L42A1 question.

[XL39E1]

You should know a bit more about this L42 Pete, it was one of the batch that was sent to the school of
infantry, Warminster, and not Donnington? For trials or for instruction purposes do you think?

[jmoore]

Getting feeble minded:



Scout Regiment scope S/N on the OUTSIDE of the transit chest...But no match to the optic inside!

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BTW, I think that if someone looks hard enough, that mangled bracket has been a subject of a thread here previously. I'm pooped, so it's up to y'all. Cut two trails through the "jungle", cleared a couple of kill zones, and drove a 100 miles afterwards before flopping down here. An L42 would be an encumberance in these woods...

^%$$**&!!! Left the swing blade at the tree line! No scabbard, unlike the machete. Dad gum it...Tarnation, even.

[Peter Laidler]

Most of those School of Inf rifles were there at the end of their lives Colin. Some were taken away very early on and I suspect that these were the 'non standard' rifles/barrels/bodies that were modified at RSAF tyo a codified spec and then put back into the system later. And hence, duplication of serial numbers

[PrinzEugen]

A chum who worked with the snipers at Warminster can never believe how clear my post-Peter revamped scopes are - the ones he used to deal with were very much as DPL describes - very tired and at the end of long service years.

[Brian Dick]

I imported the last batch of 30 or so that no one wanted in England back in 2001. Even the tired ones tuned up with freshly serviced scopes. All went out the door test fired and ready. Even the real tired ones shot better than I could once serviced and tuned.

[MJ1]

Note to self not to use auctions selling L42. LOL

[FlightRN]

I would concur with JM. It is clearly a 'real' L42 but more photos would have been much better. The style of markings on the bracket looks very 'teutonic' to me. I have seen other L42's that were released initially on to the German market that bore this style of letters/number as later additions, but these were stenciled onto the woodwork, not the bracket.

ATB

Good Day Roger,
It's interesting that you mention a Teutonic look. I saw a fascinating No 4 (T) when I went to the German Army Technical Museum (Die Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung) at Koblenz. What struck me was that the Germans had modified the stock so it was a straight grip and that the scope and mount were repainted in bronze green. A number of pieces in that museum were unique.

I was lucky enough to find one of the rifles that Brian Dick brought back and add it to the collection. It took allot of patience and determination, but I completed its CES some time ago.

Best Regards,
Michael

[Roger Payne]

Michael,
Thanks for that; it's certainly a new one on me! Thanks for posting the photo's - they're another interesting little addition to the saga of the Lee Enfield.

ATB

R

[Peter Laidler]

There's something not quite right about that rifle (thread 17 pics) if you ask me............ I have seen one or two and......... Yep, not happy. Not the stupid butt configuration or mickey mouse paint on the telescope but....

[RobD]

Peter,is it the .303 magazine that's catching your eye...