Caption reads:
Tester fires Bren during a series of test before shipment to front lines; Canada, 1940
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...017/11/w-1.jpg
Charlie-Painter777
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Caption reads:
Tester fires Bren during a series of test before shipment to front lines; Canada, 1940
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...017/11/w-1.jpg
Charlie-Painter777
Peter in his back shop on a Sunday afternoon...
Quite the test firing rig, isn't it?
I remember as a kid in the army, there was a machine rest that was even more substantial sitting in our outdoor 25 yd range... I examined it of course, handwheels and solid construction. It had been set in place because it probably weighed 500 lbs...Quote:
Originally Posted by painter777
That is what we call 'the Enfield layer' or rest I had a spare one at Warminster and knew of the remains at another place. Someone wanted some of the major parts for one - in Canada!!!!! Like BAR says, made of solid cast brass and weighed in at about 500lbs! It accurately replicated the actual recoil effect as a constant every time so it was good when testing batches against each other. It could be set to different recoil strengths and each No32 was tested for 'fastness' on a slave rifle fired from the layer, with the recoil set to hard. If the No32 scope passed that, it was good to go. Maybe that's a question you ought to ask your local repairer....... 'has my repaired telescope been shock tested for fastness'. Maybe he has a similar device in his out house.
Maybe the firer in the photo is just about to slip his ear defenders on but I can't seem to see them handy.........
Maybe he's just deaf as a post?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
I think LERA has oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
Something like this perchance or heavier?
There was one at Bordon I showed an interest in but its future was uncertain, I don't know if it was shipped to the new SEME base or was scrapped with a lot of other stuff.......
I did hear a story once that the old boys who worked in the testing sheds at Enfield were all "hearing impaired", and they had, over time, developed their own sign language.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Anybody else heard that?