Hi,
Can anyone tell me the date at which the No.42 scope went into production?
I am trying to bottom out the mythology around its supposed use in Aux. Unit and SOE .22 ‘sniper’ rifles. I appreciate the arguments (not least from Peter Laidlericon on this Forum) on how poorly it would have performed. The famous illustration showing a No.42 on a ‘silenced’ Winchester 74 from a supposed ‘SOE manual’ is also now known to be a mock-up of 1991. I also suspect Parker Hale might have knocked some up out of war surplus to make an impressive-looking rifle for post-war sales. Nonetheless, its use on the Winchester 74 has been reported from four, possibly five, Aux Unit patrols and cannot, I think, be dismissed simply as ‘false memory syndrome’. I wonder if it might have been briefly issued as part of a trial - ultimately unsuccessful for obvious reasons (incapable of adjustment beyond what was on the PH mount) in the later war period. Does anyone, therefore, know when the No.42 sight might first have been available?
Malcolm
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