An interesting Territorial rifle

I have three Lee Enfield civilian target rifles in my collection, one a M.L.E. made sometime prior to 1908, a S.M.L.E. regulated by Fulton, and the other a Territorial Rifle (C.L.L.E.). It's rather interesting how the 'Territorial' rifle is less travelled than the other two but that's a story for another day. The BSA & Co C.L.L.E. is in excellent condition with a strong bore and a couple of very interesting accessories and stamps. The accessory is the very rare and unique Vickers Son & Maxim quadrant windage adjustment rear sight and the 'ghost ring' front sight. I was unfamiliar with this sighting system and only became aware of it when I bought this rifle. Apparently Vickers Son and Maxim wanted to try their hand at the small arm trade in some small way and developed the sight for commercial sales. Also of interest is the serial number of this rifle, which I believe is " 1 ", at least, that is what is stamped on the bolt and on the receiver ring. Also of interest and slightly amusing is the "For Cordite Only" and Birmingham Proof stamp on the receiver ring which BSA stamped on all their rifles starting in 1898 to avoid lawsuits when cartridges loaded with with Nitrocellulose powders damaged a shooter's rifle.....except this rifle has "Nitro Proved" with Birmingham Nitro Proved stamps, so it's a case of "Don't use Nitro Powders!", "You can use Nitro Powders!" stamps. This rifle also has the Birmingham 'View' stamps which allowed the shooter to bypass certain inspections to compete in Service Rifle matches. Enjoy the pictures. I shoot this rifle on a regular basis and I'm currently looking for an original rear sight to mount on the VSM quadrant.

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