Serial number AE 1000 N0 4 Mk 1 (T)?

[Roger Payne]

The link & the information about the 4T & exploits of captain Mason are indeed most interesting. Obviously he was (is?) quite a man! One thing does puzzle me though, in that I cannot see how the rifle shown could have gone ashore on D-Day with one of Captain Mason's snipers, as it is a R prefix rifle made at the cusp of the year change over between 1944 & 1945. It also appears to be genuinely matching with a Taylor Hobson Co Mk3 scope. The Mk3 scope did not exist until the Autumn of 1944. I am not for one minute suggesting anything untoward, but I wonder if perhaps it was another rifle that went ashore on D-Day, & the rifle shown was a later addition to 4 Commando's inventory???

Just an observation.......

ATB

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[teltec01]

The link & the information about the 4T & exploits of captain Mason are indeed most interesting. Obviously he was (is?) quite a man! One thing does puzzle me though, in that I cannot see how the rifle shown could have gone ashore on D-Day with one of Captain Mason's snipers, as it is a R prefix rifle made at the cusp of the year change over between 1944 & 1945. It also appears to be genuinely matching with a Taylor Hobson Co Mk3 scope. The Mk3 scope did not exist until the Autumn of 1944. I am not for one minute suggesting anything untoward, but I wonder if perhaps it was another rifle that went ashore on D-Day, & the rifle shown was a later addition to 4 Commando's inventory???

Just an observation.......

ATB

I agree with you, the dates don't seem to support the story, I just found it interesting to see another (T) that was one digit from mine.