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[Nigel]

Attachment 121182Attachment 121182I remember Steve's original thread on the cases. The correct designation for the Springfield Case is the Model 1918. They were designed for the service rifle competition teams (Springfield 1903A1) and were not general issue. There was an earlier version with a leather flap - Model 1916, again for the same use and not a general issue item. There is no doubt in my mind that the case illustrated in the User Handbook for the Rifles, 7.62mm, L42A1...etc, dated 1971, page 16 is the Model 1918 case. I have heard stories that these appeared in the CES of many RAF Regiment Squadrons but I have no documented evidence. Whether this should be regarded as one of THE issue cases for British Snipers is debatable but it does appear in the Handbook. I can't remember which version of case appears in the very rare 1973 dated Pamphlet No.10 SNIPING - I sold mine to Steve Houghton! I do know that virtually all the photos in that version are different from the those in the 1976 Pamphlet No.4 SNIPING. I would conclude the Model 1918 case's appearance in an official British User Handbook gives it a deserved place in the history of British sniping "literature" and maybe even "equipment".