Number 3 on a rope

[SG500]

I just spotted this on ebay.
I never realised they made a rope tailed version of the number 3 (Top picture).
Dave.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1915-WWI...931500?hash=item25b2863bac:g:UkUAAOSwPe1T36nO

 

[Snufkin]

I never realised they made a rope tailed version of the number 3

Hale had them in his shop window - see attached. Perhaps swinging them around actually made the wind vanes release properly.



Tom.

 

[Millsman]

Incredibly two of those three rifles still exist. The MLE marked Cotton Powder Company and the SMLE marked R&A. I know the collector who has them.