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.303 British Scope and Mount

The Butcher
A friend just showed me a scope, that came off of a .303 British which appears to have come off a sniper rifle. It has knurled detach knobs, mount, and the scope is marked:
Tel Sighting
No 32
M# 051650A
1944 NO 16297

The scope has the metal scope transport case to which it fastens to by the two knurled knobs, and what appears to be a post and crosswire, with the post sticking up past the crosswire a bit, coming to a point.

Any help with value and history would be great. He said he purchased both the scope and rifle together, but has since sold the rifle.
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  • HAIRY
    quote:Originally posted by The Butcher
    A friend just showed me a scope, that came off of a .303 British which appears to have come off a sniper rifle. It has knurled detach knobs, mount, and the scope is marked:
    Tel Sighting
    No 32
    M# 051650A
    1944 NO 16297

    The scope has the metal scope transport case to which it fastens to by the two knurled knobs, and what appears to be a post and crosswire, with the post sticking up past the crosswire a bit, coming to a point.

    Any help with value and history would be great. He said he purchased both the scope and rifle together, but has since sold the rifle.
    It is a valuable, and scarce, scope. The originals sell for over $1,200. Do a search of Ebarf for a price indicator.
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  • The Butcher
    thanks a bunch I'll check it out. don
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  • dfletcher
    Mount kind of look like this?
    http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=1047050&chrSuperSKU=&MC=&CatID=11953&mySort=1

    Obviously this is a repro and the real thing would fetch a bit more.
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  • The Butcher
    this is the exact scope and mount. http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ri19_files/image004.jpg
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  • Manyguns
    That's nice. Hang onto it or give it to me.[:)]
    Tom
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  • HAIRY
    quote:Originally posted by The Butcher
    this is the exact scope and mount. http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ri19_files/image004.jpg
    You have a later model than mine (which is brass). Nice setup--buy an Enfield Mk 4 sniper rifle and put'em together!
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  • The Butcher
    actually,
    The original rifle may be on the way back. When the setup was bought, a friend needed a deer rifle, and I sold it to him for $125 bucks. Kept the scope for I don't know what. I would like to get it back to have the original setup. The thing is, it never had a full wood stock (barrel shroud wood), or a bayonet mount. Is this correct? It was very accurate (I thought for a rifle of that period. I see prices have increased. Thanks to all for the info. Don
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  • dfletcher
    quote:Originally posted by The Butcher
    actually,
    The original rifle may be on the way back. When the setup was bought, a friend needed a deer rifle, and I sold it to him for $125 bucks. Kept the scope for I don't know what. I would like to get it back to have the original setup. The thing is, it never had a full wood stock (barrel shroud wood), or a bayonet mount. Is this correct? It was very accurate (I thought for a rifle of that period. I see prices have increased. Thanks to all for the info. Don


    Having spent a fair amount of $$$ to get an Enfield #4 sniper repro set up, to include the cheekpiece, my vote is to restore the rifle to its original military configuration. So long as the original barrel is in place it should be a matter of buying a set of wood and maybe some metal furnishings. Numrich Arms would be a good place to look.

    If the barrel has been chopped you can get a replacement from Numrich also. I wouldn't venture a guess as to the value once it's put together, but I bet it would be more than $125.00
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  • Hollywood
    quote:The thing is, it never had a full wood stock (barrel shroud wood), or a bayonet mount. Is this correct?

    Quite possibly, depending on what model the rifle was designated.
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