Quote Originally Posted by Jim Tarletonicon View Post
Jim,

In "Sniping in Franceicon", Pritchard said the best combination they found was a P14 with a scope mounted over the bore, and is I remember correctly, his scope of choice was the A5. You can download "Sniping in France" for free, and if you need the web site, I can try to find it again. That obviously isn't an A5, but could the rifle be a P14?

Jim
According to Ian Skennertonicon, the Britishicon in WWI fitted Winchester P14 rifles with a special fine-adjustment rear sight for use as sniper rifles. Skennerton went on to add that the rifles were more accurate with iron sights than No. 1 Mark III's fitted with scopes.

J.B.