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303 Collector L42 To good to be true. 01-19-2016, 07:32 PM
vintage hunter I don't recall ever seeing a... 01-19-2016, 08:43 PM
Peter Laidler The serial number should tell... 01-20-2016, 05:58 AM
303 Collector Confused of Sussex. Peter is... 01-20-2016, 08:23 AM
CharnwoodOrdnance Hi Peter glad you are keeping... 01-20-2016, 02:48 PM
Peter Laidler Hey, that's got me... 01-20-2016, 08:32 AM
Simon I'll check the serial against... 01-20-2016, 08:33 AM
CINDERS Can the serial for the scope... 01-20-2016, 08:39 AM
Peter Laidler No32 telescopes didn't go up... 01-20-2016, 09:42 AM
Roger Payne Scope production never got up... 01-20-2016, 09:57 AM
Simon Nothing in my Data with that... 01-20-2016, 12:31 PM
303 Collector From looking at the pictures... 01-20-2016, 03:07 PM
XL39E1 There are a few 72 dated... 01-22-2016, 04:08 AM
Peter Laidler We KNOW that you didn't make... 01-20-2016, 03:07 PM
Peter Laidler The barrel could have been... 01-20-2016, 03:12 PM
Roger Payne Is it feasible to ask the... 01-20-2016, 03:17 PM
303 Collector He's helpful but has no idea... 01-20-2016, 03:41 PM
Roger Payne Then, & it's only my tuppence... 01-20-2016, 04:31 PM
303 Collector Thanks Roger I'll think I... 01-20-2016, 04:41 PM
CINDERS Yes your right Roger the... 01-21-2016, 08:51 AM
Sentryduty For my own education here,... 01-21-2016, 10:40 AM
Hal O\'Peridol https://www.milsurps.com/attac... 01-25-2016, 01:13 AM
Gil Boyd Hal, IMHO Pad locations are... 01-25-2016, 03:37 AM
Roger Payne The cheekpiece is real but... 01-21-2016, 10:56 AM
Peter Laidler The cheek rest was never... 01-21-2016, 11:13 AM
Roger Payne Peter, I had wondered if that... 01-21-2016, 02:06 PM
Peter Laidler You're probably right DRP. ... 01-21-2016, 03:02 PM
bigduke6 Post # 1 the OP states serial... 01-22-2016, 09:40 AM
Roger Payne Hi Geoff. Yes, I've seen... 01-22-2016, 09:53 AM
Brian Dick I've seen rifle serial... 01-22-2016, 11:17 AM
Surpmil Just to be Lucifer's lawyer... 01-24-2016, 02:44 PM
Roger Payne I'd agree that it's entirely... 01-24-2016, 03:20 PM
Roger Payne If it's being offered for... 01-25-2016, 04:01 AM
mrclark303 Its really quite shocking the... 01-25-2016, 06:53 AM
Gil Boyd IMHO and like many, not... 01-25-2016, 08:13 AM
Lee Enfield I'm always surprised at how... 01-25-2016, 10:43 AM
Peter Laidler What defines 'out of proof'... 01-25-2016, 09:21 AM
mrclark303 We certainly have, getting... 01-25-2016, 09:52 AM
Peter Laidler At the Small Arms School, we... 01-25-2016, 11:01 AM
mrclark303 Spot on Peter, pointless... 01-25-2016, 12:08 PM
Gil Boyd Absolutely correct and the... 01-25-2016, 12:32 PM
Buccaneer Proof house regulations are... 01-25-2016, 12:59 PM
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    The cheekpiece is real but IMHO has been re-fitted to this rifle, & as you note, the wood to wood fit is not the best.

    Concerning the front pad - it's not the pad itself, it's the milled flat area that the front pad sits on that is suspect. When Enfield, & Holland & Holland set up the UKicon produced rifles originally they were done such that the scope in it's bracket would lie perfectly parallel to the rifle bore. This meant that a tiny depth of metal would need to be machined away from the receiver side wall so that the front pad located into position precisely. If you look at the receiver of an original 4T/L42 with its front pad removed you can see a 'window' a few thou in depth that conforms pretty precisely to the mating surface of the front pad. With the pad on, it is so precisely done as to be difficult to see, though it can usually be determined if you look carefully. In this case it looks like the the guy doing the milling had had a few too many Buds before he started.
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