No. 4 Rifle; Zeroing Instructions Data Inconsistency?

[Rick]

Some members here have jumped on that Greek HXP I found currently being offered for sale on the Web:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=81181

If any of them are curious enough to see if that Greek HXP Mk VIIz ball sights in correctly for a 300 yard zero when using the 1945 Canadian military pam's instructions, all they have to do is affix a bayonet and give it a try.

(How could anyone NOT have a proper bayonet for their No. 4 rifle? How else could you zero!)

I bought a bayonet when I bought those case lots of 1950 Long Branch No. 4 rifles originally 30+ years ago for two reasons:

1. Curiosity to see whether the rifle grouped better or worse with the bayonet attached.
2. Curiosity at how much the POA=POI at 300 yards differed after removing the bayonet after zeroing with Mk VII ball

So I already had the bayonet when I tried zeroing with military ball again, using the instructions in the 1945 pam.

The results, on paper, across the range after zeroing following those instructions, showed me the zeroing instructions in the 1945 Canadian pam do not match their zeroing instructions. Not even close.

But... I could still be missing something!