Hi RobD,
Thanks for your response, but that's not what I'm really after. I'm interested in the forerunners maybe, as I've only ever seen one done, I'm not really sure what they did then, but it is mentioned they used quite a few Germanicon scopes and mounts, then modified those to fit the Enfield and Ross rifles somehow, It's the transition mount part, I'm interested in.
The same as the Capture scopes they talk about using, how did they get stuck onto the rifles, would they have been made to fit on using an existing scope mount, with what what was to hand, or would this of been sent off somewhere? Just kind of thinking out-loud here, and fishing for idea's as I have read bit's here and there, but searches for pictures haven't returned much success.
I have a nice Gerard scope with mounts on it, with a clip installed to hold it in place on a rail indent, I could make up the rail and screw that onto an A5 type scope mount, anyone think that's something that sounds likely, or ridiculous.
I have an engineering background, and a shop, but no idea how the military works, thinks or would have worked, as I've never been exposed. I have two rifles, and 3 scopes, I'd like to stick the parts together and enjoy shooting them. No bags of money invested, and I need to keep it that way, on a fixed income, and the books I'm reading nearly all talk about using their own rifles, or borrowing, something that's been made up anyway. Seems like all kinds of stuff was in our trenches at he start, until late War including elephant guns. Interesting period.