MarkP Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May Hi, just wondering if anyone can identify this breech cover, for an SMLE?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisasterDog Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May Hugh Carson is Canadian. I don’t know much about these but have read that the bolt knob reinforce is a feature of WW2 covers, though it has 2 different hole patterns for the tie, so I’m unsure what to make of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_C Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May It appears to be a WW2 cover with additional eyelets added for the lace in a position where you’d expect to find them on a Great War example - the other pair of eyelets are clearly present. The presence of the oval reinforcing patch for the bolt knob is a WW2 feature, or certainly post Great War. All that said, I’ve never seen an example of a WW2 cover altered in such a way - generally fakers take a WW2 cover and simply add a very unconvincing ME CO 1915 stamp, or something similar. I suppose it’s not inconceivable that it is a Great War cover that’s been officially modified to bring it up to WW2 spec, although very unlikely. The fasteners are also of a type associated with WW2 covers. Previously discussed in this thread - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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