A really bad one

[limpetmine]

Check this out. Man, it's bad......
Especially the (T). ugh.
S-51
Scope
Mount.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/626288556

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[browningautorifle]

So, he shot the rifle at 750 yds, no problem...so what? Did it go bang? High end reproduction scope?

[Ridolpho]

The front pad does look to be installed very neatly! Strange the builder would stamp an "S" on the cutoff boss and not even try to put a "TR" on the left cheek. My first fake T the perpetrator was so proud of his TR's that he placed 3 of them on the rifle.

Ridolpho

[Lee Enfield]

Check this out. Man, it's bad......
Especially the (T). ugh.
S-51
Scope
Mount.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/626288556

OK I'll take the bait;

It is definitely a real No4MkI(T) sniper fitted with a repro scope & mount (as stated in the ad).

Other than the non-standard (T) stamping (which has been noted on a number of guns in the past) and the repro scope I don't see what your issue is other than the "TR" marking?

The missing "TR" may have been removed, lightly struck, never struck or merely covered in paint - blowing the pics up shows some type of marking low on the butt socket.

Part of the reason he has incorrectly listed it as a Savage is probably because of the C prefix (a common enough mistake), and the (to my mind) desirable Savage MkI/I rear sight.

[Roger Payne]

I agree with Lee Enfield that it is a genuine 4T. I suspect might be one of the BSA 'less telescope' rifles that someone has felt the need to 'improve' with a receiver side wall 'T'.

[CINDERS]

Funny place to stamp the T on the receiver though and does not look like the correct serif like mine also a M47C BSA, what was the issue with the front pad!
Thats where my S is stamped denoting it has been sighted by the armourers for open sights.
I am wondering if it is has lost its scope & bracket.

[Charlie]

He also claims that the repo mount is original.

[Roger Payne]

The photo's show limited views but IIRC I don't think there was a scope number stamped into the butt - again making me wonder if someone with a little knowledge felt the need to make it 'better' by adding a T. After all, everyone knows that all real 4T's have a 'T' stamped on them somewhere around there on the rifle body!!