making new no32 scopes?

[Alfred]

I ran across an article on Hong Kong Police sniper rifles that used selected for accuracy No.4 rifles fitted with pads and a cast aircraft alloy reproduction of the T type scope mount, a Tasco scope was used for these according to the article. The magazine was one that reviewed Police weaponry available at the time, so it was probably correct.

The only experience I've had with the No. 32 scope was one given to a good friend many years ago. This had come with its steel case and other accessories, but both Scope and Mount were battle damaged, or damaged in some vehicle accident.

The mounting bolts were bent and the mount also bent. The horizon wire had come loose at one side and hung loose.
My friend mounted this scope on a M96 Swedish Mauser, intending to build a No.4 T later on.
He obtained a No. 4 T receiver with pads intact in a strange manner.
He spotted the rifle as a relic that was part of a display outside a surplus store, in Florida I think, The rifle was in the hands of a dummy that was dressed in a British uniform, and had been left outside the store during the daytime off and on for years.
The rifle itself was not salvagable except for the receiver.
Unfortunately after my friend's car was towed in due to a traffic violation the receiver along with several guns he had in the trunk had disappeared from the car while in the impound yard.

He had asked if I could repair the scope. I have repaired and/or cleaned numerous antique and modern telescopes, and a few scope sights over the years. I'd never run across any information on the No.32 before that so I didn't try it.
Later I found an add for a similar scope that had been the sighting aparatus of a anti-tank gun of some sort. These had no post recticle and only the horizon wire. The add had said these could be used for spare parts to repair the No.32 scopes.

[goo]

it takes a manly man to zero a no32 mk1
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/17...g?v=1151079622

[Peter Laidler]

Alfred mentions a scope similar to the No32 that's useful for spares. That'll be the No42 and/or the 53 telescope Alf. They were used as the means of sighting the coaxial BESA machine gun on the Churchill Mk7 gun tank. The line was vertical in the housing and the BESA fired up and down that line. As usual, I digress.......... Yes, they're very useful as spare parts for a needy No32