Looking for a No4 Mk1 T

[Roger Payne]

Ian, the original rifle serial number of AV9166 (or is it 9168?), relates to a BSA Shirley rifle made late in 1943. This means that the bracket & scope themselves probably haven't always been together, as the bracket is marked to a 1943 rifle & the scope is a Mk3 which did not enter production until October 1944. (That's not 100% certain as there is just a possibility that the matching scope & bracket were switched to a 1943 rifle before the rifle numbers started to be marked on the brackets just after WW2). But, considering the equipment as a whole, I suspect the scope & bracket were probably married together at some point in the past, & both were then fitted to 'your' rifle.