Which is a more accuraate rifle? The No1 MK 3 or the No 4 MK1

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smellie, thanks for your post very interesting and I will relate a little of my experience.

My dad bought a new 1961 Dodge Phoenix from Teldun Motors in Moose Jaw the Dodge dealer. The sales manager was Cecil Huntley and somehow the mention of target shooting was discussed. My dad told me and I couldn't start shooting DCRA fast enough.

I used a No 4 with a Parker Hale 5C sight that I purchased (sight) from SIR in Winnipeg for the sum of $25.00 which was alot of money for me being a student and only working part time on weekends.

Cec was my coach and a Bisley shooter who took the time and effort to give me a good grounding and I must say I really enjoyed it and did quite well considering I was 16 years old. The bonus of being so young was where I went to compete the cooks at the Military Bases went out of their way to give me the best of everything, steak or whatever.


Cec served in WWII and I think with the RCAF, I do know while on duty one night he had the opportunity to take prisoner the crew of a German Bomber that being very low on fuel landed at a UK airfield when a flight of bombers were returning from a mission over Germany. He was armed with a .38 revolver and told me the crew was sitting on the wing of the bomber, they had enough and were happy to have landed safely and be taken prisoner.

We were fortunate to have Bob Pitcairn shooting with us. Bob was a flying instructor at the RCAF Base in Moose Jaw so he was always able to set-up as training flight in a Beech 18 when it was a competition weekend away from Moose Jaw. Bob was a great pilot and shooter and would let me take the right seat and fly the Expeditor as we called it in Canada. Bob later left the airforce and joined CP Airlines and was IIRC the first pilot to be Hijacked and landed in Saskatoon SK. Apparently the hijacker wanted to go to Cuba but Bob convinced him he had to land in Saskatoon for fuel. After they landed the hijacker allowed Bob to take his knife (IIRC) and walk him off the plane. Bob was really a Mr Personality and I remember Gord Rathwell writing to him asking if he crapped his pants during this incident. Bob of course mailed the underwear he had on that day to Gord tell him NO and "here's proof".

I have the most amazing memories of my DCRA shooting stint, great people, unlimited ammunition and lots of FN C1 shooting at the long gone military range just east of Moose Jaw.

Heck the SK Dragoons stored their tanks at that range and I remember Cec showing me how to fire one up when we were having a practice one evening.