Gday Son, my first time on any forums, and well, i need your help identifying a possible 1916 sniper. also i am more than happy to provide you with info for your records.
i can send excellent quality photos for you to look at when required.
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Gday Son, my first time on any forums, and well, i need your help identifying a possible 1916 sniper. also i am more than happy to provide you with info for your records.
i can send excellent quality photos for you to look at when required.
1, rifle # 67441
2, lithgow
3, 1917
4, none new timber
5, s
6, 3/59
7, 81285
8, no markings
9, nil no rings i have redrawn all parts and given to ian skennerton drawn up pads, monts rings etc tooling raciever mechining required 4 months work
10,414 both
11, low
12,yes modified
13, no swivel,
14,no
15,not yet but getting one i found the reciever striped but with new barrel and no pads i was given pads 414 and scope 381285
16 nil rear sight has 7812 stamped on it. i am after a set of repr scope cover and scope can if you can help thanks in advance
1. 53284
2. Lithgow
3. 1916
4.1945
5. N, no H
6. 1954
7. 40754
8. 606
9. 606
10. 606
11. low
12. no
13.yes
14. no
15. no
16. Rifle started life as a low mount. Has a high mount scope with matching bases and rings fitted.
Hi all, so does anyone have HT rifle number 82901?
I'm looking for leads on the low mount scope for rifle 85984
Cheers
Here is serial #30871
https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-Mi...89733#topoflot
I’ve got a low mount scope only for sale...any ideas for the best place to advertise
Looking to make contact with the owner of rifle 43203 which would appear to have a mismatched scope.
Failing that, any information on it's possible where abouts would be great.
Cheers.
Good Day All,
I took the opportunity to finally conduct a deep oil/clean on the H.T. I've owned since 2001. To recap, I purchased this rifle from a dealer in Australia and submitted my import paperwork on 1 Sept 2001. It took just shy of 9 months before my importer received it. The rifle and scope are matching. The chest is not an original item but one a friend built for me in 2006. The transit chest needed to be slightly longer in order to accommodate a No1 Mk III properly. The crate was stenciled with what I thought would be appropriate nomenclature had a single rifle crate existed. Since the, it was ID that TWO rifle transit cases were the standard.
The coachwood was dry and my concern was cracks might develop if left unoiled. There was a fair amount of green verdigris between the brass buttplate and coachwood stock that required a great deal of cleaning. Similarly the cooper plates in the forestock was interesting to finally see and likewise clean off the green growth.
I still need to take it to the range but I'm hoping this is the year!
Per the OP request for data points:
1)Rifle serial number: 70657
2)Receiver manufacturer: Lithgow
3)Receiver year stamp: 1917
4)Butt date stamp: SLAZ 42
5)Butt size (S, N, L) "H" stamp: H
6)Barrel date stamp: 6-44
7)Engraved Scope serial number: 70657
8)Scope brass eyepiece number: None
9)Mount ring stamped number: 1641
10)Mount base stamped number: 1641
11)Mount type: Low
12)Nosecap ears modified: No
13)Kingscrew swivel fitted: Yes
14)Preservative paint under woodwork: No
15)Cheekpiece fitted to butt: Yes
16)Comments: Still looking for a rubber eyecup (real or repro)
Regards,
Michael
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Good Day All,
I understand a few examples exist in Australia. If anyone decides to reproduce an example of the elusive rubber eye cup, please let me know.
Regards,
Mike
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Hi
I don't think this rifle is on the forum yet. I purchased it in 2017.
1 83677
2 Lithgow
3 1917
4 MA over Lithgow over SMLE, III*, HV and 1942
5 No
6 8/44
7 None
8 1966
9 1966
10 362
11 Low
12 No
13 No, but I have the correct part that I might trial
14 Yes
15 No
16 Recorded as having been ‘sent to store’ on 23rd January 1945. Typical ‘H’ stamped Barrel. Good bore gauging at .3025”. The top handguard had been replaced with an Enfield manufactured handguard when I got it. I have replaced with a period and correct ‘SLAZ’ handguard. Every single component of the rifle is now correctly marked either ‘Lithgow’, ‘OA’ or ‘BA’.
I believe that when it was converted to ‘HT’ this rifle was originally fitted with a ‘high’ Telescopic Sight mount. It is now fitted with a ‘low’ mount and Sight. These are matched to each other and appear to have come from the surplus components left over after the contract to manufacture HTs was cancelled. The Sight does not have this, or any, rifle serial number etched on its casing. The Telescopic Sight is in great condition.
Interestingly (perhaps) is that he Inner Barrel Band screw is still visible. This is because the threaded female section of the Inner Band appears to have been simply sawn off and used as a nut to receive the old Inner Band screw. The result is that cosmetically the rifle’s Fore End appears unchanged. I assume this practice has the advantage that the armourer has expediently avoided the toil of having to cut a piece of wood to fill the hole, sand it down and re-oil the new wood. This rifle also retains its Magazine Cut-off. A real Friday afternoon conversion! I suppose expediency was the name of the game at the time.
I hope that adds something to this great archive and resource.