Smle no1 question

Looks like an M10 Ross Rifle rear sight. Interesting that the original sight is still there as well. It's been bubba'd, probably by someone for target shooting way back.
 
The rear sight is a base made by Cooey, which accepted a Mk. III Ross rear sight. These were used primarily on .22 No. 2 Mk. IV rifles. The sight is probably worth a couple of hundred.
 
RifleDude said:
Looks like an M10 Ross Rifle rear sight. Interesting that the original sight is still there as well. It's been bubba'd, probably by someone for target shooting way back.
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Agreed, that this is a modified No.1. If you've spent any time around any competitive sport, especially motorsports. Would you hope to win on the track with a dealer's lot stock grocery getter car? No. The day after signing the ownership, any racer worth his/her NOMEX has the car on a hoist, swapping and changing parts, tires, lines, filters, etc to get better performance. So, why then is a modified base rifle disparaged as butchered? Look at the quality of the manufacture, fit and finish. As Tiriaq notes, that base was made by Cooey. Are you saying every engineer at Cooey was a rube who didn't know a mill file from a bastard? Some conversions were done with great care and skill, and deserve a moment of consideration before decision.
 
The installation of the Cooey/Ross sight should require no modification to the rifle.
Whether it will withstand the recoil of a .303 is another issue.
 
No it hasn't been bubba'd. The screw replaces the ejector screw, no other modification needed.

I have one too and it seems holds up just fine to .303 recoil, mind you I've only fired it a few times with it on.
 
Hi Conquest. The rearsight on the base is the typical Ross battle sight as fitted to all Mk III Ross rifles. The base may have a C broad arrow to the rear indicating government ownership. Base maker not established so it could be Cooey. The Ross sight with that base was fitted to most Canadian No.2 Mk !V* SMLE (.22s) to allow for windage adjustment as the post war .303 sight on the SMLE had no windage adjustment. Soldiers were taught to estimate windage. The Ross Mk III was still a standard service rifle after ww1 so with that base/sight combo the .22 now is assimilated to the service rifle. I have seen enough of these that I'm sure the screws with washers are proper for affixing that base/sight. Base/sight with screws probably values near $200. John
 
jtaylor said:
Hi Conquest. The rearsight on the base is the typical Ross battle sight as fitted to all Mk III Ross rifles. The base may have a C broad arrow to the rear indicating government ownership. Base maker not established so it could be Cooey. The Ross sight with that base was fitted to most Canadian No.2 Mk !V* SMLE (.22s) to allow for windage adjustment as the post war .303 sight on the SMLE had no windage adjustment. Soldiers were taught to estimate windage. The Ross Mk III was still a standard service rifle after ww1 so with that base/sight combo the .22 now is assimilated to the service rifle. I have seen enough of these that I'm sure the screws with washers are proper for affixing that base/sight. Base/sight with screws probably values near $200. John
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Thanks to all, the base is broad arrow marked (see pic with my finger pointing to mark), would this be origjnal military issue from ww1, ww2 or post ww2 private work?
 
Post WWI gov't issue for use on No. 2 Mk. IV* .22 rifles.
Some of these rifles with these sights were still in Cadet use into the '50s, even the '60s, long after the C No. 7 Mk. I became standard issue.
 
tiriaq said:
Post WWI gov't issue for use on No. 2 Mk. IV* .22 rifles.
Some of these rifles with these sights were still in Cadet use into the '50s, even the '60s, long after the C No. 7 Mk. I became standard issue.
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Question: these sights were issued for the 22 conversion enfields? This rifle is still 303, just trying to understand the history of this girl.
 
Someone put the sight on the rifle. I very much doubt that the sight was installed before the rifle was disposed of as surplus.
 
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