Two more rifles I should never have sold were Winchester made Pattern 1914 (P.14) in 303 British.
One was a P.14 (F) fitted with the fine adjustable (F) back sight developed for sniper use in the First World War.
The other was a rare P.14 (T) (A), or Rifle No. 3 (T) (A) built by Alex Martin as part of a Second World War contract utilising Winchester P.14 rifle and Aldis scopes that had remained in store after the First World War SMLE sniper rifles, on which the scopes had originally been mounted, were broken up after 1919.
Both were very accurate although the Alex Martin No. 3 (T) (A) had clearly had a great many rounds through it. The scope was offset 1.5” to the left.
I found as a southpaw that I could shoot it comfortably by leaning my head over the low comb and aiming through the scope with my left (master) eye. I even managed to double tap a 200 yards snap target in a single 4 second exposure.
