Quote Originally Posted by boltaction View Post
Yes, sorry, forgot to mention that. The butt and cheekpiece seem to be original. I was going to pop the butt off it, and look at the socket markings on it, but it has the washer still inside on the screw, and I hate digging those things out because I always seem to wreck them. Anyone have any tricks on that? I do have a couple of really long screwdrivers of course (who doesn't who owns a Lee Enfield?) but they have a broad blade. Is the trick maybe to get a long screwdriver with a narrow blade that will fit through the little hole in the washer?????

Ed
Long Branch snipers do not have the markings under the socket which the brit's do.

I had a Brit which I believed to have been renumbered, I thought I would outsmart the vandal.

Imagine my surprise to find the shelf of wood to have been removed and replaced with a glued in wooden plate. ;-)