Mystery No.32 Mk3 variation - solved!

[Nigel]

I can't remember which forum, probably Culvers, but a few years ago a member posted a picture of a strange No.32 Mk3 with modified elevation and windage drums - see picture of his scope. There was much speculation at the time whether this was a civilian or military modification. I have recently been trawling through some old Ordnance Board minutes dating from between November 1947 to September 1949. The minutes reveal that they were trying to solve the problem of the slipping scales being too easy to slip -sometimes moving under recoil! A modification was designed to secure the scales. Scope No. 17,664 was modified - see the drawing. Another scope No. 17,700 was also modified using a different method suggested by one of the Board members. Either scope was a one off exercise - will the lucky forum member who owns it please step forward and take a bow!

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