I wanted to publicly thank Colin (Seaforth72) for reuniting scope/mount to AP8156. A simple thank you seems woefully insufficient for his perseverance, but again, I am very thankful he spotted the mismatched T wearing the old scope/mount for AP8156, which is in my possession. Rifle and scope arrived today.

It is unknown if the scope was original to the rifle, as the butt was replaced for a small one sometime in its service life, and there is no scope number on the wrist. Scope mount is marked "GF" for Gujarat Forces (India State Forces). Scope has been repainted. It is a CTS Mk 3, number 19121.

Interesting journey for AP8156: rifle was located at a gun show in Barstow, California (sans scope/mount) just about a year and a half ago. Colin located a mismatched 1944 No4T in Texas with the correct mount for my rifle. Struck a deal with the owner. He said he bought his rifle out of Oklahoma over 20 years ago.

I'll post pics when I have time.

A very grateful "thank you" to Seaforth72.