Skennerton’s Book
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Topic: Skennerton’s Book
Posted By: SteelFlint
Subject: Skennerton’s Book
Date Posted: November 12 2018 at 8:15pm
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Yes the definitive Tobin’s Spirit Guide for all things Enfield... except Amazon wants big dollars. Be interested if you have a used copy to part with. Thx.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 13 2018 at 7:07pm
| not many are out thyere used , most hold them dear in their library , remember you only buy it once - it lasts your lidetime , i have a few others like that as well , my wife might sell after im gone but not planning to go any time soon , |
Posted By: SteelFlint
Date Posted: November 13 2018 at 9:05pm
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Ha I was hoping there are guys like Englishman_ca who's committed the entire thing to memory and can recite it verbatim. I'll suck it up on Amazon. A valuable lifetime resource indeed. Thx.
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 14 2018 at 7:25am
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Unfortunately its considered a specialty publication in a limited run so the per unit cost is high. Its also been rewritten expanded & revised a few times, so check which exact version you're buying as it may not be the "latest & greatest". ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: November 14 2018 at 10:14am
Personally, I like picking up the book and just checking out certain detail's occasionally. I've not had the time or desire to read it cover to cover yet! But I'm glad it's on the shelf when I need it. Especially when you see an advert for a "super special one of a kind sniper .22 12 bore Enfield" , you can quickly check it out and see it's bollox's ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: englishman_ca
Date Posted: November 14 2018 at 11:12am
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Hah! My memory aint what it used to be. I forget the page numbers on which specific rifles are shown. ;) Building a decent reference library is as much of a task as building a decent rifle collection and can take just as much time. My copy of 'The Bible' has tons of penciled in 'addendum' in the margins. As time passes, more little tidbits of information come to light. Skennerton is human and working with the information that he had, there are errors and omissions. Hence his updated editions. We are fortunate in that today we have the internet and a free exchange of information and ideas. It wasn't that long ago it seems that we were in the dark days of communication and had to use letter mail and send photographic prints to each other. Seems bizarre to some nowadays, that contacting another collector and getting a reply was exceptional if it took only a couple of weeks! A conversation could take months!! ------------- . . Look to your front, mark your target when it comes! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 14 2018 at 1:32pm
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Here's the strait scoop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ogsryE01aY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ogsryE01aY ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: SteelFlint
Date Posted: November 14 2018 at 3:51pm
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Thx Shamu. Damn I'd buy it just for the index lol. Still can't quite wrap my head around No1, No4, MkI, MkII*, etc. etc.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 14 2018 at 5:41pm
"...an advert for a "super special one of a kind sniper .22 12 bore Enfield" , you can quickly check it out and see it's bollox's ..."actually i have something that would read something like that ; 1888 enfield martini 577/450 mkIV/1   that visited bonehill back in the day for conversion to a 22 cal for the 'miniature society' then somewhere along the way it became a custom 12 bore trap gun , the add might actually sound a bit like that
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Posted By: SteelFlint
Date Posted: November 14 2018 at 9:02pm
| What the... now that is pretty cool man!! Looks to be in excellent condition for its age. How does one even go about documenting this thing lol |
Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 4:09am
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That's an interesting rifle! Beautiful condition too! ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: englishman_ca
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 6:17am
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A Square, that is just a teaser. Did you build that? A very interesting trap gun with quite a history. As you might have guessed, I have a penchant for Martini rifles in all forms, even .22 sniper shotguns.... Start another thread and tell us more about it..... ------------- . . Look to your front, mark your target when it comes! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 7:00am
Its actually simple once you have the "secret decoder ring settings" Number, is the biggest level of change, usually an almost complete revision. Mark is an update to an existing mark & so is the second level of change. Star (or no star or multiple stars) is a minor revision to an existing number & mark, so its the third & smallest level of change. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
SteelFlint wrote:Posted By: SteelFlint
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 7:50am
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Thx Sham... yes I figured as much, just not to the point where I can identify just by looking at it - like I can from 964 thru 991 Porches lol! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 10:25am
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It was done to confuse "The Dreaded Fuzzy-Wuzzies"!  Apparently it worked too they look pretty confused to me! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: SteelFlint
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 12:19pm
| Lol those look like hockey sticks not Lees |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 2:20pm
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See! It worked!  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 15 2018 at 8:12pm
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they are hockey sticks - but dont tell them , its a secret , i can start a thread but it wont go far , all i know of my martini trap gun has been said here , it came to me that way - probably some fine gunsmith of the sixties work , it tells its story on the surface , its a 12 bore , using a remington shotgun barrel , shoots fine - i used it for years till i broke the firing pin , had to have the local gunsmith refit it , he did a nice job but i seldom shoot it since , i traded that remington M1917 for it - the canadian marked one , it shot really well and the new owner wanted to shoot military competition , he did well , |