Winchester A5 scope with Broad Arrow mark

[Roger Payne]

Considering only 907 were procured for the British military in WW1 it surprises me just how often (relatively speaking) broad arrow marked examples turn up.

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Considering only 907 were procured for the British military in WW1 it surprises me just how often (relatively speaking) broad arrow marked examples turn up.

May we assume - based on this - the mount compared to the public opinion on being quite an odd construction did pretty well in the field and many made it back? Or on the counterpart may we assume that it was so poor, not many made it into the field and most were kept for training within the UK and therefore many survived?