Cant't help feeding my WWII "s****r" rifle addiction:
Been collecting parts for this for a while (became a real obsession!
)
Picked up the finished article yesterday.
Rifle is a '44 dated Long Branch No4 Mk1* with 5 groove barrel (FTR'd at Fazakerley in '53)
Scope is a late '44 dated No32 MkIII by Cooke , Troughton and Simms
Repro Scope Bracket and mounting pads are from UK Enfield expert Roger Payne
EFD provided the repro cheekpiece
Late pattern repro scope caps from Jonathan Moore at Moore Leather
Turner Slings M1907 sling from their "Historic Reproduction" range
Mk1 Rear sight modified to allow bolt removal without removing scope (as per unit level mods)
"Unissued" 1957 brass buttplate (to replace original parkerized one)
Target swivel courtesy of Ebay
All put together for me by Paul Green at Thames Valley Guns in the UK
In hindsight this has probably worked out at least as expensive as buying a mid-range original and the project was not without the odd drama....but it all came good in the end!
The rifle shot 1.5" groups with out-of=the-box S&B 174gr when Paul tested it.
I hope to be able to improve on that with my HPS 174gr SMK's.
Been collecting parts for this for a while (became a real obsession!
Picked up the finished article yesterday.
Rifle is a '44 dated Long Branch No4 Mk1* with 5 groove barrel (FTR'd at Fazakerley in '53)
Scope is a late '44 dated No32 MkIII by Cooke , Troughton and Simms
Repro Scope Bracket and mounting pads are from UK Enfield expert Roger Payne
EFD provided the repro cheekpiece
Late pattern repro scope caps from Jonathan Moore at Moore Leather
Turner Slings M1907 sling from their "Historic Reproduction" range
Mk1 Rear sight modified to allow bolt removal without removing scope (as per unit level mods)
"Unissued" 1957 brass buttplate (to replace original parkerized one)
Target swivel courtesy of Ebay
All put together for me by Paul Green at Thames Valley Guns in the UK
In hindsight this has probably worked out at least as expensive as buying a mid-range original and the project was not without the odd drama....but it all came good in the end!
The rifle shot 1.5" groups with out-of=the-box S&B 174gr when Paul tested it.
I hope to be able to improve on that with my HPS 174gr SMK's.
