Long Branch No4 Mk1* T with CNo32 Mk4 Scope

[Yeandle31]

It's not a T.P. - TP stands for "Trade Pattern" specific to the commercial Lyman Alaskan scope adopted as the C.No.32 TP MkI

The C.No.32Mk4 (redesignated as the C.No.67Mk1) is a No4 MkI*(T)

Thank you for the clarification.

I was operating under the assumption that anything which had the TP style scope mounting system (ie. the dovetailed mount with securing wingnuts) was considered a TP. But it does make sense that this would not be considered a TP as the optic wasn't procured commercially, from the "trade", as it were.

I find it interesting that this was the mounting system that they carried forward vice the traditional mounting system of pads and bracket seen with the No32 series of optics. I can see the mechanical advantages of this system but it just stands in juxtaposition to the British who kept the traditional mounting system on their L42s.

Thanks,
Kevin