No1Mk3 wrote:Vince24 wrote:It probably shoots better than most No5, no lightening cuts to the action so shouldn't have the Wandering Zero issues of many No5's. It really is a nice copy of the No5 and I would also be happy to have it at that price.
My No5 shoots mint, far better than my essentially brand new Savage No4. The zero hasnt shifted either.
I reckon "wandering zero" is a myth, Peter Laidler never found anything more to it than they grouped like s**t when they got hot, no formal documentation exists from the British beyond soldier complains in Malaya about accuracy and they deemed the issue inherent with the design but never elaborated but hey, this new SLR rifle looks good.
The Americans genuinely thought a full auto M14 was a good idea to replace a sub machine gun and that the FN FAL was junk, in 1935 France decided the Browning Hi-power was crap and went for their own single stack 8 round pistol instead.