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Awesome, but why such a long wait for an antique?

Looking for REL scope C-373 Mk1 or Mk1A.

Looks to me like a Brit No.4 Mk I that acquired a Savage serial number somewhere along the way. The SN is too sloppy and deeply struck to be factory original.

I’ve seen/ handled late war 44-45 M47C Snipers with matching MKI scopes.

Well, per the thread above on 90L snipers, it looks like someone split up your old rig and sold the scope and mount on eBay in 2014. 90L8030.

Note that one has the curved latch and the other is straight. These have been discussed on the forums over the years. I’ve only ever seen them on early 1944 dated No. 5s.

The rifle is an earlier 1945 production and was mated with an REL No 32 MkII scope originally. Too bad these were separated.

Per Skennerton “ Small Arms of WWII “ p.20, it appears there were at least two makers of this projector.

FlightRN,
The other numbers on your projector match the inventory designation in the CES posted by AdeE...and are different from the markings on my example and one belonging to a friend.

As mentioned, it is a late-production Savage. For some reason you don’t see many around.

It’s doubtful anyone on the forum will give an opinion on your rifle without additional photos. When you can, post photos of the scope mount and the cancelled scope numbers on the wrist.

As a collector, I just prefer to have unaltered/undamaged specimens. If you are happy with the price you paid, which you appear to be, that’s all that matters.

I would have waited for a better rifle to appear and paid a bit more. Sorry, but not a deal to me.

OP’s rifle looks to me like one of the early 1990s imports ( most certainly not a pre-1968 import) released by the British MoD. Many of these were mummy wrapped and had the serial number stamped at...

The majority of these that I’ve come across have mis-matched bolts.

It isn’t an easy book to find and is very pricey when found.

These could easily have been from a police confiscation where the receivers had to be destroyed. The sum of the parts here would not exceed the amount you could sell the whole gun for. Just a thought.

That’s a rare opportunity.

The one I have is a Long Branch with all marking scrubbed, but with the proper Mk 1/3 designation. Haven’t seen too many of these, so thanks for posting.

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Here’s another 1941 dated one for comparison. I can’t tell if the one you show is real or not.127036

Excellent rig!

“‘India’s Enfields”by Bob Edwards is the best reference book for RFI. Out- of-print and hard to find.

I have can for rifle AT 2757 and scope 10221. Let me know if you have this rig. The rifle number on the can is actually AT 2737.

This is a ten-year old thread.