An Armourer's Perspective: .303 No. 4 (T) Sniper Rifle and the H&H Connection

[stencollector]

I purchased a copy of this booklet about 15 years ago on a chance encounter at milarm in Edmonton. I think I may have paid $35 for it. Foolishly, I passed it on to someone else over the years. Reading this thread made me realize I needed a fresh copy. To my horror, the inflation on this book has become as incredible as anything else with the word sniper on it. Book sellers are commanding prices of around $300 for it, or worse. I finally found a copy from the UK at a more reasonable price, but once the exchange rate is factored along with postage, it came to around $85.

I hope you do print up another run of them Peter, and put all the scalpers in their place.

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[Lee Enfield]

I purchased a copy of this booklet about 15 years ago on a chance encounter at milarm in Edmonton. I think I may have paid $35 for it. Foolishly, I passed it on to someone else over the years. Reading this thread made me realize I needed a fresh copy. To my horror, the inflation on this book has become as incredible as anything else with the word sniper on it. Book sellers are commanding prices of around $300 for it, or worse. I finally found a copy from the UK at a more reasonable price, but once the exchange rate is factored along with postage, it came to around $85.
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I bought both of my "armourers perspective" copies at Milarm, the paperback copy which is full of oily fingerprints, and the hardbound copy I bought to replace it when the original was lent out and lost....luckily it found it's way back home eventually.

I got my copy of the "little scope booklet" from Pete Bloom....also lent out...no current idea as to whom, sadly not returned, and not yet replaced.

The mark of a good book is what percentage of the pages are oil smudged from comparing a physical example to the paper example....I've started to believe that one should purchase 2 copies of books which will be used in such circumstances...

speaking of book price "inflation", has anyone (other than myself) attempted to source a replacement copy of "The British Sniper"? Obviously I should have simply purchased 20-30 copies back in the 90s and just sat on them until now...I could probably pay off my mortgage with the procedes.

[Surpmil]

How about going one better and having a revised and expanded e-book version for say, $20.? They'd sell like the proverbial hot cakes I suspect.

[paulseamus]

It is a terrible terrible book.........it has cost me thousands upon thousands of dollars.

Each time I read it, and I read it often, I find that I am compelled to seek out and purchase even more to add to my meagre collection.

If it was not for that little book, I doubt that I would own:
2 No 4(T) rifles
A handful of No32 sights
A couple of scope tins
A useless little adjustment tool
The list goes on and on, typing it all here would mean admitting how much I have "collected."

I've even got a little brush for a L42a1 but no rifle. After reading the book I "needed" the brush. I'm sure if I read the evil little book again, i will need to buy the matching rifle.

So Peter please please ugently print a second volume, so that I can stop reading the very slightly evil first volume.

Paul

[Bindi2]

It is a terrible terrible book.........it has cost me thousands upon thousands of dollars.

Each time I read it, and I read it often, I find that I am compelled to seek out and purchase even more to add to my meagre collection.

If it was not for that little book, I doubt that I would own:
2 No 4(T) rifles
A handful of No32 sights
A couple of scope tins
A useless little adjustment tool
The list goes on and on, typing it all here would mean admitting how much I have "collected."

I've even got a little brush for a L42a1 but no rifle. After reading the book I "needed" the brush. I'm sure if I read the evil little book again, i will need to buy the matching rifle.

So Peter please please ugently print a second volume, so that I can stop reading the very slightly evil first volume.

Paul

And I thought I was crook.

[Beerhunter]

A useless little adjustment tool

I could not disagree more. The tool works and works well. It just (like so many other things) requires a little practice. Plus, as I nave noted before, a securely clamped rifle.

[muffett.2008]

No Bindii.........you are a crook

[Bindi2]

No Bindii.........you are a crook

Takes one to know another one.

[Peter Laidler]

Sorry to disagree Beery! From my limited experience with BOTH adjusting tools, I would simply ask, if they were both - even moderately successful, then why were they both declared obsolescent and replaced with the little tools illustrated in the back of the book? The only other tool that came close to it was the tool to remove the extractor plunger on the L1A1 rifle

[Beerhunter]

The tool that I am referring to Peter is the cylindrical one with a central pin for holding the central screw steady while locking the outer ring. It's not easy to use but far from impossible and does get easier with practice.

BTW, I've PM'd you about an entirely different gun.