No4 Mk1* "T style"

[OxfordAndy]

Picked up the finished article yesterday.

Rifle is a '44 dated Long Branch No4 Mk1* with 5 groove barrel (FTR'd at Fazakerley in '53)
Scope is a late '44 dated No32 MkIII by Cooke , Troughton and Simms
Bracket is one of Roger Payne's repros with scope pads from Nobsdave.
EFD provided the repro cheekpiece
Late pattern repro scope caps from Jonathan Moore
Turner Slings M1907 sling from their "Historic Reproduction" range
Mk1 Rear sight modified to allow bolt removal
"Unissued" 1957 brass buttplate (to replace original parkerized one)
Target swivel courtesy of Ebay
Mk2 Butt sling bracket (from Paul at TVG)

All put together for me by Paul Green at Thames Valley Guns.

In hindsight this has probably worked out at least as expensive as buying a mid-range original and the project was not without the odd drama....but it all came good in the end!

The rifle shot 1.5" groups with out-of=the-box S&B 174gr when Paul tested it.

i hope to be able to improve on that with my HPS 174gr SMK's.

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