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    Rings for a SMLE Periscopic Prism scope. I have the scope, DRP has the mount. Anyone have the rings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by limpetmine View Post
    Make your luck! Stop at every gun shop and pawn shop you see. Get an 03 FFL for road trip gun show weekends. network. Never quit. Have a buy list in order of priority. Study. I had the chance for a mint Parker Hale T-4 for $700.00 and bought something else because I didn't have enough knowledge. Buy books. Study. Make your luck!!!!
    Yeah, I've been doing a bit off that. Since I first joined this forum asking about building a clone T, I have bought, sold, and traded up through a few No4Ts till I got to my holy grail, a Gurkha issued L42A1.

    A CES complete Savage L42 for 7k? Jeebus, I hope you scored that before the price quote was out of the guy's mouth!

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    My holy grail is very difficult to decide. I have acquired examples of everything except an L42A1 a L39A1 and a No8 and No9 rifle. Even acquired a Remington Lee in .303, one of 6 made for the Australianicon market. I shoot all of mine on an occasional to regular basis. I converted a No4 to L39A1 specs but firing .303 calibre, myself, and have a fair facsimile of an L42A1 in an Omark 44, one of the contenders for the Australian Army sniper rifle replacement. The one I shoot the most often (if I exclude my Martini Enfield .303) is my No1MkIII, made in Lithgow in 1916, converted to heavy barrel, and which still shoots a 12 inch metal plate at 300 yards on iron sights happily and repeatedly. Round about a 4MOA setup. An early Lithgow has to be the holy grail for any Australian, and 1916 is the last year before they started to increase tolerances in the receiver I am told (maybe a myth) which makes these rifles exceptional. Having the PAA numbers on it is also a bonus. This is not the case with mine, as when it was re-barrelled in the inter-war years the changed the bolt and re-did the head spacing. So, far from original but a true delight to shoot, over 100 years since it started life as a longarm. That, and the fact that it still shoots so well is why it ranks on top of my list, and one I will never part with willingly. I think that with my claw marks so firmly on it it must be THE Holy Grail for me.

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    Good day all. Just joined and this is my first post. I picked my No4Mk2 FAZ up today been looking for one for ages. The one i got was manufactured in 1949 and I took it out the original grease wrapping today. To find one in this state where I live is almost unheard of and then to still be granted a licence to own it is also very special. If I could workout how to post photos I would. I also have two No1Mk111's (sadly not original) and I,m busy negotiating a No4Mk1T.

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    Mine would be a Longbranch No 4 Mk 1 if it was a Lee Enfield. In Enfield it wold probably be an 1853 Enfield

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    I had 3 x Lee-Enfield grails.

    Maltby made No.4T
    BSA made No.5
    Ex-Met.Police issued Enforcer.

    I've managed to cross the first two of the list, but not the 'rarer' versions, but bought on condition, so have the more common BSA made 4T, but it is a peach, and was very expensive and have the more usual ROF made No.5, but again, it appears to be a goodun.

    I doubt now that I'll ever manage to get any Enforcer now though, let alone an ex-Met. Pol one, as I now believe the Met Police destroyed all their Enforcers, although happy to to be told otherwise.

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    My holy grail would be a EAL Enfield. Didn't know too much about it when I bought it, just had a gut feeling it was something.

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    I haven't added anything here so I might throw my opinion out there.

    My holy grail, or grails, are Enfield Riflesicon that have been forgotten and/or buried where they have sat for many decades. Sounds strange, but my dream is to one dig up a rifle from a dam, or a creek, or in a pile of rags under ground. Just the thought that they have sat away from people and away from the light gets me excited, especially if the rifle can be saved, which in many cases I reckon they can. I've saved a few rifles from the scrap which is close to that, but not quite.

    Just imagine if you dug up a HT up the paddock one day?

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    You ought to come over to the Somme - plenty of opportunity to find buried rifles there.....!

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    The grail for me is an excellent condition walnut forestock for a No.4 Mk.2. Seems like no-one has one anymore willing to part with!

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