Singer sights on No4T and L42A1

[Brian Dick]

I used to have a pile of Bren slings in new condition. Both the P'37, (tan) and P'44 (green). All were beautifully marked and dated. When I acquired a couple of boxes of the hooks and started working the Knob Creek show, I got cleaned out quick. I went scrounging in my stash and only have one each for my Inglis Mk.II and Enfield L4A3. I do have one on a No.4T. To think I was kind of upset when I bought them thinking they were standard rifle slings, (remember Martin?), and then finding out they were for the Bren. Now you can't find them and I wish I had some back! There's a wise man who keeps telling me "they ain't making them anymore" and he's dead right.

[Peter Laidler]

Nice photo........ wonder where that was taken

Bren slings were recommended to the course snipers by the sniper instructors following reports coming back that the leather was slimy and slippery when wet.

[Entry Level]

Peter, I have just finished working through your Armourers Perspective, thank you. One of the reasons being my curiosity about bolt removal from a Mark 4 #1 T. I can't picture the parts with the wording used to describe the backsight. You mention backsight leaf and cursor slide but from the pictures I can't identify the parts. Does the leaf carry the slide? My rifle has a notch under the sight so when lowered the bolt can be removed if the sliding part is midway on its' carrier. I shoot my rifle frequently and wondered about cleaning, not using a pull through, without removing the scope, a Mark 1. I understand my worry is meaningless since I can check zero at the range without someone returning fire. It is difficult to get the bolt head back into position without a small hook to snag the bolt head so I can pull it down, it doesn't take any force just that my fingers can't reach the bolt head. How did the users overcome this problem? Anyway thanks for your time. I am reading The Enfield Book and ordered Smythe's book also. I still hope to shoot my Enfield at a Vintage Sniper shoot. We compete monthly and more scoped vintagers have started to show up since I brought mine up. I would like to get my scope overhauled, is there someone in the U.S. or should it go to Fulton? thanks again.

[Cold_Zero]

Nice photo........ wonder where that was taken

Bren slings were recommended to the course snipers by the sniper instructors following reports coming back that the leather was slimy and slippery when wet.

Library and Archives Canada
Mikan Number: 3199694
Scouts of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Camp de Brasschaet, Belgium, 9 October 1944. (L-R): Corporal G.E. Mallery, Private J. Gray, Corporal B.B. Arnold, Sergeant P.A. Rylaasden. These snipers have killed a total of 101 men since D-Day. Bell, Ken., Photographer

[Cold_Zero]

Attachment 34381

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Mikan Number: 3524681
Sniper Arthur Godin of Le Régiment de la Chaudière taking aim from the interior of a building in Zutphen, Netherlands, 7 April 1945. Grant, Donald I., Photographer

[Brian Dick]

Entry level, Get a copy of the Small Arms ID series booklet on the No.4 by Ian Skennerton. It has the illustrated parts list which includes exploded views and proper parts nomenclature and stock numbers.

[Peter Laidler]

I agree with Brian above. Get the little book and you immediately have a world-wide vocabulary of the No4 parts. There are telescope repairers in the US and Canada. There was nothing special about removing the bolthead with the sight folded flat. Just push it up and push it back or rotate it down and push forwards is all it takes. It shouldn't be tight - it's just a thread.

[Entry Level]

Thanks, I just found a copy and will ship here by next week. I had a very nice talk with the boss at BDL and am boxing my scope to send to him for shipment for overhaul. Thanks again.