SMLE WWI Sniper with PPCo dovetail mount and scope

[Simon P]

I may have been lucky Promo but I must have submitted a few hundred SMLE's to Proof over the years & have yet to have one fail. Mind you, I'm saying that with my fingers crossed in view of the rifles that they have of mine currently!
They get thoroughly cleaned, bore inspected for any serious pitting, bulges etc., & head spaced before I take them in........saves disappointment later.

I know some people are offended by current civvy proof marks but it is an offence over here to transfer a firearm that is not in proof. I have long accepted it, it is just a legal requirement, end of. Mind you, if you ask the Proof House nicely they will often position the markings as discretely as they can.

I regularly drop items in to London Proof House, their proof marks are quite discrete & a lot smaller than they used to be. I put an Early Luger in to then a few weeks ago & it was a struggle to find the Proof Marks, Charles there took the time to put them in places that didn't show