No.4 7.62 CONV turned up...

[spinecracker]

It is steel. I'll be going to a local gunsmith tomorrow to see if they can bend it back. The problem is getting it back to true.

[muffett.2008]

They can be straightened, I have done a few.
As the windage end plate is a separate unit, you just need to strip the scale plate, windage knob and aperture plate off the arm. You should also remove the elevation knob and rod to prevent damage, it will also allow you a greater support surface when straightening.
Support the bent arm on a flat steel plate, place another flat plate over the top of the arm and give it a whack.......it's only mild steel, so it won't crack.
Do not strike directly on the arm, you will bruise the steel and make much more work for yourself.
You could also sqeeze the arm in a vice, but that always seems to spring back a mickey hair, unless you were to shim one side to bend it over centre.
If you have bruised the rail, you can clean it up with a needle file......check by sliding the aperture plate in between the rail and ensure it moves from end to end without binding.
Have fun.

[bigduke6]

All steel.....

[spinecracker]

Managed to find a reputable gunsmith in town who can straighten the part for $35. Will know how well he did when I go back into town on Tuesday.

[spinecracker]

Rear sight de-bent, is now true, so that is one more hurdle jumped. I have been looking over the rifle after stripping it down and noticed a few things:

1. Regulated by Fulton's mark - any idea if this would have been done as part of manufacture or after the rifle was sold out of service (see 2)?

2. Sold out of service mark - this is present on the barrel knox form (see photos I posted earlier) as well as on the right side of the buttsocket. In my limited, nay miniscule, knowledge base, I would have thought that this would indicate some form of military service, such as use by a military shooting club. This rifle did end up at the Army Rifle Association in 1969. Would there be other reasons why a "sold out of service" mark would be present?

3. No BNP marks. Looked everywhere.

4. No import marks. Not even an "England" stamp.

[Strangely Brown]

1. Regulated by Fulton's mark - any idea if this would have been done as part of manufacture or after the rifle was sold out of service (see 2)?

2. Sold out of service mark - this is present on the barrel knox form (see photos I posted earlier) as well as on the right side of the buttsocket. In my limited, nay miniscule, knowledge base, I would have thought that this would indicate some form of military service, such as use by a military shooting club. This rifle did end up at the Army Rifle Association in 1969. Would there be other reasons why a "sold out of service" mark would be present?

1. This would have been done at some stage after the rifle was received by the ARA, there is a distance of about 100 yards between the ARA armoury and Fultons!

2. I think this surprises me a bit, I thought the custom of sold out of service marks had finished by the early 1970's...........anyone?

[XL39E1]

1. This would have been done at some stage after the rifle was received by the ARA, there is a distance of about 100 yards between the ARA armoury and Fultons!

2. I think this surprises me a bit, I thought the custom of sold out of service marks had finished by the early 1970's...........anyone?

The sold out of service mark was probably applied to the rifle at Enfield. Unlike the military L39A1, These 7.62mm Conv. marked rifles were a private purchase by the Army Rifle Association from the Royal Small Arms Factory. The intention was to provide members of the A.R.A. with an up to date rifle they could be lent (and maybe purchase) to compete against civilian club shooters in the top target rifle competitions.