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coincidentally, just this morning I was playing around with a mount and Weaver K-3 with post and hair reticle trying to prepare it for an Enfield I have with the pads already mounted. As far as the...

A few years ago I sent a repro No 15 sniper chest to the UK, the shipping was not actually that bad by sea, couple of hundred CAD I think it was but the recipient got dinged with hefty customs...

For those of you looking for a repro walnut cheek piece here in Canada, PM me and I can give you a contact number or email address. I have a buddy who is making them and have bought two so far and...

Thank you pmac for the reply. your pistol looks very much like mine obviously and could likely or safely say the value of mine should be between $1000 and maybe $1500 depending on the buyer here in...

Does anyone else have an opinion or comments on this pistol? I am in Western Canada by the way, and any other comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the reply Johnny Peppers, I think the price range you indicate is about what I expected. Too bad the grips had someone's initials carved into them though.

OK Jim, will try and do that asap. I didn't realize the pictures were so small.

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Here is an attempt to show...

I have recently acquired a Colt M1911 and am trying to assess it's value. I know next to nothing about Colt pistols so was hoping someone out there in forum land could help me. I am located in...

Nice Binos cold zero, but what ya got in the wooden box they are sitting on?

I came across an interesting item/accessory for sale for Enfield rifles today and wondering if anyone knows more about it or what it's use would be on Enfield rifles? Apparently this woolfat was used...

Peter,

You say the mags were useless, is this because they jammed, were hard and slow to load or all the above? Were they common in the UK during the war do you know?

My war bride Aunt...

Well Brit plumber, for the nominal fee of $2600 you can have them!
This same gentleman has a very nice Canadian issued WW2 3 inch mortar, complete with sight, inert mortars, carrying tubes and...

I found this for sale on Canadian Gunnutz. Now this is something you don't see often.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2011/12/BREN100ROUNDDRUM-1.jpg

Here are a few shots of the Canadian 82 web pattern Sterling (C 1 in Canada) mag pouches

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2011/12/STERLINGMAGPOUCH003-1.jpg
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Marstar here in Canada has a TON of Enfield wood for sale. The butt stocks are too pricey for me, but the fore-wood is reasonable and they have a couple different colours/grades of wood to choose...

Hello Newcastle, regarding the loose dovetails, there is a company here in Canada called 'Lee Valley tools' and they sell a product called 'the Chair Doctor'. It is a very low viscosity, water based...

It is interesting that you would mention that the lack of tacks in the end of a chest would be suspicious. I have a attached a picture of the end of an L 42 chest I had here for a rebuild a few years...

I hope I have got it right, as I have never attached a link to a thread before but below is hopefully the link to a No 15 transit chest offered on ebay right now.

Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I (T)...

Opps!, so far no ones said anything, maybe that's why all these IV warning bells are going off all around me? Besides how can one go a day without this site?

Well Warren, it's starting to look like someone needs to write a book on this subject?, I know I would buy it!

I am in the hospital right now and when I get out I will check my boxes down in the...

So were the telescopes possibly re-wrapped with leather while in their short service by the Armourers? From what I understand the REL telescopes were not produced in time to be used overseas during...

While we are on the subject, a trip to the Knob Creek shoot is on my agenda someday and have always wondered how hard it would be to get hotel rooms in the area during the event? I know this a...

Thank you for your post Maple Leaf Eh, We also know from Peter's book the Armourer's Perspective that in Nov 1944 the web Short Rifle Cover made by Mills was introduced for use by the Snipers and...

I just got an email from Stencollector after showing him pictures and he thinks that this telescope has been re-wrapped with the leather at some point and should of had the vynal covering. Anyone...

Some time ago Peter L. made mention of a Bren gun chest that had a see-through front made of plexiglass. A Gentleman on this sight asked me to build one like it for his No 4 mk 1 L.B. Sniper rifle. I...