My First No. 4 Mk. 1T - Maybe??

[tj214]

Wow. I certainly got lucky with this purchase. Did you own this scope at an earlier time? Sure wish it still looked as good as it does in the pic you just posted--but even well-worn I'm glad to have it.

[Surpmil]

Thanks Roger: the numbers on yours fit the pattern?

Years ago I found the name of a gent online who worked during WWII for Unicam Instruments Cambridge (he still lived there IIRC) and phoned him him up out of the blue. He couldn't speak to No.32 sights in particular, but did say that the company had done a lot of small lot and specialized jobs "for the Ministry", so I suppose that fits with U.I.C. being given the left-overs and odd & ends to finish up or make serviceable, perhaps after the major manufacturers had retooled their lines for other work?

Tangential, but I'd also wonder why Houghton Butcher, Kodak and Watson were dropped from the production completely and replaced with Kershaw, Cooke, Troughton & Sims and Taylor, Hobson & Co.?

Could be their work was not thought to be up to snuff? The Mk.3 builders were I believe all firms with reputations for high quality output.

Wow. I certainly got lucky with this purchase. Did you own this scope at an earlier time? Sure wish it still looked as good as it does in the pic you just posted--but even well-worn I'm glad to have it.

Would depend on what you paid.

What you really want is Mk.I No.9992 and considering the condition of the rifle it is very likely that the scope is out there somewhere in a similar condition, perhaps even with the matching bracket.

[tj214]

TWould depend on what you paid.

What you really want is Mk.I No.9992 and considering the condition of the rifle it is very likely that the scope is out there somewhere in a similar condition, perhaps even with the matching bracket.

3k including tax, etc.

Best way to search for the original scope? I'm new to this so can use all the advice I can get.

[Roger Payne]

Thanks Roger: the numbers on yours fit the pattern?

I don't know surpmil.............I may just wait & buy a copy of Lance's forthcoming book to find out!

[Surpmil]

I don't know surpmil.............I may just wait & buy a copy of Lance's forthcoming book to find out!

I expect you are in the credits?

[Roger Payne]

Another reason I may have to buy a copy.........to find out......

[tj214]

Per my question a couple days ago--since I've never done this before, does anybody have advice on how to locate Mk. 32 scope #9992 that was originally fitted to my (T)?

Milsurp suggested it might still exist, and it'd be super cool to rejoin the rifle and scope after ... x number of years.

I've tried the obvious, which means searching this and a couple other milsurps sites, as well as a standard DuckDuckGo search, for this scope and serial number, but no hits. I thought about posting my quest on this site's WTS/WTB/WTT and Angel's "Match Making" forums, but they seem to get near zero traffic, so didn't.

Help!?

[Roger Payne]

You could try a pm to Seaforth72. Colin keeps close tabs on surviving scopes & rifles & may be able to assist. Over the years he has compiled a substantial database. No guarantees, but worth a try.

[tj214]

You could try a pm to Seaforth72. Colin keeps close tabs on surviving scopes & rifles & may be able to assist. Over the years he has compiled a substantial database. No guarantees, but worth a try.

Thanks again, Roger. Contact made and we're off to the races.

[Roger Payne]

Good Luck!