Guys, I'm going to try to put to paper my attempt to replicate for myself a Lithgowicon HT sniper. There is little to no information on the collimation processes, but I'm going to try and muddle through. Hopefully with assistance and patience and learned skillz I hope to be successful.

A little bit about me. Firstly I'm no gunsmith nor armorer. I'm what you'd call and enthusiastic novice. Having said that I'm not without experience or expertize. I'm a building designer, which means I'm a design draftsman, so precision, drawing documentation and problem solving is my daily.

The goal is to take my newly acquired, and serviced by me, short bracket sight telescopic pattern 1918 scope (Aust)/1 and fit it to my 1916 Lithgow H.

What I don't have is the mounting brackets that fit the rings to the rifle.

The attempt is to get some replica brackets made up from drawings I'll have to produce. Get those said brackets manufactured. Then go through the process of collimation and fitting the scope to the rifle.

It's a large undertaking, and the purpose of this 'blog' is to try to replicate a procedure that has been lost in time, hopefully unearthing documentation and getting advise and collective experience to assist me on my way.

What I have so far to create my drawings:
I have the brackets on my scope, these have been soldiered to the body of the scope.
So I have the measurements of my brackets.
I also have a copy the drawings for the high bracket rings.
I've been offered the opportunity to measure a HT to get dimensions of the bases.
I've got the ability to 3D model up my measurements to have a CNC machine spit them out.

So there you have it, open for criticism and advice, guidance and ridicule.

I'll be asking a lot of questions too.
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