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    That's a pretty damn interesting project Colonel! Is the item shown the converted No53? It's pretty good if it is. Did your fitter man machine the tube down so that it'd fit into the No32 bracket cradles (the No42 and 53 are .018" oversize) and did he re-engrave the correct markings onto it.

    It looks to me that those fitting the weavers scopes to No4T's have got precious little eye relief and thgose big brass eye cell retaining rings certainly know how to split your eye brows open........... but only once!
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    Peter - the tube is untouched, as is the bracket (I'm assuming a SARCO as it was sold to me by a US friend) - the block is held in place by the turrets (they're in reality just big grub screws) by light pressure (the sleeve around the turret block is a superbly tight fit).

    The markings are still 53 scope; the plates under the turrets are fakes - a groove machined in and then deliberately left square - with allen key screws 'holding' them down. The rifle they attach to is also mercifully free of stamps and markings as the whole project was to produce something the public could handle and look through without deceiving them or other collectors. I proudly clain that my rifle is a *unique* No. 4(E) - the E standing for ersatz

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