Help! Misaligned Pads on No 4.

[30Three]

One thing I don't quite get is why this was done to such a beautiful rifle. Was it a case of getting very bad advice?
To me it would seem more practical to fit a "no drill" scope mount if eyesight requirements mean you need a scope.
If I wanted a T replica, I would start by sourcing a T scope and all the right bits before drilling anything; and it would on a No4Mk1.
I really hope you can get this sorted properly so it remains safe and beautiful.

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[Seaspriter]

One thing I don't quite get is why this was done to such a beautiful rifle. Was it a case of getting very bad advice?

Good Question. To me there are two pathways down which this problem manifests:

1. Bubba: This man is a fool, arrogant, and will blunder into anything, massacring everything to which they lay the butcher's touch -- Ouch!! these folks are detestable baboons.

2. Bignorant: This man is generally well intended and skillful in many things, but has a Big-Ignorant portion of their brain that makes assumptions based on experience in another or similar field. They just don't know what they don't know, but they really do care (this describes me when it comes to many of the nuances and intricacies of Enfields and many other guns.) This is the gunsmith that caused the problems -- he was skilled enough to screw it up, but not inquisitive enough to either say no to the job or to find out how to do it right. Probably a very nice gentleman if you met him one-on-one, and very confident he knew what he was doing -- he just didn't go to ask the Masters. This is why I sent my Sniper to Brian Dick -- he's studied with the Masters, like Captain Laidler.

It's one thing to screw up a plain vanilla run-of the-mill battle worn Enfield (a shame, but alas stuff like this happens); it's another thing to mess up a precious Sniper that was so carefully built and preserved through the wars and over the many years afterwards.