1935 Lithgow MkIII

[jb303]

Yes mate, I was out at Penrith, I was very lucky to get the HT, the No 4's were priced at $6k to $6500, they were in very good order.

cheers

John

[5thBatt]

Awesome discovery there, having that steel connection/brace between the locking plate and the recoil lug face, never seen one up close, and never ever on a non target rifle, any chance of a pic of the plate with the two legs out of the wood? This is a mod thats coming up on a project rifle but the logics need a few tweeks yet.

Had the rifle at work today, couldn't get the plate out but here is the photo of my other 1935 Lithgow

[jb303]

nice..

[Homer]

This is what it looks like removed from the forend.

[Peter Laidler]

I can see that the mechanism is another means to achieve an end but is it a commercial means of tightening up the fore-end to achieve greater accuracy or a military idea to save patching the draws? Any Military input at all?

Just another Q following on from RJW (#16 below.....). Are the rods adjustable in any way? It doesn't look like it but by definition they MUST be due to the fact that every rifle is slightly different - that's why we have to FIT a fore-end!

[RJW NZ]

I like what I see, although it could be upgraded to really do the job, overall, a must try for the target shooter, otherwise I'm with Peter's question, inquiring minds need to know.

[5thBatt]

I can see that the mechanism is another means to achieve an end but is it a commercial means of tightening up the fore-end to achieve greater accuracy or a military idea to save patching the draws? Any Military input at all?

Just another Q following on from RJW (#16 below.....). Are the rods adjustable in any way? It doesn't look like it but by definition they MUST be due to the fact that every rifle is slightly different - that's why we have to FIT a fore-end!

No adjustment on them, i would think they have to be fitted.
The answer to your Q "is it a commercial means of tightening up the fore-end to achieve greater accuracy or a military idea to save patching the draws? " would be the same as for the copper blocks or the walnut inserts Lithgow also used.

[muffett.2008]

I do remember seeing the patent for this while searching for something else, didn't dowload it though, had no interest at the time.




(Seeking Omark/Sportco M44 serial No.'s.)

[RJW NZ]

If they were on a thread, and holes drilled through the wrist face, they could be tightened up, forcing the locking plate back against the wrist face, thus making a tightly fitted corner brace in that wrist/receiver angle. Logically speaking it should be an improvement in accuracy for target shooters, a good idea to test at the range (the place where logical ideas often fail, lol).

[paulseamus]

Lithgow production figures from Skennerton:

"1934/35 500"
"1935/36 1,141"

Either way a rare rifle.

Paul