Lee Enfield n°4(T) and Bipod

[Peter Laidler]

Isn't it amazing what you can learn from this site.................? I'm not a forum hopper, but do the other forums have this depth of knowledge among the brethren?

[gsimmons]

This one seems to be the best.

[jmoore]

As a big time forum hopper, I would tend to concur with gsimmons, but many of the other forums on this site do have an excellent membership. Always something to learn!

Plus, this site seems to be about the best mannered place of all my limited "internets" experience.

[villiers]

Thieving b*gger! He should have handed it in. Some poor sod left his rifle for a second and one of our glorious allies nicks it. He then "finds" a bipod ... and the rest is literature.

[Surpmil]

Compare the corrosion to the No4(T) found in the wall of a house in Arnhem. And to the No32 found in a nearby ditch decades later. Not the same at all, except that the corrosion on the rifle and adjusting tool are commensurate with being poorly stored in a building for who knows how many years.

Several possible scenarios: canny local finds dead sniper when the front moves on and relieves him of weapon, case and tool. The sniper wouldn't bother to carry the damn case around, just the tool, perhaps.

Or, front line moves back and sniper is forced to ditch his weapon as a prelude to escape or capture and stuffs it somewhere he thinks it won't be found, and it isn't, for some years.

[Warren]

Nice to see our resident Bren expert Kev G has nailed it down. The bipod (legs and swivel) could not have been made before the late 50's or early 60's depending on what model it is. I did have a picture of the lower legs which Kev G nailed at once. SO!!! The unit as it sits is a "humper" or at least the bipod is. As to the provenance of the rifle...Only the "Big Enfield" knows for sure. I'll try and get some more photo's of the rifle and scope from the owner and maybe we can continue to postulate as to its possible provenance as found in the ditch. I still suspect the "Surete" had something to do with it showing up where it did.

[Thunderbox]

No32 from Arnhem:






A No4 from an Arnhem ditch:

[gsimmons]

Isn't it amazing how well preserved the leather is, when the restof it so far gone.

[Lou Cypher]

I knew when I joined this forum that it was a different one than all the others we can find on the web.
So, I zoomed on the bi pod, from the original book,
Does it help?
I'm particularly impressed by Mr Laidler who tried to use a n°4 fitted with a Bren bipod
Something looks curious to me, this is the angle of the gun with the bipod, does the bullet can go through? or is it a loose link?

[Peter Laidler]

Don't get me wrong or take my efforts toooo seriously Lou. I was just playing with a No4 rifle and a Bren bipod at work. Now we know that it wasn't a Bren bipod after all nor were the rifle and bipod connected in any historcal sense