Ajack on an enfield?

[Simon P]

Ja, I saw it at Bisley a couple of years ago... got an earful of "story" from Fred the armourer who was trying to sell it... all vague, name-dropping stuff like "Lord Lovat" etc ... "before the war office provided a pattern"... "officers private purchase" ...er... I didn't have a can of bullshirt spray handy, so walked away.

Rob He gave me the same story. That was the last time I saw this rifle until it surfaced again recently.

[Simon]

The Ajack 10 x 50 scope was only introduced into the Alfred Jackenroll catalogue in the early 1930's and had ceased production by 1940 because the company was a tad more focused on their Military contracts by then.

The Spec on it is,

Magnification 10x
Field of View 13 1/2 feet @ 100yds
Luminosity 50.0
Eye relief 3 inches
Length 15 3/4 inches
Weight 31 Oz (880 gram)
Tube diameter 30mm.

The 10 x 50 Ajack is actually a relatively rare scope as it wasn't particularly popular and only a small number where manufactured before production ended. The fact that it's a hideous looking thing also means relative rarity counts for little and they're not worth a lot.

So the alleged Great War sniper rifle is equipped with a scope that was introduced over a decade after the war had finished, and "Lord Lovat" or "The Officer" who privately purchased it was also a forgotten link in the No4(T) development as it would appear he came up with the concept of a wooden cheekpiece.

I stand by my original thoughts on this one, Fantasy Piece!

Cheers,

Simon.

[PrinzEugen]

I dunno - I agree with all those comments before and there is something of the monstrosity about it - but for some reason, for me, it looks quite impressive!

[Peter Laidler]

The larger the OG lens, the less the snipers like it because for some reason, the glint is always visible - usually to another sniper! And if not the sniper, then the mortar crews who are always up for a bit of what they call 'stonking' likely targets - such as glinting glass etc etc That's why they always covered the OG end with a tightly stretched face veil and more recently, with a specially designed mesh screen that could screw into the OG lens housing. Nope......... large diameter OG lens is the death knell for any wanna-be sniper telescope. Quite literally in this case!

[Surpmil]

Did the enormous objective on Maj. whatever's scope in Enemy at the Gates play a role? One wonders. If the reticule looks like a early telegraph pole with 6 crossbars...:-)

[Simon]

Another Hollywood fantasy piece made up with an 8x Ebra scope, would love to know how it was achieved with bnz single claw style mounts as the huge objective lense would only allow the scope to be mounted / dismounted if the top wood where removed.

Cheers,

Simon.

Did the enormous objective on Maj. whatever's scope in Enemy at the Gates play a role? One wonders. If the reticule looks like a early telegraph pole with 6 crossbars...:-)