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Some Vintage Sniper Rifles For Your Perusal

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A few old school "Precision rifles" I've picked up over the years.
 

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I've always been curious about the L42A1. How rough is the cut off for the shortened stock at the barrel band? Just curious, never got to fiddle with one.
 
I've always been curious about the L42A1. How rough is the cut off for the shortened stock at the barrel band? Just curious, never got to fiddle with one.
As they left Enfield Locke well done, but 20 years of hard service life resulted in many if not most being fitted with new/repaired fore ends and/or butt stocks done by REME's whose skill levels ranged from truly talented to ham fisted kacks.
I doubt you'll find a surviving L42 in "as it left the factory" condition.
Mines not in the absolute best condition but I consider myself lucky to have it. It's been estimated that only around 350-400, give or take, were imported into the US in the 90's.
Val Forgett of Navy Arms brought in 350 or so and Brian Dick another 20 - 25. Many of those have now found their way home or to Canada, NZ or Oz.
 
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All good. He used to transport his rifles back and forth when he attended matches in the U.S. but when Britian changed it gun laws he just left them with his family in the states rather than jump through all the hoops required to keep them at his home and the customs BS to transport them afterwards. All nice and legal.