The cynic in me says whatever the armourer hands you!
My interest in bayonets/frogs started well before I joined the army so it was always interesting to see what was handed out when we drew...
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The cynic in me says whatever the armourer hands you!
My interest in bayonets/frogs started well before I joined the army so it was always interesting to see what was handed out when we drew...
Regarding the pull through:
Having never seen an original for a Metford or Long Lee Enfield I was once told by an RFD in Devon who had several pass through his hands that the string was...
I have a brass drift and "toffee" hammer in my range box for exactly that purpose.
Not really my field of expertise but I believe the webbing style was accepted into service in 1907 but officially bears the pattern date & number of 08.
The 1960's in Brighton Sx had similar experiences for me; although being the pedant that I am, rifle slings never had a pattern number attached to them, they were always, "Slings, Webbing, Rifle." up...
I don't think I've ever come across an L39 with PH FS-22A fitted, that's not to say they don't exist!
The majority of end user military units tended to visit AJ Parker (rather than Parker-Hale) and...
Simon, I've had one painted like that in the past; my gut feeling is that they were post war stock for training in Libya during the 1950's.
Nice to see the butt disc marked as many were replaced when sold out of service.
W.Y. = Prince of Wales Own, (West Yorkshire Regiment)
I believe a first field dressing is considered historically correct for that purpose.
John,
It depends what foresight tube you have; typically there are 15mm & 17mm inserts available plus various smallbore types by the likes of Anschutz etc.
Does the foresight tube have a name on...
Indeed Harry, sad news!
On entering boys service in 1966 we were all issued with new 37 Pattern webbing (except rifle slings which were kept in the armoury) the next step was to dye them black with a commercial dye; the...
From Malcolm's leaflet:
"The base is entirely protected by the copper jacket leaving no lead exposed".
Brian I suspect you're right regarding the size of the market.
For those of us in the UK Malcolm Seller makes an excellent flat base 174gr .311" and a MkVI 215gr, not to mention all the heavier...
That's a shame; I've been more than pleased with mine for target applications in SR"b".
I suspect different countries/markets will have differing values, the last Mk1 Micrometer sight I saw sell on a well known internet auction site in the UK went for £46 ($59) .
Might be worth...
Could this be a Brindles trigger?
The late John Good who made them was a cousin of Robin Fulton and had previously worked in Fultons before becoming the NRA armourer at Bisley.
Brian if you have...
From 200 to 300 you need to come up 3 1/2 MoA (100 and 200 are too close in MoA to worry about)
With a PH5c in half minute clicks this will be 7 clicks on the sight. If the PH5c is a later 1/4 MoA...
Ireland under British rule has a long history of civil disobedience which continues to this day, the fixed bayonet does however have a calming factor when shown to an unruly crowd!
When troops...
My take on this is, Royal Montreal Regiment, B Company.
Yes perfectly correct as the others have already stated, I've owned two of them over the years and you're not the first with the same query.
Alan, I'm reminded that Ruddington had rows of 1 ton armoured Humber's (Pigs to many of us!) in 1970 that were quietly bought back into service by the MOD for internal security use in Northern...
That particular auctioneer some years ago worked out of an old school in Lymington Hampshire; on viewing day I went along and asked to look at a K98 and see what state the rifling was in. My request...
This is probably a convenient time to mention that any replica scopes would not be eligible in NRA (GB) competitions at Bisley; whilst they would be allowed to enter an NRA sniping competition their...
As soon as you make one the real thing will turn up; I know somebody who gave one to a mate of his to make the CES complete!