or writes up the entire history of that type of item/firearm. Surely if you have wholly never even heard that a certain firearm exists and don't know what it is you are not going to read one item description on an auction site with the entire history set forth and suddenly decide you need to spend literally thousands on it!
But the absolute worst that is now becoming more common are those sellers who don't have a single clue what they have, can't do a 10 second internet search, but they know they want a lot, lot, lot of money for it.
Now you guys did it, went and made him add "NO EMAILS PLEASE TELLING ME OF SCOPES HISTORY I ALREADY KNOW IT ..THANKS "
An Armourer Holland.. 9780949749178 | eBay
very good book
Thats about the right price for them as they are scarce. Jeremy Tenniswood, in Colchester will always do you a deal: 01206 368 787
info@militaria.co.uk
got it already , signed
Jeremy sold his last one a couple of weeks ago. They are now out of print and like the 4T itself going up in value.
Those are definitely forbidden by ebays rules. Trust me haha. Be interesting to see how long it survives.Quote:
Originally Posted by philb
if I could I would have it , just to say a deact mk3 about £600+ here