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Some of the RAF issued sniper rifles (I never understood why they'd need No4T's - or even rifles but there you go........) came with a smaller B&C telescope called, if I remember correctly, called a...

We weren''t allowed to stamp body sides for metallurgical reasons. We could and did re-number at unit level, on the socket if the number was illegible. At Field and Base workshops, they were well...

MAGNIFICENT photo of the Denver PD above. That's how the police should be, today. Just my opinion of course............. None of this nanny state stuff.

There's a story on our local newspaper...

Dear o' dear. The bane of the Instrument workshops were the odd-ball manufacturers. While it was said in the Tech Instructions that they were all made to the same drawing spec, you can take it from...

We were NOT allowed to stamp the numer on the receiver - or body as we call it. Stamping was only on the butt socket. An illegible number on the body....., usually a Fazakerley - was only over...

You're saying what I am thinking BAR......

We had a couple of these rifles at Warminster, one of each 'variation. The Mk3 conversion was costed at 18 shillings and 6 pence to convert the body while a new build body would come in at £1 - one...

I'd say that it was a Maltby rifle and the AA marking on the butt socket indicates ex Indian STATE forces property. I got a list of these from our Indian Army Liaison Officer and AA was AlAmbarahad....

Hi MG Mike,

In our terminology, as used in the Armourers workshops, the breech block stope were the beating surfaces on the left and right hand side of the bolt way that stopped the forward...

One thing you didn't mention from the IFCI report is the fact that it '......must contain a desiccation facility in a non obstructive position .....' Blah blah in the usual official way, that it...

You are right Lance. For example, people STILL tell me that they've read that the EN in Sten is ENfield and not ENgland. Now I just nod my head. The archive records and family archives state quite...

Jammed-in erector cells were one of the worst problems and to be honest, while we'd try hard to preserve them by using a tubular brass or nickel drift, you'd crash into a lens or buckle the stop-down...

The bracket just looks to me as though it's been tarted up to make it more shiny and workmanlike. As opposed to its original state. That's just my opinion.

With the greatest respect to Rob, I'd...

Just make sure you speak to me regarding telescope serial number batches before you put to print Lance I have overhauled/rebuilt well over 2,000 since I started in the game. That isn't as many as...

Just another thing about the L4 Brens and the remaining 303 Brens with Mk3 gun butts fitted Cal-50 and others that might be restoring them. A late modification was to put a sling loop on the top...

I have seen several SA Brens, converted locally. They didn't have the magazine well inserts. Not a wise move! The original magazine guides suffer badly and as a result, the FN and L1A1 type...

The problem with the Turks or the Afghans theory is whether they actually had Ross Rifles to start with.

I'm minded to suggest that such a modification would be done by someone armed with Ross...

There were problems with the conversion of the Mk1 Bren to 7.62mm. That's because some of the internal and external machining configurations differed over the life of its production. We know about...

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Britain/Enfield ripped the Australians off over Brens. In Malaya, with pooled ordnance resources, the Australian Infantry were equipped with the L4 Brens. They did have some L2's but the Infantry...

I'll try my best Jim. You being one of the Bren generation......

When I die, I'm sure that someone will engrave on my grave stone 'HE KNEW HIS BRENS,

When they were slowly being withdrawn and replaced by the L7 GPMG's you could see the gun racks getting emptier...

Don't worry about the top mag cover. They were ALL simply conversions of the original covers. It is these little tricks that made the conversions so simple. Same as the shrouded bipod sleeve...

Dingoes were made locally to here, at East Challow near Wantage. The old buildings were used by an MG restoration company in the 80's and 90's and the old 'trolley lines' were still set in the...

10th Hussars? Beneath that looks to be SG 7. Scots Guards?