L42a1 scopes

[KIMBO65]

HI, CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT OTHER MAKES OF SCOPES WHERE FITTED ONTO L42'S?.
I HAVE HEARD OF S+B 6X42 AI SCOPE BEING FITTED, WAS THE CORRECT?

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[Peter Laidler]

In general military service? NONE. Trials? Several were tried but not successfully.

[Gil Boyd]

Enforcer yes, fitted in the main with S&B 6X42, and in some cases PECAR scopes, with PH rings but never on the L42A1 in my service in both the Army and Police for what its worth

[Peter Laidler]

By the time any serious consideration was given to replacing the old L1A1 telescopes in the late 70's early 80's, when the last L42 conversions were still being churned out the GS requirement had decreed that the L42 was past its sell by date. By the early mid 80's the trials were taking place and by '86, the L96 was in the pipeline.

[KIMBO65]

Thanks for the replies, i saw a picture of a s+b 6x42 green scope mounted on an l42 and the text said that they where used in the first golf war?

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oops, i mean gulf

[Roger Payne]

You wouldn't be the Kimbo that I know-bo, would you?

ATB

[FlightRN]

Good Day,
Here is an example of one of the late "test" scope mounts and the scope that came with it.
Regards,
Michael

[KIMBO65]

Hi roger, yes it is. hope your keeping well & enjoying not working now!

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Hi, thanks for the reply. i saw one of those mounts sold on that 'e' sight a while ago, it did'nt sell for much as people had not seen it before & thought it was a repro.

[Roger Payne]

Kim,
Thanks for yours, nice to 'speak' again, & yes, I am enjoying retirement - I can play with Lee Enfields all day long! If it is of any interest, in the fullness of time, I intend to get a few of these brackets remade. I won't do many, as I suspect that there will be a few very keen people, but with the emphasis on 'few'. I also don't have any time scale yet, but hope it will be within the next 12 months or so (unless somebody else beats me to it, of course). I have two slightly different patterns to chose from, but would probably do the one as per FlightRN's photo above. The other type I have is very slightly different & uses plain 1/4" BSF allen screws to locate it, rather than the traditional thumb screws.

ATB

[KIMBO65]

Good to know , i would be intrested in 1 of your brackets. what ring size will they be?
regards
kim