Quote Originally Posted by Surpmil View Post
Perhaps his father spent some time in Canadaicon? The mismatches between cases and scopes presumably occurred over time in service. We now have five or six scopes showing up in the UKicon in contrast to the two sent for appraisal in 1945. But over time rifle teams travelling back and forth etc. could account for that. The kit was sure to appeal to marksmen for range use, and might even have been issued to Canadian service rifle teams? Presumably they were surplussed off sometime around the introduction of the FN C1A1.
I have come to believe that the cases were themselves serial numbered which had nothing to do with the contained scopes.

This is based on observing a distinct lack of matched units, and the fact that REL No8 tins are individually serial numbered.