Picked up a No4

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Picked up a No4

Post by dogmatix » 26 Nov 2020, 3:33 pm

Picked up this 1942 Longbranch No4Mk1* on Monday.
It has the Mk2 300/600y flip rear sight, so I'm getting a period correct Mk3 stamped steel one from a mate.

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With my 1942 Lithgow No1Mk3* and my 1943 Husqvarna M38

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Re: Picked up a No4

Post by marksman » 26 Nov 2020, 5:07 pm

your right, its nice :thumbsup: :drinks:
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Re: Picked up a No4

Post by in2anity » 26 Nov 2020, 5:27 pm

Nice collection- Service shooter?
At what point does lack of maintenance become patina?
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Re: Picked up a No4

Post by dogmatix » 26 Nov 2020, 5:56 pm

in2anity wrote:Nice collection- Service shooter?


Yep. I had a horrible old Mosin Nagant as well, but sold it in 2016. Now they are selling for double the price!
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Post by in2anity » 27 Nov 2020, 7:12 am

One of our master graders can shoot in the 90s with a mosin nagant https://youtu.be/IcOtgGu4DHg

I've just done a season with the No4 myself; good sights on em. 10-shot mag is also one less thing to worry about. One of the big perks of the SMLE vs other designs.

I think I have a canting problem, once my muscles stretch out, usually at the back end of the match, groups tend to shift to the right. It only really manifests on the 300m line. Something to work on next year.
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Re: Picked up a No4

Post by No1Mk3 » 27 Nov 2020, 3:47 pm

G'day in2anity,
M39 hardly counts as Mosin, get him to shoot 90's in a Snap with a 1943 M91/30 or a 1917 M91, although one of our MRC Master Grade can do it with an M44 (Polish, though!).
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Re: Picked up a No4

Post by in2anity » 27 Nov 2020, 8:24 pm

Oh hey No1,
Same sh!t different smell, right? :sarcasm: he’s talented believe me, i honestly reckon he’d do just fine from standing and sitting. but yeah, might be left wanting with a knockabout m91 on the prone line... you are right about the m39 being on a different level.

I don’t have the balls to deviate away from the No4 yet :lol: maybe one day
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Re: Picked up a No4

Post by SHV » 30 Nov 2020, 10:34 pm

Nice
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Post by northdude » 11 Dec 2020, 5:22 pm

nice do we know each other
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Re: Picked up a No4

Post by dogmatix » 20 Dec 2020, 6:41 pm

northdude wrote:nice do we know each other


Yep. ;)
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