Scope mount question

[Smellysniper]

If you want to put a scope on to your No.1 you will need a set of Purdey or Holland and Holland mounts to fit the No. I receiver. Roger Payne makes very good ones if you can get them.Then,depending on your scope body ,you will then have to devise some sort of scope clamping method as the scope rings were usually soldered on the original scopes. I did this ,made Purdey mounts from scratch and mounted an Aldiss scope on a SMLE. It took a great deal of work to do and I wouldn`t do it again!. To be honest,unless you have a good deal of skill and a decent workshop I would forget it!

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[srall@earthlink.net]

I now have an Aldis with the mounts attached to the scope, but not the mounts for the rifle. I am looking to have the rifle mounts reproduced, would you be interested or do you have any blueprints? i would be happy to pay for said service. Unfortunately Roger won't be making these sets for a while. Thanks for any help here.

[Peter Laidler]

Smelly sniper, I think you need to read page one of this thread again................... The words Purdey, Holland & Holland and Al;dis don't even come into the equation so far!

[Roger Payne]

Thx. I'm expecting some more Whitehead/Winchester A5 SMLE mounts just after Xmas & am also in the process of organising some more PPCo bases. I'll be getting more Purdey's done to follow & may do a limited number of William Evans two piece mounts if there's anybody out there interested........?! The aldis/late war PPCo manufactured claw mounts (P'14/Mod '18 style) for the SMLE have now all sold, so that's something else I must look into. So much to do, so little time!! I'll keep people posted via the forum as things develop.

ATB