P.14 & M. 17 Historical Query

[DocLee]

One thing I know about the P14, and that is that it is one of the most acurate rifles I had the pleasure of shooting. My Eddy Stone P14 helped me to win several .303 compititions.
It is fitted with a Parker Hale target sight as was installed for sniping during WW2.
During the First WW three accurised No.3 (P14's) were issued per batallion, with side mounted scopes. During WW2 the same scope configuration, as well as center mounted scopes were used on the No.3 (P14) sniper rifles alongside the Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 (T).
In a photograph on our website, (LERASA) a group of Royal Marine Snipers that finished a refresher cours are posing with two of these No.3 (P14) sniper rifles.
I also converted a P14 that had it's furniture severly mutilated when I got it into a very accurate modern day sniper rifle. This rifle is one of the best long range rifles I've ever owned. I often use it to hunt at fairly long distances.