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    Ever found your SMLE sn# in a book?!

    I was looking at a book on line called Britishicon Enfield Riflesicon, Vol. 1, SMLE (No.1) by Charles R. Stratton, on page 135 I actually found my rifle's serial number. It appears to be either the first or last No1 MKIII before Ishapore swapped over to the No1 MkIII* production or something like that. The preview I'm looking at is not the most detailed.


    My wife was not joking when she said that I could find the most interesting rifle at a vendor's table or gun show.
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    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

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    My HT is in Skennertonicon - put into Storage August 1945. btu then all HT's are in there so not really earth shattering.

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    Could you imagine the reams of paper involved in listing the serial number of every one of these, just the listings being gathered on sticky's about survivors of a couple of lines would be rapidly growing, let alone the idea of listing the more common runs.
    But, hey, if you wish to start, I will gladly add mine.

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    My 1918 BSA MkIII* with a 1939 Lithgowicon receiver gets a mention in TLE

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    Though not an SMLE my RCMP marked Long Branch No4 is in Clanchers(sp?) book "Arms of the RCMP".

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    Like I've stated before I like to trace a rifle's life. Each of the old C&R rifles we collect is a piece of history that this latest generation doesn't care to learn about because they have their heads up there backsides with the latest TV scripted reality BS drama. When was the last time you saw a teenager sit down and listen to their grandparents tell then about growing up back then.

    Personally I would like to start a book with each rifle I own telling about it's past. I would be amazing to trace a rifle back to the soldier that it was issued to then talk to them about it. If they are still alive today....

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    Just a Simpson rebuilt Mauser. Complete w/ photos. No Enfields referenced in books so far.

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    1944 No.4Mk.1T K38685 from the staking of pad screws trials and listed in Peter's book "An Armourer's Perspective" on page 47.

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    My hipower 9mms are in Laws book on Inglis pistols. Many items from my collection are in Skennertonicon's books. I bought a Smith .22 single shot pistol and later found it to be pictured in a Gun Digest article on single shot pistols. Aftr I bought it I found one of my 4inch W&S .455 is listed and pictured in a Gun Collector's Digest article on .455 Webleys. Most of my Britishicon signal pistols are in my two articles printed in Skennerton's International Collector Magazine. Clawson's Gun Collector Digest pictures my .455 Colt M1911.

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    I found my Sten gun in a book - but I wrote the book!

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