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    Make sure you keep the knob on the elevation...

    Make sure you keep the knob on the elevation quick release tightened down.
  2. Thanks for the grin! :D Don't we see enough...

    Thanks for the grin! :D Don't we see enough rubbish and rubbishy work on UK made Enfields, to say nothing of every other kind of former industrial product of the former "workshop of the world"? I...
  3. As pitiful as the now deceased Remington buying...

    As pitiful as the now deceased Remington buying the company to get the use of some antique machines and then selling it and them again when that particular job was over, that is worse.

    All...
  4. Thread: And it Begins

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    No, probably just getting started.

    No, probably just getting started.
  5. My guess would be that the armourer was fitting a...

    My guess would be that the armourer was fitting a new bolt for whatever reason and the bolt was a salvaged part with that serial number on it and so it was easier to make the rifle match the bolt...
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    I'd suggest you leave well enough alone for now. ...

    I'd suggest you leave well enough alone for now. The rifle would need to be welded and completely refinished to remove all traces of those mounts, (assuming the receiver ring wasn't machined to fit...
  7. That was very interesting reading, thank you. ...

    That was very interesting reading, thank you.

    Who can forget the infamous steel "gauze" to be used as a last resort on service barrels? It would never reach the inside corners of the lands, but...
  8. Usually put on the Nock's Form wasn't it, rather...

    Usually put on the Nock's Form wasn't it, rather than the receiver ring? Would make more sense as a barrel could always be replaced. Looks like the armourer(?) had no asterisk stamp and just used a...
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    That's a beaut. They were a world-beater on the...

    That's a beaut. They were a world-beater on the ranges
  10. Thread: No62 Scope

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    The No.42 is the most common source of ocular...

    The No.42 is the most common source of ocular enses for the No.32 Mk.I and II. The No.53 has an ocular lens cell as per the No.32 Mk.3 The erector cells and objective cells are common to all three...
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    Rather curious that the forend tie plate on that...

    Rather curious that the forend tie plate on that uncompleted 71L rifle has been welded. Presumably the brass crosspin replaced with steel? The routing out of the recess looks a bit different from...
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    Never fitted with pads by the look of it. Was...

    Never fitted with pads by the look of it. Was this around the time of a change over to the SAL "Griffin & Howe" mount?
  13. Thread: No62 Scope

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    No.62 doesn't ring a bell with me either, but do...

    No.62 doesn't ring a bell with me either, but do recall we have had discussion and photos of No.32 Mk.3 scopes re-engraved to another designation and then re-engraved back to No.32 or perhaps...
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    Unless you mean that this program was confined to...

    Unless you mean that this program was confined to new-build rifles captured with the plants or rifles produced in those plants under French/Allied supervision, I would think they would use whatever...
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    If I remember correctly the casualties at Verdun...

    If I remember correctly the casualties at Verdun were on order of 100 men per square metre.

    And more died there than flesh and blood.
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    This is another I think you'll enjoy Cinders:...

    This is another I think you'll enjoy Cinders: https://www.amazon.ca/Trenches-1914-1918-Glenn-Iriam/dp/1466900474

    No punches pulled there, on self or others.
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    Fiddly to set up for sure. A good deal of...

    Fiddly to set up for sure. A good deal of calculation required vis a vis the ballistic curve and point of aim, centre to centre distance of bore and scope etc.. One way to do it would be to attach...
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    Lasers can be the way to go, if accurate enough,...

    Lasers can be the way to go, if accurate enough, and aligned at a decent distance from the muzzle. Hopefully the prism was more or less centered when he set it up. The nature of these rings is...
  19. Filled with concrete just to make sure you...

    Filled with concrete just to make sure you peasants don't try to use it to storm the Bastille one day?

    Of course not, it's to prevent kiddies falling in and injuring themselves. :D
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    Better stuff is found in swamps and bogs than...

    Better stuff is found in swamps and bogs than bunkers.

    Where our ancestors first found their iron! ;) Bog iron - Wikipedia
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    Those programs only run when the user chooses to...

    Those programs only run when the user chooses to run them. CCleaner will run in the background if allowed to add itself to the startup menu, but can always be turned off through its own start menu...
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    Appearance is excellent; hard to tell they're not...

    Appearance is excellent; hard to tell they're not original.

    How did you go about collimating the bore and the scope or was that your intent? It's a tricky job I know.
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    Tell us some more about the man Brian. So many...

    Tell us some more about the man Brian. So many interesting characters pass on without being known outside their immediate circle.
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    Yes, no doubt that is the explanation. How was...

    Yes, no doubt that is the explanation. How was the chest modified; by taking out the strip of birch the butt plate rests against?
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    You're lucky they were only in the shoulder then....

    You're lucky they were only in the shoulder then. :lol:
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