Engineerng / dimensions drawings of the no4 T cheek piece?

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[ssj]

n/m found it,

http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerd...4cheekrest.JPG

[Peter Laidler]

Cheap enough to buy. yes? No?

[Badger]

Lot more detail here in MKL article ..

Milsurps Knowledge Library - Blueprints and Specifications for the Enfield No.4 Mk1(T) Sniper Rifle

Regards,
Doug

[Peter Laidler]

I've said this before but the cheek piece is designed for the P'14 rifle and it only went onto the No4 rifle by default after the small arms school staff thought that it'd improve the students shooting results if it was also fitted to the new No4T that was being trialled. The rest is history.

That's why an original cheek rest won't fit a No4 butt properly unless it is chiseled away a bit on the outer upper sides of the inner edges. And this prevailed right up to when the last new cheek rests were available

[Warren]

Canadian armourers were allowed to modify the cheekpiece to the individual user.
To the best of my knowledge (others may chime in here) not sure if the British or other commonwealth countries were allowed such liberties with HRH's property.

[Peter Laidler]

Yep, we could and regularly did. That and butt lengths. We usually did the cheek rests while they were on the course using a rasp. We had loads of them in a big card/fibre box because the next sniper on the next course (it was 6 weeks long originally...) mightn't like the shape of the last snipers cheek rest. Back at the unit the unit Armourers would do it to the rifle he was issued with. You got to know them quite well.

[Warren]

A replacement stock with the possibility of NO S-51, the cheek piece modified...
OHHHH, I can hear the purists screaming: FAKE, REPRO, an obvious attempt to deceive...and other expletives that would not print here :-)##
I must go and cover my tender young ears.

[Peter Laidler]

We laugh Warren, but that's how it was! The old butts were just pegged, cleaned down and used again but more often than not, just put onto DP rifles - complete with the S51 mark!!!!!

[Surpmil]

I've always wondered how they arrived at that design. The larger concave relief cut at the front is on the left side, and since most shooters are right handed, that is opposite of where it needed to be. Never could figure out why they set them so high up the wrist that you can't get a proper grip on it with the right hand, unless you've got small hands I suppose. Little mysteries...