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Niagara Falls Home Guard rifle number 12. Note the original small aperture on the rear sight.

REL didn't make many and not many turn up for those who may be interested.

Ends in about two hours.

The alternative was to remove the back sight or clean from the muzzle as some snipers preferred not to remove the scope once zeroed. A trials No4(T) I owned had dents in bolt face where it had been...

Moot point now! British government and banks don't support British industry. Result: much of it isn't even British anymore. Most Britons don't seem to care much either. :dunno:

Depends which stories you mean. Blow-backs did happen, but AFAWK, only due to misassembly.

Might as well, all the shops get them made in China and then try to charge you like they were made here! :D

Mechanically speaking I think the questions have been answered as above. Sir Charles Ross, quite apart from his ego, would not have wished to admit any liability by publicly acknowledging a fault in...

No 3981 HBMCo.

Correction: 3982 (Didn't notice you'd already posted the photos, Paul87Buick ;)

I wouldn't worry too much about the virus itself. The survival rate is over 97%, and some say it's much higher than that.

The current lockdowns have probably created a fair facsimile of the...

Certainly:

p. 5 photo caption: "...and an Aldis on a SMLE." It is a PPCo.

p. 6 photo caption: "Warner & Swayze...." It is Warner & Swasey; this error is repeated throughout the text also.
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Logic and the example of 1919-20 would dictate that once most of the population is immune, either by exposure or vaccination, the virus will basically die out the way the infinitely more deadly...

It would be surprising if the machinery were not still there, unless it was hauled out for re-use in India at some point.

But more interesting is the question of where such machinery would have...

I have the 2004 edition. There are many errors, reputedly due to the the manuscript having to be recreated on short notice after a computer crash. However it is the only study of the subject,...

I posted a link in another thread to the obituary for member "englishman_ca".

Well I suppose I'll go first then: 'wouldn't worry about the crack that probably runs more or less vertically through the back of the forend as the strap will prevent that going any further...

Best watched at 1.5x speed. :D

Did he ever actually show what kind of groups he was getting?

Congratulations on getting that into solid metal - never a simple process. It would be interesting to see one of these shot extensively as I wonder how long it would take the front base to work...

So that's where Buster Keaton got the idea.

There are a few reputable accounts of blow backs in WWI and before. Probably also due to missassembly of bolts after cleaning.

I have fired Rosses without concern and will do so in future. If in...

I wouldn't underestimate the .22 It is a favourite for "wet affairs" with certain secret services, and would be quite deadly at 200 yards or more if well placed.

It's not a matter of the rifle failing, they are damn near impossible to blow up. The MkIII/1910 action is probably only equalled or exceeded by some of the Arisakas for sheer strength.

The...

Those looking for scope service might send an email to member "valleysniper", who is fully competent to undertake repairs, should he wish to.

Some were relieved of a good part of an eye socket and a cheekbone too, and had no further worries about money either. :p

The old man swore by Lubriplate and I've never had any problems with it. It is a molybdenum-disulphide grease IIRC and well known for not washing off, high pressure applications etc.

The...

Highly restorable, and you could probably restore the barrel to full length with an over-bored sleeve made from the end of a junked barrel. Turn the existing one down in a lathe up to half way...