No4(T) No32 Scope Bracket

[Peter Laidler]

Can anyone pass any further comments on the most unusual, almost absurd number matching of the cradle/cradle caps. If anyones telling me that this is genuine, then I'm a piccolo player............. Clearly the 'stamper' has no concept of English numbers and letters

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[Surpmil]

Can anyone pass any further comments on the most unusual, almost absurd number matching of the cradle/cradle caps....

Myself I think it's a genuine bracket, the patina and overall configuration is almost impossible to fake, and it's out of an old collection in the USA. As for the wonky markings, I'd say it's a disgruntled employee thumbing their nose at authority as much as they can without having the product rejected as unfit for service and thereby getting themselves in trouble. Clearly done on purpose.

Would make no difference in use, in fact the more odd the markings, the easier they are to differentiate from others. Maybe someone thought he was going one better than the requirements!?

[jimmieZ]

The seller just added the receiver pads today - very rough and extremely odd method of fixing to the receiver. The front pad has 3 screws and 2 pins - odd pattern for the screws - not to normal spec. Then there are the 2 pins that anchor the pad to the top of the receiver. The rear pad has only the through-hole for the bracket fixing screw - no individual mounting screws like we see on every other correct rifle - seller says rear mount was silver soldered only. With all that I've observed, it definitely looks "foreign" to British construction. I tend to agree with prior assertion this may have been a setup copied by and implemented by India (or another former colony using British equipment). I also think it is an original bracket - just not original to war department specs. With the odd configuration of the mounting blocks, I'd be concerned the bracket may not match the mounting points of a correctly setup rifle from H&H.

[Surpmil]

The seller just added the receiver pads today - very rough and extremely odd method of fixing to the receiver. The front pad has 3 screws and 2 pins - odd pattern for the screws - not to normal spec. Then there are the 2 pins that anchor the pad to the top of the receiver. The rear pad has only the through-hole for the bracket fixing screw - no individual mounting screws like we see on every other correct rifle - seller says rear mount was silver soldered only. With all that I've observed, it definitely looks "foreign" to British construction. I tend to agree with prior assertion this may have been a setup copied by and implemented by India (or another former colony using British equipment). I also think it is an original bracket - just not original to war department specs. With the odd configuration of the mounting blocks, I'd be concerned the bracket may not match the mounting points of a correctly setup rifle from H&H.

The pads are Israeli; no connection to the bracket that I can see, except that they should fit together.