SMLE mounted troop rifle

[bigduke6]

Rob, Jim,

It was mentioned when I first did a thread on it, I have plenty of pics I took when it was in my possession (for a very short period), I was going to put them up but don't think its fair, with all due respect to EFD I would of thought that they would of give it a wide berth.....

The problem is not the rifle its who made/ built it up ??

We all know it come from Chris barbers collection and when I started to investigate it, I was turning up a lot of stones and the investigation did go off in all tangents, very interesting and spoke to many, but could never get any hard evidence, I,ve still got all the notes, so may put them to paper one day when I write my memoir's.

Although when I purchased it, it come with a lot of providence, but when checked out it was all fantasy, It was supposed to be one of three or so that was confirmed to Chris Barber by the late Peter Fox ( NZ) the problem here was Peter was below room temp before Chris had even started collecting.

When I looked at all the facts and figures I,m led to believe that Chris Barber was not fully responsible or didn't make ALL the "not quite correct" rifles he had, I'm quite sure he probably got stitched up in his early collecting days, one thing I do know he never made the rifle in question, as I know of the guy he was with when he picked it up.

One things for sure its one of the first lemons I had and it certainly won't be the last...... its also gained another 0 on the price in the last few years.

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