Hope this is of use - rod measurements for my 1895 Volunteer pattern. Rod is missing the jag/tip, but got one on order from Darren at FSS in New Zealand. He may be able to do the whole rod for you...
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Hope this is of use - rod measurements for my 1895 Volunteer pattern. Rod is missing the jag/tip, but got one on order from Darren at FSS in New Zealand. He may be able to do the whole rod for you...
Hi Daan - this was a transcript of the entry - 2nd Jan 1902. (Thought it had more on the boers searching for ammo but it is just a passing comment). Seems clear that by this stage of the war, the...
The "lee-speed patents" without a BSA Co mark does seem to be a characteristic of the Jameson Raid rifles. Mine (2023) with a mismatched bolt in the 5000 series corresponding exactly to the sporting...
Thanks Both! Hoping one pops up on the sales radar UK side. Bucket list item!
Hi Muffett - assuming a no from your comment on the extra elevation, but does your Lithgow still have the MkVI sights (accentuated ramp and no H.V stamp (or Lithgow equivalent)? Or are SMLE's of any...
Nigel - was snuffling around trying to find images of PPC scope caps (Roger - was on the verge of bugging you for some photos as I'm sure you've got something in your collection, but totally...
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Roger - here's a couple of photos of the angle requested on the front pad, and also a better photo of the sidewall T - thoughts? Also, any background you can share on the origins of...
Great, thanks Roger - I'll get a decent daylight photo of the angle you've suggested up tomorrow, and see if I can get better photo of the side-wall T - it is a bit faint, but that could be a result...
Hi Surpmil - I was sure I had seen the SSSS recently, but couldn't find the thread, so mine is a different rifle. I'll try and track that now - been pouring through IDS as I thought I had seen it in...
Thanks Both! I've taken a few more photos here in natural light - hopefully that shows things more clearly. BigDuke - those are S's rather than 8's used for the cancelling - should be clearer in the...
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Had an open slot on my firearms certificate, and although my focus is WW1 platforms, couldn't resist this when it came up on auction recently. The metalwork is 1943 dated with a Mk1 scope...
TerryLee - from your research are you aware of any major Weedon-type refurb program for the UDF rifles at any stage? As I say, the metalwork (and fore-end) on this rifle is close to pristine, with...
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I've aquired a fairly intreging 1917 LSA MKIII. The barrel is definitely South African (and pristine condition, as is most of the metalwork - with some strange discrepencies - see the...
On mine, 30cm to comply with a UK Section 1 Firearms certificate. The original DeLisle had a 21cm barrel which would make it section 5 in the UK (can't be owned by normal mortals...)
Here's what's achievable if you've got a No4 receiver knocking around - a DeLisle Mk4 (T) :) (Actually an LEI Delisle MkIII that I project-ed with a repro No 32 scope) - Good out to 100 yrds so far,...
OK - think I'm now fairly close to the mark on muzzle velocities with the MkVII and MkVI loads, and the wind wasn't too bad at Bisley yesterday, although there was a light mist-rain/guti falling. I...
Slightly overdue, and still work in progress - comparison between MkVI and MKVII with 1916 SMLE MkIII* and Winchester B4 scope at 300yrds. Very strong gusty circa 15 knot left-right crosswind today -...
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Interesting point on the regulars, Roger. The Helles landings indeed seem to be regular troops, but those at Sulva seem to have been New Army and Yeomanry (including Scottish Horse and Lovats...
Weather permitting, I'll be giving test next Sunday - got a session lane booked at Bisley. I've hopefully got close to factory-equivalent loads behind some BES 215 gr bullets on the left (going for...
That's fantastic int on the Gallipoli scope use, Nigel! (and damn, just when I thought I was keeping my bucket list achievable...diagram on the Maxim silencer below - looks fascinating. Definitely...
Excellent - thanks Englishman_ca! I had also previously been inclined to think that the foreend and the butt were from the same rifle - does seem to be the same wood grain. Going back to one of Rob's...
Thanks Daan- Kimberly as well, but both appear to have only been producing from the late 1930's. Given a well established explosives industry and availability of raw materials, thinking there must...
Thanks Englishman_ca - very useful spots and suggestions! Sorry - think I may have confused things a bit with the previous photos, which are from the two rifles (Mine and the one reviewed for Rock...
Would be very interested to see those dates, Roger and Img15, if you're OK to share. In terms of Gallipoli, then, that appears to be a certainty as a candidate theatre, and from Nigel's post on the...
A few more thoughts and observations based on extracts from Ron Bester's book kindly sent to me by Rob, and also a comparisome with the Rock Island Auctions rifle with my one in terms of markings...