Pattern 1914 Mk1* W (T) Build

[hatrick]

First off, my mistake saying the windage adjustment on the 1918 scope was on the ocular end, it is on the objective lens end.

Surpmil has quite the eye… he saw the one hiccup in the build in that the rear ring isn’t perfectly flat and true against the rear base. These are tough setups and require a lot of hand fitting of the rear base and cutting the rear sight protector ear notch to get the correct elevation and then having to basically file the locking lever screw to get everything to lock up. That alone is somewhat disturbing as you are filing halfway through the locking lever shaft and the tiny locking lever screw but that’s how the originals were done.

The lockup is rock solid and both front claws are super tight in the front base and fully against the front pin so I’m hoping this one imperfection on the rear base is merely cosmetic.

The scope and rings still have their original blued finish. That is buggering to the screw and not flaking off the finish. And the one dot on the ring looks like a spot that the bluing didn’t take.