WW1 'Periscope Prism company' sniper scope???

[lmg15]

lmg15, may I be evil and add an alternative to the SMLE PPCo mounted Aldis scope: The Aldis scope for the PPCo dovetail mount were not equipped with the scope ring at PPCo, but at another company and therefore do not have the same marking on the tube as with the PPCo mount for the P.14/No. 3 (T) rifle. Or do the contracts show something differently?

Promo, that was exactly what I was thinking about in my point 1.b.2. Still an open question in my mind....

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May I start Thursday with an apology & an explanation? To borrow Madzi's expression, I've just had a 'eureka moment', at least in a minor sense....

I was pretty certain that both the Aldis scopes destined for the P'14 & the SMLE in the claw mounts were attributable to the PPCo, at least to the confirmation of fitting. It was a shock when I looked at my example off a SMLE (one of those illustrated in an earlier posting) to find that there was no 'Fitted by....' on the scope tube. This perplexed me, until the penny dropped this morning. The SMLE/Aldis/Claw Mount scope WAS overtly attributed to the PPCo., but it was marked NOT on the scope tube. (I had not looked at the scope in question for some time & had forgotten about the location of markings). The chapter & verse on the scopes destined for the SMLE was engraved on the leg of the rear mount. I cannot remember from memory if it was in precisely the same format as engraved on the tubes of the scopes destined for the P'14, but I think it was, or it only differed slightly. Significantly, the date engraved on these, at least on the sole example of which I am aware, is 1919. This again, was behind my earlier comment that I believe the two systems were set up approximately contemporaneously, or perhaps the SMLE system immediately after the P'14's.

Roger, very interesting! On reading this, I rushed to have another look at my example under a magnifying lamp, but alas, it is blank, the same as Roger C's. D.

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Strewth, I've read this all three times.....some is sinking in, other bits are just confusing.....but all in all a wealth of knowledge with a bit of supposition.
Just need someone to put it all in a logical sequence.

Yes muffet - a good point. I think there is a lot of new evidence trickling from some excellent collections, and a fair bit of thinking out loud. Once this thread has exhausted, the best points and photos could probably generate a new book....ATB, D.