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Ha, as luck would have it, I have just been having a conversation about these very beasts!
I need to find the ad and ask a question of the seller… regarding numbers on the scope….

I just dug out my copy of Machinery’s Handbook 21st edition, revised, 1981 print.
There is an extensive section on pulleys starting with flat belt drive and applications and design of leather belts...

Malcom has been on the radar for many years. I’ve been lucky enough to have not needed his expertise but all those I know of that have are very happy.
Personally, I’m not a fan of such a major...

All of the crates in my picture in post #6 have the canvas strip along the hinge side, as does my Lithgow Sniper crate IIRC… I thought it was a satnadard feature

When you dig it out, see how many of the baffles are still present. I have diagrams here somewhere of the internals.
One thing I never worked out… there is a short leather strap in the centre of the...

No, the Bren chest is narrower than the HT chest. The rifles were boxed in pairs. Upside down with scopes removed, in their cans, in fittings set up to hold them

Hi mate. I have several Bren chests of a couple of different types. There are differences in the internals (those that have bits left) and mainly only the bump boards on the outside in different set...

The bases have never been reproduced for the Lithgow HT's. Originals, I have seen one or two sets come up in the last five or six years...

I have been reading this thread with great interest in the amount of information coming together here. If I may, I would like to stck up some pictures of a rifle a mate scored here in from a lot...

Here's a couple of pics... one of a complete kit (cannot recall where the pic came from) and the others are of the innoc. one at the Infantry Museum here.


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Well... that just added a grand and a half to my collection!

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Stripper clips, picture attached....

Charger loading getting rim over jams...
I don’t care who you are or how you load your chargers... it’s all in the technique. I have made a couple of...

If the metal piece in your hand with the other broken bits is original to the rifle, then the “stock bolt” didnt have anything to do with it.
What happens, looking at the picture of the upside down...

I have came across this in another group, the poster claiming he saw it on the interweb.
No end of google image searching has turned up a hit for any of the pics, so I am thinking it might be...

Here is some research I put together on these sights a couple of years ago on gunboards...

The sights are quite rare, so rare in fact it might be very difficult to put a value on them. One point...

The change from MkIII to MkIII* only officially involved the magazine cut off. Although they were removed, some just before and other at the time, the volley sights and windage adjustable rear sights...

Watch out for the new edition of The Broad Arrow coming soon too.

I plan to have a go at making a ten round magazine for it.
I’ll use a No1 case and see what I have to do to fix a ten rounder inside in the right place.
I think I might start with a wooden block...

Could you have a quick look at the pic in post seven showing the left barrel reinforce. There is a number, prefixed with an A overstamping something else there... Interesting the serial on your...

Got this other No4 Based Trainer at the same time as the No9 Mk1/2. There were two others in the group, but I’ll get to them later.
This is a British No7 Mk1 in quite good condition. Had it to the...

You had better get in touch with the people at the link Alan posted above, the highest recorded A prefix serial they know of is A2828... yours is 2849

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Are you going to be open this weekend mate?

Here’s some more pics. Overall from each side, the magazine numbered and then the markings around the receiver ring and barrel Nock’s form.
Thanks all for the input so far,
Alan, I will read the...

I acquired this Trainer and a couple of others a while back. The No4 Rifles are not my strong point and the No4 Based trainers are pretty rare here in Aus, so looking for some experienced help...

The fact that the rifle dos not appear to ave any conversion markings, and to the best of my recollections and reading, the Sht LE MkIV .22/ Sht LE No2 MkIV rifles had new made solid barrels, not...