Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
I found a load of these backsights in the armoury cupboard at my sons old school Cadet Force.
If the school are selling them I am in the market for one (it'll save me defacing the No 5 rearsight I've just bought).

On another note I made reference to a barrel I have assumed was sleeved by A J Parker. Its on a 'latterday' No 9 with some history which I am trying to trace down.
No marking on the barrel crown which has rounded finish but the knox is stamped with an AJP stamp. Would AGP, Parker-Hale and AJP all have had sleeving machinery and access to .22 liners (were they common?)? Or is it likely that one, or the other, sleeved barrels for all three?
There is reference in the above works to later copy No 9s by 'a well-known Birmingham gunsmith' and I am fairly sure that others have also been produced.
Any details known out there?

John