I hate this website sometimes. I have had one DCRA rifle for many years now, and since watching this thread over the last few weeks I have been forced to go this week and buy another one. CURSES!!! (Thanks Dogger) Here they are together with a couple of related goodies:
The top one is a 1950 Long Branch reciever, conversion number 624. This rifle came along with an accurized No 1 Mk III* and a home made wooden transit case for both rifles, an old canvas rifle case, spare barrel for the No 1, bore guide, leather muzzle cover for the No 1, etc. I believe they were probably both owned by the same shooter, although I don't have his name. In this shot you can just make out some bedding in behind the back of the fore end.:
Here is a closer view of the Parker Hale front sight:
The other rifle is built up on a 1942 Savage No 4 Mk I (no star!) and is a little closer to a service rifle configuration. Conversion number is 905:
It is very faint in this photo, but it is also FTR marked from the UK in 1949:
The bolt-looking-thingy in the first photo is an AGP cleaning rod guide that replaces the bolt so you don't gouge up the chamber with the rod when cleaning. Here is a better view:
The top one is a 1950 Long Branch reciever, conversion number 624. This rifle came along with an accurized No 1 Mk III* and a home made wooden transit case for both rifles, an old canvas rifle case, spare barrel for the No 1, bore guide, leather muzzle cover for the No 1, etc. I believe they were probably both owned by the same shooter, although I don't have his name. In this shot you can just make out some bedding in behind the back of the fore end.:
Here is a closer view of the Parker Hale front sight:
The other rifle is built up on a 1942 Savage No 4 Mk I (no star!) and is a little closer to a service rifle configuration. Conversion number is 905:
It is very faint in this photo, but it is also FTR marked from the UK in 1949:
The bolt-looking-thingy in the first photo is an AGP cleaning rod guide that replaces the bolt so you don't gouge up the chamber with the rod when cleaning. Here is a better view:
