Where to get a decent reproduction scope for a no4 mk1?

[CINDERS]

Paying $1000+ for a real one would be no problem..

I got a mixed message from what you said, a Sniper T will appreciate always and if you got a scopeless one for 800 smackers you did well and as said the T & scopes will only appreciate they are worth a bit of faith.
And as also stated a repo you could actually go backwards on the invested monies on a repo scope as P.L and others have stated they do not stand up to the recoil and will never increase in value.
Pics of the weapon would be good so the people will be able to give you some of its history so to speak

[Peter Laidler]

I'm with Cinders here. I've only been a bit-part reader of this thread so forgive me if I've got it all wrong but my reading of this, shared with others I suspect, is that you have obtained an absolutely classic but incomplete rifle. A bit like falling onto a V-12 E type that's missing the wheels and tyres and some of the body panels. But you want to fix it up to complete on the cheap. Not just the cheap, but cheap-as-chips cheap. Well, you ain't going to do it that way I'm afraid to say. You gotta speculate to accumulate! Start by getting a commercially made bracket from England. If they were good enough for the UK MoD to refit our rifles, then they're good enough to fit yours too. They ain't cheap but genuine E Type bits ain't cheap either

As it is, a No4T rifle without a telescope and bracket, even with a fake telescope and bracket is basically just a No4 rifle. Just like a Taxi without a taxi sign is just a car!

Anyone else..............

[PrinzEugen]

$800 for a genuine scopeless 4t is very very cheap - in the uk you'd be looking at least at £1000+. I have seen mk1 scopes got for £550 on ebay recently which would be prefectly acceptable to use - and you could hunt out an original bracket ... or buy one of Roger's repros - which are 'authentic' in that they were actually used as replacements on l42s. I don't think you'd lose money on the set up in any case.

[Surpmil]

No need to pay $2000. to get an original scope and bracket in the USA. Not even $1000. at times. Get a good photo and walk around at gun shows showing it to people and asking if they know where you could get such a scope and/or mount. Something will turn up.