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Experts opinions would be greatly appreciated. #4 Mk.1 (T) find.
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05-03-2015 10:34 AM
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IRS is the old abbreviation 1st Royal Scots before security and the 'new' UIN numbers came in. Like A&SH or 7WTR (Argyll and Suitherland Highlanders, & Wiltshire Regt)
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Need to see a shot of the side of sniper scope bracket, specifically the side with the tightening knobs. looking for the shape of the casting and the markings. a bright picture would help to judge the cast mount.
also a shot of the front of the forend. looking ofr how it is marked and who made the forend.
also a shot of the forward trigger guard screw and sling swivel. the swivel marking would be of interest.
right hand side of the action bdoy, up be the action ring, there is a marking that may or may not be present.
A shot of the bolt handle so the serial number restamp can be seen, and how applied
A shot of the buttstock underside just behind the handgrip area. looking for the firm that set up the rifle.
reason is, there are some things on that rifle that do not look "right", specifically the use of a 1941 Maltby action body, the missing T mark on the left hand side of the action body, the RT being backwards, The front scope mount looks odd, the renumbered rear buttstock (generally the old markings are still visible, just canceled) and the re-numbered bolt looks a wee bit "off" but the actual degree of correctness would be much more obvious if more detailed shots are shown.
The scope has had post war far-east desiccation mod (red screw) and the use of the stamped rear swivel seems to indicate pot war rework.
Of course as the item is not quite the norm and being a 1941 gun, it might all be fine, but hopefully the real expert (Capt Laidler) who literally wrote the book will chime in at some point.
Last edited by Frederick303; 05-03-2015 at 04:24 PM.
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Last edited by Gurn; 05-03-2015 at 05:19 PM.
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Apparently the scope can was wrapped up in this packing paper. It fits well. Amazing it wasn't thrown away years ago. Very cool time capsule.
Last edited by Gurn; 05-03-2015 at 06:04 PM.
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Well the rifle looks like a legit TR rifle after all, with a replaced forend and buttstock. The scope and mount legit Because the rifle lacks the T mark, it would appear it was not mated with a scope at Holland and Holland.
I expect the rest of the story will likely be explained by Captain Laidler, as he was in service working on No4 T around the time that the armorer's tag says this rifle was worked on. Very neat set up.
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