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by krinko
Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:15 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Belated pictures...
Replies: 3
Views: 2843

Belated pictures...

I have all these shots in three sizes now. One at Picturetrail, for EZBoards and CSP posting. One on my computer for the gunboards posting----1024 pixels wide, no less. Another on my computer for this site @ 640 pixels wide. (I suspect that the ones from Picturetrail would work here, but I don't kno...
by krinko
Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:37 am
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: This is unbelievable...
Replies: 4
Views: 3323

"What are you going to do with that many sights anyway? Just curious." I have a No4 rifle backsight collection, some on rifles, some off. There are a couple types I don't have and these LBs ought to make good trade material. If anyone has a small aperture N67, an Ishapore made Mk1, or a ne...
by krinko
Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:19 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: This is unbelievable...
Replies: 4
Views: 3323

This is unbelievable...

Want to know WHY all those Longbranch rifles are constantly found wearing the Mk2 sight? Got these ten Mk1 sights from AIM Surplus today---and EVERY ONE of them is a small aperture Longbranch. (The first ten I got from Aim were 8 Fazakerley, 1 Longbranch and 1 Savage.) Five are slightly used with br...
by krinko
Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:29 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Savage vs, Longbranch Elevation Screws
Replies: 2
Views: 2601

Savage vs, Longbranch Elevation Screws

Here could be the reason the Savage Mk1 sights are so seldom seen. Examine the groove below the detent collar on each of the screws. The Savage is on the left. The groove is supposed to trap the screw on the retaining pin----which it doesn't quite do on the Savage. With the sight assembled and the e...
by krinko
Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:02 am
Forum: Asian Firearms
Topic: Dating this Type 38----Photo Added
Replies: 2
Views: 3263

Dating this Type 38----Photo Added

I recently traded into a very nice Type 38 rifle and have toured the boards reading up on the "Read This First" kind of post. Even so, I am getting conflicting information as to the possible date of production----as much as it can be narrowed down, anyway. The rifle is Koishikawa productio...
by krinko
Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:17 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Webley used in multiple homicides
Replies: 14
Views: 9450

Where does it say "hollow points" in the linked re

"Lt. Paul Feist said officers began noticing obvious characteristics from the bullets at all three crime scenes as early as Friday. "There were some similarities that really stood out,'' Feist said. "It's something you don't see every day in bullets." If they were seeing this typ...
by krinko
Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:21 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Webley used in multiple homicides
Replies: 14
Views: 9450

Hollow-base and sharp ogive...

If he was using Fiocchi or even some of the nice WW2 Kynoch, the bullet would be weird enough to start the coroner talking. There is no other bullet like that in use in the States today.

-----krinko
by krinko
Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:03 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Barrel markings
Replies: 6
Views: 4964

Lithgow FTR

The barrel date of 10/52 is only the barrel date---if the left side of the buttsocket says "MA54" to go with that "FTR" on the receiver ring, then 1954 would be the date that the Australian FTR was performed, using the 1952 barrel. So, ONE visible FTR. As to the stock being "...
by krinko
Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:52 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: trigger pull question
Replies: 14
Views: 8044

Trigger-pull adjustment

OK, here you go. This is the cocking-piece from my BSA Long Lee target rifle. I would have shot the one off my '55 Fazakerley, but it doesn't have the "cachet" of an official item. Anyway, you can see how the angle of the contact surface has been changed to lighten the second stage trigger...
by krinko
Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:12 am
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: Lithgow #1 MK3
Replies: 11
Views: 7428

Brad, I have not seen an "FTR" marked Indian rework---and I am not sure that India ever used the "FTR" mark at all. "FR" marked rifles---I have a couple---are the closest thing to a British "FTR" that I have found, but these seem to have been taken a step or t...