I Finally Got It!!!

[Ovidio]

Hi everybody,


After years of searching, I finally bought myself a wonderful Enfield no.1 in .22LR in the Terni modified version.
These rifles were equipped in Terni with the M1 Garand sights for training purposes, and are a pretty unique type of Enfields.
The original front and rear sights were removed, the front sight protections were cut off and a dovetail was made to accommodate the Garand front sight.
At the rear, the bridge was ground to a much smaller and flat top one, a hinge was welded to the side and on the bolt handle side a latch with retention spring was applied to allow tilting the rear sight to the side to reach the bolt head for removing the bolt.
A frigging lot of work.
Was it necessary or sensible? I have some doubts, but it sure looks great and these rifles are known for being really great shooters, because of those excellent sights and the much longer sight radius achieved with this mod.
This rifle is a 1917 one, modified at FAT in 1969. One of the earliest ones.

Do you like it?