Peter, please.

[Terry Hawker]

Peter,

Did you happen get a chance yet to look at Warminster's original No. 1 Mk V's to see if their rear sights were graduated to 1,400, or 1,500 yards?

Thanks much,

Terry

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[Peter Laidler]

I've been there all week but, er......, forgot. Ask me next week, DURING the week and it'll chivvy me up. I'll never remember it over the weekend!

[Edward Horton]

I've been there all week but, er......, forgot. Ask me next week, DURING the week and it'll chivvy me up. I'll never remember it over the weekend!

Mr. Laidler

You also never answered my question about what type linseed oil you used in the British military.

Right now we don't know if the linseed oil had toxic chemicals in it that can cause Alzheimer's or if the alcohol in the service of the Queen and country killed too many brain cells.

Signed
Dry as a Popcorn Fart

[Terry Hawker]

Peter,

Silly me. Will do.

Thanks, Peter,

Terry

[Brian Dick]

The linseed oil question has been answered and referenced many times. It's raw linseed oil, (RLO), that was heated in a tank. If you want true to original finish, that's excactly what you should use.

[Peter Laidler]

Yep, Brians right. Raw linseed. But we don't use it much at all now except for No8's and the occasional bird box!

[Peter Laidler]

One of them hasn't got a rear sight. One goes up to 1400 yards and the other goes up to 1500 yards.

Hope that has helped

[Terry Hawker]

One of them hasn't got a rear sight. One goes up to 1400 yards and the other goes up to 1500 yards.

Hope that has helped

Peter,

Thanks so much for checking that for me. Yes, that is a great help.

Going by your rear sight information, it would appear that you have confirmed that one of Warminster's original No. 1 Mk V's is, indeed, a Trials rifle, while another is probably part of the later production run, unless of course, it too was a trials model, but, for the later rear sight. There are probably obvious receiver differences in these two rifles as well. As for the rifle without a rear sight, that will remain a mystery until someone compares it to the Trials Rifle, or, until photos become available.

Peter, would I be pushing my luck to ask if you saw a very small number stamped on the bottom of the inside of the 1,500 yard sight leaf?

Now that we know that a second, confirmed, No.1 Mk V Trials Rifle exists, I'm sure Herb Woodend would be pleased to know there is still a specimen, safely ensconced, under the protection of Her Majesty's Forces, in the United Kingdom. Perhaps more will turn up.

As always Peter, thanks so much for increasing our knowledge.

Best Regards,

Terry