No4 Sniper rifle/Armourer's Bipod

[Peter Laidler]

Australia didn't make Mk2 Brens (thread 27). What you have is a Mk1 hybrid which most of them are, even those that were in service. Fitting different barrels*, butt slides, bipods, butts etc etc was the accepted permissible norm. The parts were designed/altered for ease of manufacture, simplicity and interchangeability between the mark/types. But regardless of how the gun was configured, the mark was that of the master component - the body. Mk1 body = Mk1 gun
*Barrels had to be the same mark/type though

Big ball bag (thread 25). Yes, but it was designed like that. Unlike the the No4 rifle. But even the FG42 had a different MPI when fired off the bipod.

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[Sentryduty]

But even the FG42 had a different MPI when fired off the bipod.

Absolutely it would, another example, the VZ58 (CZ858 etc) has a service issued bipod that clips on the bayonet lug, and for the MPI shifts by a vast amount when using it. It's to the point where the shift between bipod and no-bipod requires re-regulation of the sights.



I know we could bang on about this for days, but the best thing for a barrel is to leave it alone to work as a barrel and not serve as an attachment point for hardware and Christmas decorations.