Resistance No4 mk1 rifle. Part 2.

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   Well I finally got to the range with my French Resistance No4Mk1. The paperwork was finally completed last week. As you may recall from my post about the rifle back in May; it's a 1944 Maltby made No4Mk1 That was parachuted to the local Resistance fighters in the Eure and Loir region of France.  Having inspected it carefully over the summer I was impressed by the way it had been stored over the 70 odd years since WWII. It is in excellent health.For the first 5 shot's; I made the mistake of leaving my prescription len's in my new safety glasses. (I normally use those only for pistol shooting, so I can see the front sight more clearly) But for the rifle it makes the target too blurred. I aimed at the 6 ring expecting it to hit a little higher; the first 5 shots were reasonable, but not great. I removed the prescription len's and found the sight and target image more compatible.

Second set of 5 aimed directly at the bull. Very happy with the result. Nice group of 4 and 1 below.
Only 50 metre range obviously, but with standard PPU ammo; I am very happy. My daughter (age 6) was using the spotting scope. When i got home she asked me for an air rifle for Christmas.

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Zed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: May 01 2012 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 2473	Post Options Post Reply Quote Zed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Resistance No4 mk1 rifle. Part 2. Posted: October 23 2017 at 12:33pm
	Well I finally got to the range with my French Resistance No4Mk1. The paperwork was finally completed last week. As you may recall from my post about the rifle back in May; it's a 1944 Maltby made No4Mk1 That was parachuted to the local Resistance fighters in the Eure and Loir region of France. Having inspected it carefully over the summer I was impressed by the way it had been stored over the 70 odd years since WWII. It is in excellent health. For the first 5 shot's; I made the mistake of leaving my prescription len's in my new safety glasses. (I normally use those only for pistol shooting, so I can see the front sight more clearly) But for the rifle it makes the target too blurred. I aimed at the 6 ring expecting it to hit a little higher; the first 5 shots were reasonable, but not great. I removed the prescription len's and found the sight and target image more compatible. Second set of 5 aimed directly at the bull. Very happy with the result. Nice group of 4 and 1 below. Only 50 metre range obviously, but with standard PPU ammo; I am very happy. My daughter (age 6) was using the spotting scope. When i got home she asked me for an air rifle for Christmas.
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Shamu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Logo Designer / Donating Member Joined: April 25 2007 Location: MD, USA. Status: Offline Points: 9286	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shamu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 23 2017 at 1:44pm
	Nice. Did you hear about the resistance cache discovered under the floor with the Stens, Mills & L-E's? http://americangg.net/wwii-weapons-cache/
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Bear43 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: August 11 2010 Location: Doland, SD Status: Offline Points: 1877	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bear43 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 23 2017 at 2:08pm
	Nice to see the old rifle shoots good. It is also always nice to continue hearing of your daughter's growing interest. What a great way for the two of you to spend time together.

A square 10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: December 12 2006 Location: MN , USA Status: Offline Points: 8568	Post Options Post Reply Quote A square 10 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 23 2017 at 6:15pm
	very nice - congrats on that one