No4 Mk1/2 rear sight

[JimbobRVA]

Just a quick question that I'm sure can be easily answered on this forum - my LB No4 Mk1/2 has a Fazakerly adjustable rear sight and I'm curious about the double lines on the range scale. Is this to compensate for a bayonet being attached or some other ballistic factor?

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[Peter Laidler]

Nope......... Left line reads the even numbers/ranges. Right side reads the odd numbers/ranges. You ought to invest in the Infantry Training pamphlet. Cheap and plenty to read. Speak to Brian at BDL Ltd in SC

[SpikeDD]

Interesting that it is a LB 1/2. You don't see the Longbranch or Savage Mk. 1/2's often as they would be from the very early ones produced before changing to the Mk.I*, in which case, ending up as a 1/3. Nice find!

[krinko]

"... the double lines on the range scale."

There are large hashmarks left and right on the ladder, indeed, but there are also smaller, un-numbered hashmarks between them.
I think the OP is asking about the latter. (Pun omitted)
I have read, in the past, that these are +50 yard marks and the click spacing between the numbered hashmarks seems to bear this out---within reason.
It's not a Parker-Hale, after all.
-----krinko

[browningautorifle]

these are +50 yard marks

Yes they are...

[JimbobRVA]

I have read, in the past, that these are +50 yard marks and the click spacing between the numbered hashmarks seems to bear this out---within reason.

That what I was after! Many thanks.

[JimbobRVA]

Interesting that it is a LB 1/2. You don't see the Longbranch or Savage Mk. 1/2's often as they would be from the very early ones produced before changing to the Mk.I*, in which case, ending up as a 1/3. Nice find!

Yes, I got lucky at a gun show here in Richmond, VA. It's a 1941 LB that went through FTR at Fazakerley in '54. Barrel was in very bad shape (tumbling rounds) but Brian Dick has just done a fantastic job replacing with a '50 Fazakerly barrel.

[Brian Dick]

Jim,

I wondered if that was you! Turn your sling over. It's on upside-down and the hooks will chew up the stock. Look after that one. It's a very uncommon rifle.

Brian

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Flats of the rivets go towards the stock.