OSHKOSH Airshow...SAVAGE #4(T)...was it real?

[NavyShooter]

Hello gents,

I was down at Oshkosh over the weekend with my son and some other family, and happened to run across a group of military re-enactors with a pile of WWII kit. Neat to see, alas, time constraints didn't let me go play with all of the toys, I DID get hands on with a Savage #4(T)....about which I have some questions...some things didn't quite seem right.

I'll post the photos, and let the experts weigh in...I told the owner I was slightly concerned for him that it may not be correct....but he mentioned that it was apparently a former Israeli Rifle so they may have done some of the work on it, and he wasn't worried.

Here's the photos:

The 'firing' line:



The Enfields:



The Israeli marked scope box:



Inside:



Remaining photos:























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Someone else had a nice jeep:







An interesting setup with a holosight:



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And finally, NavyShooterJR and myself inside the waist of a B-17:

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[Warren]

Israeli 32 scope...one of the converted British scopes and not the Israeli made model. Nice bit of kit with Israeli marked can as well.
scarco sold off a small number of these in the late 80's along with the "made in Israel" ones.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Wow guns and airplaines. It just does not get any better. If I had a bucket list Oshkosh would be at the top of the list. Is it as good as I hear?

[NavyShooter]

It was spectacular....I have a photo with over a dozen P-51's in it...and that was only the D models.....

Sensory overload for warbirds!

[trooper554877]

I know this is a bit off topic but what are the sights? on the 50 cal in the B17 ?
We really are the poor cousins when it comes to airshows etc here in Australia, that looks like an ideal day out!!!
Love the pics!!
Cheers
Ned

[Sarge1998]

Those are some nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

[Peter Laidler]

The rear pad screws look wrong to me....... Should be slightly diagonal - higher at the rear to avoid the hard area

[NavyShooter]

Peter, that was the first area I noted too....the fact as well that there are no stake marks on either front and rear pad.

[Tom in N.J.]

trooper554877, The sight on the B-17's waist guns is a K13, lead computing, altitude, temperature, and air speed compensated. Late war add on...

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[Peter Laidler]

Nice to see a Dakota there........ As a former paratrooper I always thought that I'd put myself out to parachute from a Dakota. Static line at 800 feet, Dakota........, yep, there's something about that after the run of the mill Hastings and Hercules of my era