Periscopic Prism scope mount

[drummerboy]

Can anyone give me some shots of the mount and how it attaches to the SMLE? Many thanks

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[Surpmil]

There is a portion of the original drawing shown in Skennerton's "The British Sniper". The mating surface of the base is concave if I remember the drawing correctly, though there may have been a change to two flats, as I see the reproduction mounts offered on eBay at the moment have such flats rather than a concave 'shoulder'.

[Valleysniper]

There's actually a picture of a machined receiver and copy base on this site:

Dr. Roger Payne's (Milsurp Collection)

[Badger]

With thanks to member Valleysniper, there's an excellent article in the Technical Articles for Milsurp Collectors and Re-loaders (click here).

WW1 Periscopic Prism Co Ltd London Telescopic Sight Strip Down

This interesting article is accompanied by a very nice photo montage, detailing the complete "strip down" of a WW1 Periscopic Prism Co Ltd London Telescopic Sight.

There's also several MKL (Milsurp Knowldege Library) entries in the England - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here), accompanied by hundreds of pics and closeups of mounts and scopes in the various photo montages, that I'm sure will give you want you want.

No.3 MkI* (T) Rifle (BSA Scope) - (Pattern 1914 Mk1* W (T) Sniper Rifle)

No.3 MkI* (T) Rifle (PP Scope) - (Pattern 1914 Mk1* W (T) Sniper Rifle)

Regards,
Badger