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    Thanks for trying, Simon

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    Don't try too hard to find a DE backsight until I have had a good rummage through a few old boxes of bits. The problem is exactly what type of base/axis configuration will fit your rifle? It was the non-interchangeability of backsights that locked the trials rifles* out of the L42 programme
    *except two, one of which was A-0417

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    Any help gratefully received, Peter
    The Savage rear sight that is currently fitted looks pretty standard to the naked eye although it seems to take a lot more force to take it from folded to raised than normal

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    That's because it ain't the right base/axis configuration..........

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    Quote Originally Posted by waco16 View Post
    Any help gratefully received, Peter
    The Savage rear sight that is currently fitted looks pretty standard to the naked eye although it seems to take a lot more force to take it from folded to raised than normal

    As built, the rear sight on your rifle used a ball detent. The production rifles used a flat top plunger. The change required lowering the floor of the rear sight cutout a bit.


    Note that the earlier Enfield rear sights had four clicks per revolution. It seems the '33s had this changed out to the more familiar type. (just in case something pops up. One never knows!)





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    My 33 has a 4 click sight.

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    It doesn't look like the receiver o mine has been modified - but the 'top hat' on the plunger looks thinner than normal

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    Quote Originally Posted by chosenman View Post
    My 33 has a 4 click sight.

    Good to know. Generally original/correct rifle?

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    Quote Originally Posted by waco16 View Post
    It doesn't look like the receiver o mine has been modified - but the 'top hat' on the plunger looks thinner than normal

    You might consider thinning it a little more if you intend on using it much. Wouldn't hurt anything.

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    The rifle also came from the States via an auction and was debated at length here on the forum, I think Badger has saved the auction listing and pictures for posterity here somewhere. The rifle received an all in all good reception here coupled with a really good feeling about it I took the gamble with the much appreciated help of a US based forum member. The gamble paid off as its a really nice rifle which when taken to the range was immediately shooting V bulls at 300 yards with absolutely no zeroing.

    Its an FTR'd example which I believe is completely unmolested since its decommission from the military. The rear sight & ball detent, pads and mag cut off are all original EFD marked parts. The woodwork interestingly is Savage manufactured with Enfield acceptance/inspection marks. The replacement fixtures & fittings all appear to have matching N79 marks.

    Very nice rifle in original service condition which sits nicely next to a 1931 example in a similar condition which also has a 4 click rear sight complete with ball & spring detent.


    You might consider thinning it a little more if you intend on using it much. Wouldn't hurt anything.[/QUOTE]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Another problem with backsights is that there were a couple(?) of different types of leaf to match with different body profiles.

    But telescope......
    1923 (barred out on the butt) No record but will be dated 1942
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    7023 No trace but 7021 exists and 7026 written off as scrap 8/85 (date unclear)
    1872. No record but nearest 1877 rebuilt by me 7/99
    Funny how things come around.........

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    Enfield No.4 MKI SNIPER....NICE! No Reserve! : Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com

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