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    I'm afraid I'll need to move on some of them, but already mentioning this to some friends resulted in frequent questions WHEN this would happen and which I would part with .. to my astonishment it seems there is quite a huge demand for those. Well, yet first need to find out which ones I want to keep and which I can move on. But it anyway seems that I already have like a waiting-list of friends who are eagerly waiting to make a decision. It is mainly a question of space, of course five of them are great to have, but at the same time it means a lot of money bound into a few pieces which at the same time I could spend buying another sniper rifle...

    To get back to the rifles, the three with the low mount are all listed with M in Skennertonicon's serial list, the two with the high mount are both listed S. And as mentioned, one has two listings - one with 11.07.1945 date to storage, as well as FTR dating 03.08.1954. Interestingly this particular rifle also has MA/54 marked on the left side of the receiver ring.

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    Promo it would be great to replicate those mounts many of us would love to make tributes to those rifles .i personally learnt to shoot a 1916 Lithgowicon from a family friend who was a rat of Tobruk , my dada was a Vietnam vet and served 20 yrs I did 4 yrs myself . Shot many different rifle shoots over the years but still have a fondness of these old guys

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    Well, I am not the correct person to ask for reproduction mounts. Maybe you can approach Accumounts or another company? But even if someone reproduces the mount, you would still need a scope to fit it - and this will be much harder than the mount.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Promo View Post
    you would still need a scope to fit it - and this will be much harder than the mount.
    Am sure that would be a challenge for a few, but maybe there are few who are up for the challenge of getting some good repro scopes made? as there is no windage I'm sure an exact copy of the tube etc could be made with modern internals....... or even exact copies of the internals, as these would probably be more in demand as spares etc?

    Just before everyone chimes in, I know all about the costs involved in getting anything made, as when I tried to source some bits out for something similar the prices were eye watering, but for getting certain work done which could reduce your time by half it was peanuts....... and for getting the other half done was eye watering but getting a quarter done was peanuts again........bit like war time manufacturing.

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    I suppose it's all about demand at the end of the day Geoff, it's the deciding factor.

    You can put a lot of time and groundwork into such projects, only to find 50% of the people who showed interest, just fade away.

    I would absolutely love one, original would be best, but an accurate reproduction would also be wonderful.

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    How would one fit the mount to the rifle without butchering a good rifle?

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    To do it properly (as they were originally done) you have to drill & tap. Some mount configurations also require machining of the rifle body, & most are soft soldered too. If you don't want to do this to a collectible old rifle it's just best to get a modern 'no gunsmithing' mount.

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    Best starting point for a historical build would be a spare action body and matched up bolt.

    Not a cheap project by any means, given the cost of the 'normal' parts alone.

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    The next AAA in Melbourne has some up for grabs. Much easier than building one. No not mine.

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    What's " AAA" ?

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