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    AUST Pattern 1918 Scope reticle

    Hi all

    I have been scouring the internet and this forum to try and find a picture/diagram or description of what reticle is on the Pattern 1918 scope used on Australianicon sniper rifles.

    Is it the same as the No.32 ?

    The only mention I have been able to find so far is a reference to a "Grat reticle and cross wire".

    Do any owners of the 1918 have any photos of the sight picture/reticle they can post?

    thanks in advance.

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    (1) & (2), No.4 Mk.I (T) and view through No.32 T/S. (3) & (4) Australianicon No.1 Mk.III (T) and view through Aust. Pattern 18 T/S.

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    Terry, that is perfect. thank you.
    You have some great rifles there.

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    It doesn't look as though the crosswire is square to the post - last photo. Or is it me? We had a chart to test for that in the days when we would re-string the diaphragms

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    I think the rifle is slightly canted over to the left in that photo; so the horizontal lines on the wall trick the eye. Look at the verticle line compared to the wall post.

    I must say that those two rifles are fabulous; and probably made from pure "unobtainium" as far as my piggy bank is concerned.

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