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    Can someone please help with this WW1 sniper

    Hi,
    I spotted a really nice sniper rifle on youtube, and I really like the mounts he has can anyone help me out please identifying them, so I can find some details on the business side of the mounts. I heard him say Holland and Holland, but not a mount I've seen. Thanks find vidi here.



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    It is the Holland & Holland mount with an Aldis scope. Nice collection, is this a museum or private?

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    Not like any Holland and Holland setup I've ever seen. Just my opinion but it looks composite to me.

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    Actually, everything he said sounded more opinionated than fact based. Lots of bad and wrong info there.
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    Thanks very much guys, for your replies. It didn't look right to me either, but my knowledge is pretty limited, I agree with the composite assessment. The windage adjustment looks like it's right under the scope, Kinda Germanicon style, and the mount distance to the side of the rife looks very lengthy, in fact the whole scope looks very far over.
    Even the date of the rifle seems strange, I understood they went to the No3* in 1915-16 for snipers, except for the Australianicon rifles.

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    I,m looking for the pics of one I had, as it was a real nice scope with case but the mounts were of a different nature to the normal run of the mill but very similar, when I spoke to H&H they said it would of been fitted to a sporter.

    Am sure there was a thread not long ago regarding a similar scope.

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    Most of what he says is nonsense - simples!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beerhunter View Post
    nonsense
    I was trying to be nice...
    Regards, Jim

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    The scope is about an inch and a half too high and a good inch too far off set compared to all the pics I have and have seen... He really doesn't have much of an idea, does he? All for the want of the right book

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    He has quite a collection. There's a PIAT on the floor behind him. Don't see many of them over here.

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    The M1941 Johnson rifle is pretty cool too.

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