Lee-Enfield (SMLE) converted to 22RF with Pattern 1916 'scope
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See also: ......No.1 Mk.III SMLE Sniping Rifle...... - ......Enfield No.3(T) Mk.1 (P'14) sniper rifle
This is a 1918 dated Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk.III* that has been Parkerifled by the A.G. Parker company.
It has most unusually been retro-fitted with an Aldis Pattern 1916 sniper 'scope,
intended as a training weapon for the .303-inch SMLE sniping rifle usually issued with a Pattern 1918 Aldis or Periscope Prism company over-bore telescope.
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The Aldis telescope has been fitted over-bore using a Griffin & Howe type mount screwed to the left-hand-side of the action. The G&H American-made mounts were usually produced with double locking levers, but some of the earliest were just single lever as the example here. It is likely that this mount is a British-made clone, as it does not carry the usual G&H marking, and the 'scope rings are each clamped with four screws, whereas all the G&H mounts we have seen have only two screws holding the ring upper halves in place - one each side.
The rear part of the mount has a dovetailed lateral slide for azimuth zeroing. This is adjustable with a pair of machine screws bearing on the ends of the slide - one either side.
See: a comparison between the Pattern 1916 and Pattern 1918 telescopic sights.
