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03-30-2015 02:34 PM
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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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Last edited by jmoore; 04-01-2015 at 12:43 AM.
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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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Originally Posted by
chosenman
My 33 has a 4 click sight.
Good to know. Generally original/correct rifle?
---------- Post added at 12:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 AM ----------
Originally Posted by
waco16
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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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
3273 Rebuilt by me 8/84
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.........
A rifle with scope 1872 has just popped up on gunbroker:
Enfield No.4 MKI SNIPER....NICE! No Reserve! : Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com
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