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You really could do something about the dire profile of the cheek rest........!
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09-29-2018 05:21 PM
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You really could do something about the dire profile of the cheek rest........!
Its awful I know!!
I want to focus on getting it shooting... then I'll pretty her up 
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Looks like you've got one of the NOS Long Branch cheekrests there which used to be floating around in the Canadian
ordnance stream as late as the 1990s I'm told. They lack the mysterious and inexplicable front profile of the UK examples - a mystery no one has ever explained to my knowledge what use those concavities were or why the larger one was on the left side to apparently suit the needs of lefties, rather on the right side where it would have made a proper grip on the wrist easier for most shooters! Apparently LB couldn't see either as they dropped them.
If I was you I would do what some users did as early as WWII: move the damn thing back so the front edge is aligned with the end of the grip so you can actually get your hand around the wrist of the butt properly.
Last edited by Surpmil; 12-02-2018 at 03:20 AM.
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Originally Posted by
Surpmil
Looks like you've got one of the NOS Long Branch cheekrests there which used to be floating around in the
Canadian ordnance stream as late as the 1990s I'm told.
I got as many of those as I could while the getting was good and they all looked like the other type. They were straight out of the wrap...never saw the whale back model.
Last edited by browningautorifle; 12-02-2018 at 07:48 PM.
Regards, Jim
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Great rescue so far! Congrats OP.
Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз!
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Excellent work! Glad you have been able to save the old girl!
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Originally Posted by
Surpmil
Looks like you've got one of the NOS Long Branch cheekrests there which used to be floating around in the
Canadian ordnance stream as late as the 1990s I'm told. They lack the mysterious and inexplicable front profile of the
UK examples - a mystery no one has ever explained to my knowledge what use those concavities were or why the larger one was on the left side to apparently suit the needs of lefties, rather on the right side where it would have made a proper grip on the wrist easier for most shooters! Apparently LB couldn't see either as they dropped them.
If I was you I would do what some users did as early as WWII: move the damn thing back so the front edge is aligned with the end of the grip so you can actually get your hand around the wrist of the butt properly.
Any chance these would have been marked because mine has no markings at all.
I just may move it back if too if it interferes with my grip, thanks for the tip!
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Claven2
Great rescue so far! Congrats OP.
Thank you sir! It has been a delight thus far!
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Originally Posted by
Btl1994
Excellent work! Glad you have been able to save the old girl!
Thank you! I hope I do it the justice it deserves.
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Well done. You're making a very commendable job of it.
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Well done. You're making a very commendable job of it.
Thank you Roger, that means a lot
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