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Some years ago I also pulled out a No. 4 Trials sniper rifle from a box at the large stock gun dealer. It was all matching and very nice if it hadn't been for whatever Arsenal to pull off the bases. Despite that I bought it and since then tried to find original bases. It did threw me back to learn that No. 4 Trials bases are of different shape and have an additional examiner stamp on them, so in the meantime I acquired a set of "normal" original No. 4 T bases which I really thought about using. But I never got the way to restore it, and then all of a sudden last year I found an auction on gunbroker.com for a single No. 4 T front scope base. When inspecting it closer it really turned out to be a Trials base, carrying the examiner stamp on it! Needless to say I had to buy it and very happy to already have it here with me. While I still did not got to mount it on my rifle, I am very happy to tell you that sometimes you have to be patient and just wait for what turns up. If you don't have to permanentely mount something else (as I would had needed to do, with soldering a different base) you can in the meantime use a replacement part, but just never give up finding it. It is worth it!
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04-13-2020 05:51 AM
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Bindi2, which scope and mount are you talking about?
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Thank you all for your advice. Candidly I’d take any of the waisted foresight protectors. Repro, early, or best of all Trials. Any would be a step closer to making the rifle right.
Roger, hope you find that little part in your parts box.
Thanks
David
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Originally Posted by
Promo
Bindi2, which scope and mount are you talking about?
Prism
Still looking for an Aldis mount
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Sorry for the necessity to post this public, but Bindi2 your PM inbox is full.
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Originally Posted by
Promo
Sorry for the necessity to post this public, but Bindi2 your PM inbox is full.
Try again
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Originally Posted by
jawes
I feel shamed
Broke my leg in January and have not spent any time with my "children"
I am going to hobble over to those guns today and clean the barrells
No shaming intended!
How about a few "family" photos though?
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
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