It's Monday, do what you can with it.

[MJ1]

[SMOKEY]

Enfields, beautiful.

[MJ1]

Thank you.

[John Sukey]

Of course that's the wrong sling. The T's were fitted with the U.S. pattern M1907 leather sling.
The reciever had to be milled flat for the front scope mount to be fitted.

[Strangely Brown]

Of course that's the wrong sling. The T's were fitted with the U.S. pattern M1907 leather sling.
The reciever had to be milled flat for the front scope mount to be fitted.

John, it's long been said in British Service that the M1907 leather sling was too complicated for Tommy to use.
That was also true of the sling for the L42A1 which invariably stayed in the armoury with the CES chest and the Patt 37 was used instead!

Trust your well?

[John Sukey]

I don't think Tommy was too dense to use the sling furnished with the rifle.

[Art]

british sniper.jpg

I don't think Tommy was too dense to use the sling furnished with the rifle.

Nor do I, especially a sniper. The internet is a wonderful thing. I could find surprisingly few pictures of Brit snipers with the No 4 Mk 1(T) in action and both slings apparently were used but most I found seem to have been using the U.S. M1907 sling. The fellow in the above picture definitely is using an M1907 sling.

That plant definitely could use some water.

[MJ1]

I got the sling from John and had to put it someplace..

[John Sukey]

Just in passing, they made only 5 of those pewter Vickers models and that is No5
I also have the full sized one