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.
They kept it for the L42 because the L42's were simply re-worked No4T's. There were plans afoot to new-build L42's on brand new Mk2 bodies that had been languishing in store at Enfield after the closure of Fazakerley. . But the expense was too great and if the truth be known, the expertise was long gone by then. The L42 was done on the cheap. I know that many don't like to hear that, but it was
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Originally Posted by Yeandle31
