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Just getting to grips with my copy, Nige, though not got very far with it yet. Martin does make the point in the preface that 'Many quotations include his (Harry's) personal opinions, which may not...

Yes, I think the issue with Bren mags is well known, but this is the first time I can ever remember seeing reference to problems loading the last round into No4 mags.......

Likewise, although Faz routinely marked month & year, at least, for a while.

Well done Lance! So good the scope & bracket are now reunited with the rifle. Email me or pm me your address & I'll get a two or three screws off to you, so you'll also have one ready for the next...

Hi DD. It would have been on an earlyish 1943 BSA Shirley. I have a Dalgleish bracket that I am tidying up at the moment that bears an AQ prefix, issued on a later 43 rifle. During 1943 BSA seem to...

Sad, I'd not heard, although I had noticed the ominous silence. Another one of us rides off into the sunset........

Yes, Kev, I twigged it was a 43 Maltby. Little prospect of that ever having been a real 4T in its previous life. Mind you, I have seen one 42 Maltby 4T which I am sure was correct, though never a B...

TBH I didn't even check the list DD as I'm sure from just the on line photo's that it is......shall we say, a 'tribute rifle'! If I'd checked the serial against the list I don't think it would have...

I think your gut instincts are right DD.;)

Thanks for letting me buy the scope in question today skiprat. It's an interesting piece.

I don't know about those Mick; wish he'd offered them to me!

Re the standard No32 brackets, Peter established that they were made from either white or black heart malleable iron. I think...

My late machinist Graham Smith made about thirty of the bases for the TP rifle around 25 years ago, or maybe a little more. He also produced three sets of rings. But then he was a savant, & he died...

Must be good original condition. Would consider buying complete butt if that's how it comes.

TIA.

This is purely anecdotal & was a long time ago, but I have seen Indian rifles specifically marked GF............(or is that Gujarat Forces?!;)).

......Though they were wrapped & bore discharger...

Mike Scott I've known for over forty years. He took over Weller & Dufty when Ron Dufty sold up, running it from its original site in Birmingham for some time, before moving it all up to where he...

You are welcome Andy. As an aside I thought I might mention where I source my small bolts & screws. They are quick, not overly expensive, & happy to post internationally. I get all my 8 & 10 BA...

Hello again Eric. I suspect your scope is one of the post WW1 products from Aldis, although is clearly of the military pattern. The serial number is outside the range found on the military contract...

Andy, you don't have to use solder paint/paste. You can use conventional rosin fluxed solder. I just find the application of Fryolux quicker & easier. I just checked for availability on the UK...

Thanks muchly. If they were already making other kit using this method I s'pose one can see why it was probably considered easier to carry on than to change.

And a good little wheeze if we have...

Availability may also have been a factor here in the decision between fitting an Aldis or a Model 1918. The latter was still current military issue at the time, whereas most of the Aldis scopes would...

Peter, have you noticed on these scopes on which you have worked, that in some of them (specifically KL Mk1's) the solder is physically slightly but definitely proud of the surface? Was this the...

Surpmil, it wasn't just the scrubby, rock strewn terrain that made me think of Italy; it was the scrubby rock strewn terrain PLUS the presence of a Trials 4T that made me think of Italy!!;)

Never seen that photo before. Sad yet also fascinating. Thanks...............and it's a Trials T!!

Italy maybe????

Hi Lance,
Further to our previous correspondence, I've now started stripping the KL scope I mentioned. I still can't make out the serial completely, but it is either 6989 or 7989. I'm...

That's the one, Nige. Couldn't remember the designation.