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My no32 graticule crosshair has broken after reassembly having fixed backlash problem.
I have been advised to Superglue the replacement using some weights attached at each end to ensure it does not...

Yes. I gave up for a while having dropped a blob of grease onto a lens at 2am!. I think the spring may not be sitting correctly on top of the grat block. I will have another look when I am feeling up...

I took the elevation drum apart last night, with the help of lots of magnification. Fascinating miniature engineering and all looks OK. So how can the graticle not move when the threads are (almost)...

Thanks very much for the advice Peter. I have made the tools, and and tried again. The lead screw seems to be moving with the drum correctly . A clunk at top and bottom of travel (64 clicks)followed...

I was setting up my scopeless No4(T) (The one where the crate went to US via ebay some months ago) for the weekend when I discovered that the elevation reticle sticks and needs approx. 10 clicks...

I am having trouble swapping one scope for another onto an existing bracket and fitting one bracket for another onto existing pads, finding the need for packing in some instances where the brackets...

Thanks Peter. I will get the book. Q4 "Should I keep bracket and scope together" was from a Historic perspective in that it looks like the bracket and scope have been together a long time!.
With...

I have 3 No 32 scopes in varying states of decay and I would like to put them in as good a condition as possible, so any help would be gratefully appreciated.
1)Is it easy to strip and rebuild a No...

Thanks for taking the time to offer advice Bruce. Everything looked OK on each rifle and the POF is now OK having fiddled with the new woodwork to get muzzle pressure and a flat seating for the...

I have a couple of No4 Mk1's with trigger problems and I am confused as usual.
One, a Savage Mk1* sometimes sticks at half cock on (possibly timorous) second stage trigger pull. A straight edge on...

Thanks for the responses. It does look grey in some light, very much like the 1903's discussed on the web for displaying the same color characteristics.
I had thought it might have been intentional...

Just curious what/how the green finish on a POF no4 Mk1 might be reproduced. Sadly the bolt does not match so does anyone out there have a green POF bolt for a No4 or know how I can make it green to...

Having 3 No1's and a No4 all with varying degrees of sear/lug interferrence, I checked my others to find my Envoy lower lug has been roughly filed down even though the rifle seems to be in excellent...

Thanks for the photos curator. Very nice rifles. Those are almost exactly what I was hoping to add to my collection. Permission denied unfortunately.
A wandering zero I know, but here is another...

So are rings and scope available for use with these mounts which are so low that they avoid the need for a heightened cheekpiece at all, or will it always be necessary to add a raised cheekpiece of...

When using one of these Fultons mounts, does it mean having to fit a sniper cheekpiece and thus having to drill the Butt?.

Point taken. If only there were more ranges readily available to us civvies, we too could shoot for fun at lunch times. My thoughts exactly as I perused the backdrop to 5thBatt's photos. Those hills...

So, have you and your friend created something more desirable or collectable than the donor rifle, a mini moke of the Lee Enfield world perhaps!.
Or would it have been more rewarding to spruce up...

Thanks for the above.
I went to have a look at the £95 one. Not pretty, in fact ugly, cracked stock which needs some of that brass repair wire and some superglue, sloppy bolt, PH sights and a very...

Thanks Son. I was wondering why no-one had asked this question!. Should glue be included somewhere in the equation?.

Would those "needy Enfields" still be considered Enfields in collecting terms or just parts rifles, Enfields with already 3rd party P14 barrels "adjusted" to look like the original, effectively...

Yes. The car analogy fits to a degree but you are right. On reflection, the Elan was pretty, imaginative but an engineering disaster compared to the Cortina GT, the Tuscan while fun and stronger was...

Thanks all for the great response as usual. I was expecting a bit of flak for some reason. I just hate to think of a rifle that someone has carefully and professionally put together being dismantled...

Apparently so. Just phoned about what looked like a nice A J Parker TR going for £150. Sold in a day to a dealer for the receiver!.
What a shame. A rifle that is probably as it was when it came out...

Yes. A few of those as well!. If only Bisley was on the doorstep!.
Do the P14's have the edge with the supposedly stronger action?.