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11-30-2017 10:50 PM
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Peter in his back shop on a Sunday afternoon...
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Quite the test firing rig, isn't it?
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Originally Posted by
painter777
test firing rig
I remember as a kid in the army, there was a machine rest that was even more substantial sitting in our outdoor 25 yd range... I examined it of course, handwheels and solid construction. It had been set in place because it probably weighed 500 lbs...
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That is what we call 'the Enfield layer' or rest I had a spare one at Warminster and knew of the remains at another place. Someone wanted some of the major parts for one - in Canada
!!!!! Like BAR says, made of solid cast brass and weighed in at about 500lbs! It accurately replicated the actual recoil effect as a constant every time so it was good when testing batches against each other. It could be set to different recoil strengths and each No32 was tested for 'fastness' on a slave rifle fired from the layer, with the recoil set to hard. If the No32 scope passed that, it was good to go. Maybe that's a question you ought to ask your local repairer....... 'has my repaired telescope been shock tested for fastness'. Maybe he has a similar device in his out house.
Maybe the firer in the photo is just about to slip his ear defenders on but I can't seem to see them handy.........
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Maybe the firer in the photo is just about to slip his ear defenders on but I can't seem to see them handy.
Maybe he's just deaf as a post?
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'the Enfield layer' or rest I had a spare one at Warminster and knew of the remains at another place.
I think LERA has one
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Something like this perchance or heavier?
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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There was one at Bordon I showed an interest in but its future was uncertain, I don't know if it was shipped to the new SEME base or was scrapped with a lot of other stuff.......
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Maybe he's just deaf as a post?
I did hear a story once that the old boys who worked in the testing sheds at Enfield were all "hearing impaired", and they had, over time, developed their own sign language.
Anybody else heard that?
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