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We already have a gun BUILD family photo thread. But not a factory gun family photo thread. So, I thought I'd start one!

With my recently acquired PS90 rifle, it was time for a new FNH family photo! Hot off the presses:

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Here's an old photo of my Glock family:

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.22 LR family:

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The Marlin Family.

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The M1 Family

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The No.4 Enfield Family

This one is a CNo.4Mk.1* made in Canada in the late 40's
I also have a Fazackley No.4Mk.2 made in the 50's at the tail end of No.4 production. Looks the same except for beech furniture.

View: https://imgur.com/5hi0ybK

No.4Mk.1/2 Maltby converted to Mk. 2 specification during post war rebuild. I bought it as a bubbaed barreled action for $135, so no, I didn't do the butchering. I need to find a good stock smith to take about a pound of material off the stock.

View: https://imgur.com/zP5X3aI

No.4Mk.1T sniper. I have two of these complete with chests and accessories. Both made by BSA in 1944.

View: https://imgur.com/Q8YiWTn

L42A1. These were converted from wartime No.4Mk.1T's to 7.62 NATO caliber in the early 70's with scopes updated to metric increments and elevation knob calibrated to 7.62 trajectory. They were in active service up into the 90's. Again, chest and accessories.

View: https://imgur.com/HsTZ1F8
 
no4mk1t said:
The Marlin Family.

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The M1 Family

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The No.4 Enfield Family

This one is a CNo.4Mk.1* made in Canada in the late 40's
I also have a Fazackley No.4Mk.2 made in the 50's at the tail end of No.4 production. Looks the same except for beech furniture.

View: https://imgur.com/5hi0ybK

No.4Mk.1/2 Maltby converted to Mk. 2 specification during post war rebuild. I bought it as a bubbaed barreled action for $135, so no, I didn't do the butchering. I need to find a good stock smith to take about a pound of material off the stock.

View: https://imgur.com/zP5X3aI

No.4Mk.1T sniper. I have two of these complete with chests and accessories. Both made by BSA in 1944.

View: https://imgur.com/Q8YiWTn

L42A1. These were converted from wartime No.4Mk.1T's to 7.62 NATO caliber in the early 70's with scopes updated to metric increments and elevation knob calibrated to 7.62 trajectory. They were in active service up into the 90's. Again, chest and accessories.

View: https://imgur.com/HsTZ1F8
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Holy cow!
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Interesting story on the Enfield scopes.
The scopes were not designed for use on the No4 rifle. They were designed before the war for the Mk.1 Bren gun which had the receiver machined to accept a scope mount. That idea was scrapped and the scope was then adapted to the No. 4 rifle.

So, in WW2, the British had a sniper scope that was:

Water proof. Each scope was submerged in a tank of hot water. If it produced bubbles, the scope was leaking. If you look closely at the pic of the No.4 sniper, it has a red "W" stenciled on it to indicate it passed this test.

The lenses were "Bloomed". This was the British terminology for coated lenses. This was an early single coating of magnesium fluoride.

The elevation and windage knobs had 1 minute click adjustments.

The elevation knob had its markings calibrated to the British Mk.7 Ball ammo. The sniper or spotter would estimate the range and simply dial in the correction. (Once the rifle had been properly zeroed) No math to calculate moa or mils.

The scope mount was hand fitted to the rifle to hold zero to one moa when removed and replaced. The mount was line bored on the rifle so the scope was within 5 moa of the bore so as not to use up all the internal adjustment.

The scope, mount and rifle were all numbered to each other and stayed together as a complete "kit" in the transit chest.

The US didn't have a scope this good until the 70's. Even the Redfield Accurange scopes issued in Vietnam did not have click adjustments.

The No.4Mk.1T is arguably the best sniper rifle of WW2. The fact that the 303 version remained in service until the 70's and the 7.62 version until the 90's is testament to it's reliability and accuracy. (Remember, this was with standard issue ball ammo. The British never had a 303 or 7.62 Match cartridge.)

To avoid the need to accurize sniper rifles, the rifles that grouped exceptionally well during factory targeting (zeroing) were culled out and shipped to Holland and Holland for sniper conversion.

So, after 80 years or so, the organic grease used in these scopes gets hard as a rock and you can't turn the knobs. All three scopes have made the trip back to England to have a complete servicing performed on them by a retired British armorer. There's only one shop in the US that has access to this service.
 
Do you have a Savage No.4 Enfield? You have to have an American made trouble maker at the British party.
 
bkbrno said:
Do you have a Savage No.4 Enfield? You have to have an American made trouble maker at the British party.
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Nope. Haven't run up on one in nice enough condition to consider buying. Mil-Surps were a good deal back in the 90's. Now they have gotten pretty pricey.
 
no4mk1t said:
Nope. Haven't run up on one in nice enough condition to consider buying. Mil-Surps were a good deal back in the 90's. Now they have gotten pretty pricey.
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$49 Enfields and $99 K-31s. Basically new M-48 Mausers for $69. I was late to the party for the "Irish Contract" No.4 Mk2 @ $99 but I got one in the wrapper for $250 and thought it was highway robbery. I unwrapped it, cleaned it and shot it. It was glorious to shoot an unused Enfield in perfect condition and I don't regret it one bit.

I lucked into a Savage with almost all Savage parts and a 2 groove barrel. Still rough overall but I love it. At one point, I had 4 Enfields. Each chamber was completely different, I could tell which cases were fired in what rifle.
 

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