Can you guess what it is yet?

**Simon** · 03-15-2017 04:57 PM

Can anyone tell me what rifle goes in this chest.

I'm sure someone out there will know but if not I'll let you know tomorrow.

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**CharnwoodOrdnance** · 03-15-2017 05:00 PM

P 14 T ?

**Simon** · 03-15-2017 05:08 PM

Ooh, close but no Cigar.

Originally Posted by CharnwoodOrdnance

P 14 T ?

**CharnwoodOrdnance** · 03-15-2017 05:21 PM

No3 Mk1*T A any better ?

**Roger Payne** · 03-15-2017 05:35 PM

I'm positively drooling! Got a specimen of the rifle but never even had so much as a sniff of a chest!

**Simon** · 03-15-2017 06:16 PM

Top of the Class!

Originally Posted by CharnwoodOrdnance

No3 Mk1*T A any better ?

---------- Post added at 05:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:15 PM ----------

To all intents and purpose Roger it's a No4(T) chest with slightly modified internals.

Originally Posted by Roger Payne

I'm positively drooling! Got a specimen of the rifle but never even had so much as a sniff of a chest!

**CharnwoodOrdnance** · 03-15-2017 06:45 PM

is it not a bit longer taller and thinner ?

**Lee Enfield** · 03-15-2017 07:08 PM

An Irish job I take it. Which scope fitted? Or is it just the chest?

**Lance** · 03-15-2017 08:25 PM

Beautiful, much nicer than mine (it was slightly modified to be a SA Chest No. 15)

**Surpmil** · 03-15-2017 11:22 PM

Might be worth carefully steel-wooling those slops of paint to see what they were covering up.

I wonder what would have caused all those bumps and dents on the inside of the lid? The scope was the highest point above the receiver...

These were on issue as late as 1944 IIRC. Tom Barker who wrote about his experiences on Crete as an ad hoc sniper was issued one of these Alex Martin rifles on his way there.

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