[Brithunter]

Hi There,

hey you forgot about the Longbranch plant! Savage was contracted to make No4 rifles as production capacity here in the UK was at full stretch and during that raid on the BSA plant the barrel mill was destroyed. BSA continued to make the SHtLe/ No1 MK111* during WW2 as well as making No4 rifles. with the huge amount of force being gathered all over the Empire the need for rifles was vast and the factories here in the UK could not managed to supply them all, Australia of course had their own production based at Lithgow and they never adopted te No4 rifle.

Bren of course is the BR from Brno and the EN from Enfield so yes I am well aware of it's origins. The Czech version is I believe the ZB30. The Springfield 03 of course is a Mauser derivative for which the US paid Paul Mauser royalties.

Now as for flipping up the 03's ladder which is more correctly a tangent sight, sorry never done it as I have only shot them a few times and each time they have been one of Mikes collection including a Marine Corps sniper variant, as I say he collects them.

Yes I wholeheartedly agree some myths do go on......and ........ on and I can think of a few more.

The Great war (WW1) had much to answer for, but then again it was supposed to be the war to end all wars and yet it's still going on and I really believe it will continue whilst man occupies this earth.