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Back to “Les” Karas, who offered a chuckle and some sympathy, along with some leads on a source for a windage-adjustable rear sight. Several weeks later “Bertie” was sporting a very nice fully adjustable A. J. Parker rear with an adjustable aperture. This sight was designed to mount directly on the No. 4 rifle with no machining required. It works great and although the rifle is no longer “showroom stock,” it is a fun gun with a mild recoil that has put 22 rounds into a 24"x36" group at 880 yards, scoring a 188 on a frame mounted 1000 yard target. I believe it would have done better with target pulling service to help in doping the wind and mirage between shots.

The ammunition was South African Berdan primed 174-grain non-corrosive MK VII issue ball reseated .015 inch. Without reseating to break the seal, vertical dispersion increased by over a minute of angle. A handload using IMR 4320, a Winchester case and primer and the Hornady 174-grain .3105 FMJBT bullet at 2480 fps shot into less than 2 minutes of angle and had the same point of impact as the GI loading all the way from 200 yards to 500 yards. No comparison has been made yet at 880 yards. (Why 880 and not 900? Because I can’t get 900 from my firing line without a mammoth earthmoving project!)