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    That site again!!!

    Glad it was not a No.32 scope as the price may have gone past ridiculousness..........
    That is a serious overprice of a sight you can have a whole rifle for that.
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    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

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    Not even an Armourers tool either! And a useless tool to boot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Not even an Armourers tool either! And a useless tool to boot.
    What was that tool supposed to be used for, or is it something that someone fabricated?
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    It was made to lock the adjustment of the Mk1 and 2 telescopes but it was totally crap. The Mk2 tool was a one handed tool but was even worse. There was a far better pair of tools issued to the Armourers shops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
    Glad it was not a No.32 scope as the price may have gone past ridiculousness..........
    That is a serious overprice of a sight you can have a whole rifle for that.
    Parker Hale PH 4 Aperture Target Sight FOR A Number 4 303 LEE Enfield | eBay
    The technical term is "Utterly bonkers".

    On the other hand, if those are genuinely achieved prices and not a load of shill bidders, then I could significantly boost my retirement income by shipping every Enfield bit I can lay my hands on to Oz! Or am I making a serious mistake and the Aussie dollar is only worth 20 cents?

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    the A$ still = 100 cents... boom boom tish.

    currently 1 euro = A$1.56

    peter, they may be useless, but nearly everyone with a mk1 or 2 scoped rifle wants one in their scope tin.

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    Thats why I am glad I have a Mk III and do not require the third hand needed to operate that tool on the drum of a Mk I ~II as PL has alluded in the past, sometimes I think the weapons development sections like to build in frustration factors or decide to over complicate things just to make the grunts life or the amourers life just that much more miserable trying to figure out any easier way to accomplish adjustments of any type be it sights or o/hauling......
    Or as was mentioned before in the past by some here, "Crunchies"have a knack of knakering the un-knakerable (New word)

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