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Old_Glass
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Re: Scope for LEE SPEED
23/11/12 05:43 AM

A number of examples of the mount Sarg shows above were sold on eBay out of New Zealand, so they may have been made there, before or after WWII.

For Lee Speeds, I would say most of those that were scoped were done in the 20s and 30s, often using surplus sniper scopes from WWI, and often surplus mounts as well, though only certain types. Considering that thousands of such scopes were sold by the War Department in the 1920s, it is surprising how rarely one sees certain types of mount, such as Purdey or Holland & Holland. Probably the gunmakers preferred to supply new-made mounts.

On the other hand, the persistence with offset mounts despite the lessons of WWI could be interpreted as using up stocks on hand. But then again one can never over-estimate the inherent conservatism of British industry eh?!

The Gibbs is an interesting set up and I have photographs of similar mounts they supplied to the War Department in WWI.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Scope for LEE SPEED	Deutsche_Vortrekker	30/05/12 01:06 AM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	Sarg	30/05/12 06:06 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	Deutsche_Vortrekker	30/05/12 08:18 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	NitroX	30/05/12 08:20 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	Brithunter	01/06/12 09:09 AM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	Old_Glass	23/11/12 05:43 AM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	buckbrush	11/12/12 03:29 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	buckbrush	11/12/12 03:33 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	rgg_7	15/12/12 10:46 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	buckbrush	20/02/13 06:14 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	Old_Glass	25/03/15 04:08 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	Sarg	26/03/15 07:10 AM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	Old_Glass	27/03/15 09:56 AM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	MikeRowe	30/05/12 12:11 PM
Re: Scope for LEE SPEED	CHAPUISARMES	30/05/12 12:46 PM

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