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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Hyposcope revisited May 27^th, 2016 at 10:14pm	Print Post
	Recently in 'Chit-Chat', I entered a post regarding "Youlten's Butt Hyposcope. A periscope device that mounted on the butt-stock of the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield. I was in error thinking it was a device used simply to view the enemy from the safety of the trenches (like the bayonet mounted mirrors). In reality, when clamped to the rifle butt, it allowed sighting a rifle (held in a frame at the lip of the trench) that was remotely fired from the safety of the trench. 'Flipping' through Franklin Mallory's, "The Krag Rifle Story", the other day, I 'rediscovered' his mentioning a similar Hyposcope at the National Matches in 1903 (at Sea Girt, N.J.): "... A special event at this Match was the Hyposcope Match. The Hyposcope was a periscope-like sight which attached to the rifle and allowed the user to fire from behind a barricade". (The Krag Rifle Story, 2nd edition, page 99). Have at Paul. Game On!
	« Last Edit: May 28^th, 2016 at 4:02pm by butlersrangers »

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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Hyposcope revisited Reply #1 - May 30^th, 2016 at 10:51pm	Print Post
	'Elder - type Periscope Stock' - Things got pretty sophisticated about 15 years later. Note - The rifle bolt is worked remotely and the '03 Springfield has been fitted with a large capacity magazine.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Hyposcope revisited Reply #2 - May 30^th, 2016 at 11:59pm	Print Post
	Holy Rock-A-Moly!!! See if one can get away with this rig at Perry??? LOL


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Hyposcope revisited Reply #3 - May 31^st, 2016 at 12:36am	Print Post
	Well, there is an historic basis for the "Krag Hyposcope Match". They fired it in the 1903 NM.
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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Hyposcope revisited Reply #4 - Jan 10^th, 2017 at 2:52pm	Print Post
	I guess 'Heinz' had one too!


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Hyposcope revisited Reply #5 - Jan 10^th, 2017 at 3:24pm	Print Post
	Pretty wild set-up. Looks like this was a shouldered stock like device and trigger that allowed sighting and firing from the shoulder up over the top from the relative safety of the trench. I want one!


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