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A 3/4 scale Bren in 7.62x39 would be fun.

Death rates are rising steeply. Very sad, but as someone said about war and generals, health is too important to leave to the ______.

No one likes to consider the subject in all its implications,...

Some, perhaps the naval versions, had a wicker wrap to help protect against impacts.

The pattern or part number cast in is "K9502" or ??

As per my earlier posts, when you have an accepted and stated variation of 2 MOA, an "error" of 0.5 MOA does not appear to be significant, not to me anyway.



Do you mean an earlier Canadian...

Why in your opinion was a variation of 2 MOA at 100 yards mentioned in STL as acceptable and possible?

Would a similar variation be likely to exist in ammo used for this purpose in the British...

Buried with dozers after the dozers flattened them out wasn't it?

Lots of adjustments been made in the past. Hopefully the Chileans didn't do that kind of thing.

Well Rick, you're plainly vastly more qualified in this field than I, so we'll have to rely on you to solve the mystery, if there is one! ;) I'll see if I can locate a 1950s Canadian manual that may...

Don't recall which it was now, but based on your comments gentlemen, I would assume it was a Fazackerly.

That being the case, what do we know about their use of month dates?

Lance, can you comment on the occasional apparent month dates one seems stamped on some rifles? I saw a "5/1943" somewhere recently for example.

Congrats on the reunification. Interesting that Kershaw would be brought on line to manufacture the Mk.I scope as late as 1943.

Was one of the previous makers bombed out (W.Watson?), reassigned,...

Bottom line I'd say is that the statement of 8.5 inches, give or take two inches, is repeated at least three times in "Shoot to Live" so it cannot be a typo.

Lt. Col. Johnston knew his business...

That looks a lot better!

I saw the rifle and scope advertised on PEI, that's the extent of my knowledge.

Re-conversion to No.32 Mk.3 spec is possible.

If I had to guess I'd say it IS the one discussed.

Came with a DCRA conversion? ;)

10BA cheesehead screw, never seen one before. A lot easier to get out than a grub screw; unless someone...

Do we have a consensus on the acceptable limits of over-turn? IIRC 12° was mentioned by Peter in connection with the L42A1?

When I mentally compare the interfaces of the female threads in the...

The wartime Winchester .303 has a poor reputation for reliability. The smokiness is interesting: a smokey round which tends to reveal the firer's position would be an effective form of sabotage.

I suspect it was as much or more about living to fight another day as having his kills recorded.

I remember reading about one RAF recruiter in BC who signed up more than 500 Canadians for the RAF...

I see.

And incidentally, the last reference to SMLE's with BSA heavy barrels; was there some service use of those?

Tired of hearing about the man myself. He was a trophy-hunting sniper who specialized in picking off the inexperienced and careless while his supporters held off the rest. Never crossed our lines...

Curious that the second text states that "...in extreme cases the action body has been known to fracture..." Presumably they meant to say the bolt body.

The test done at Enfield wherein an...

What's the source of the quote? It reads as though it refers to the days of the Lee Enfield Mk.I and the sighting problems detected in South Africa(?)

The tests recounted in the same TBSA 1929...

I was looking through my copy yesterday in relation to this 6.5 vs. 8.5 question; it's a great read. A pity there were no subsequent editions(?)

Available online now: Textbook of Small Arms 1929...

None, except I know where there's maybe 25 Sportco barrels sitting in what state I don't know. With the beefy breech ends I have wondered if they could be turned down for use elsewhere.

I thought that looked like a Rhodo: West Virginia state flower it says: Dolly Sods

As for the "Canada Mayflower"; no idea where that came from!