Its a No8/Envoy front band that fits the fat beavertail forend they use.
L39 and L42 use standard No4 bands on their cut-down No4 forends.
Torbinia appears on some No8 bands and appears to be a...
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Its a No8/Envoy front band that fits the fat beavertail forend they use.
L39 and L42 use standard No4 bands on their cut-down No4 forends.
Torbinia appears on some No8 bands and appears to be a...
I think its actually for a Long Lee barrel.
Its been said that Enfield made up a batch of Envoy-marked receivers (possibly 800 or 1,000) and then just built them up as and when. Hence the numbering not correlating to the assembly/sale date.
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"FR" stamped wood and rifles appears to have nothing to do with British/Commonwealth military markings. The military mark is typically stamped into the metal of the receiver; the mystery "FR" is...
Roger,
Good luck with the ERI rebuild. Nice find; I'd certainly rebuild & retain that one for my own collection if I came across it. Ishapores don't get much attention in the UK market, but...
It requires a bodge, but actually works well - if you really want to do it for some reason. Briefly, you alter a Mk1 sight to mimic the shape of the PH21.
You grind a chamfer on the rear edges of...
You can mount a 5C over a Mk1 sight - although you have to grind the battle sight off, and also have to choose a 5C eyepiece that wont foul the sight at low elevation settings (or use an elevated...
The second mark upside down would be a common Weedon inspection mark.
In the real world, I think you have to bear in mind that there are huge numbers of Enfields that are soldiering on perfectly well with mismatched bolts that have clearly never been "fitted", and that...
I've had '37, '38 and '39 rifles. These are evidently normal "full spec" military rifles with a full date stamp and no indication of any date alteration. All "L" prefix. They are the inter-war MkIII...
It won't have had that "Surry" marked barrel at the time it was stamped up "DP" in service, so the rifle has evidently had some sort of post-DP shooting career.
DP rifles do get repaired and...
Its currently unknown.
The "FR" stamp in wood appears on both rifles (many evidently in excellent condition), and also new/unused butt stocks, forends and handguards. Ergo it appears to be nothing...
My 1942 Dispersal - N23263, so close to yours - also has the 4 groove barrel.
My rifle, which appears to be entirely unmolested and not FTR'd, has a beech No4 butt fitted. The butt has no...
My own view is that its more do with a very finite UK market for all firearms let alone specialist historic arms, and the fact that 4(T)s and L42s are now priced far beyond what might be considered...
If these rifles were indeed intended to be trialled for some sort of grenade launching, then the very large gusset would make sense in that it would reduce the bending motion between action body and...
I have one as well.
BB86xx number range; same markings as the examples above. Its in mint apparently unused condition. BSA manufacture, appears to have been manufactured from scratch - at least no...
Wow....
(checks mortgage value of house......)
Its hard to understand the purpose.
E.g. if your bolt works properly, then you have no need of manual cocking - whatever the spring pressure. If the bolt does not work properly (e.g. maybe it...
Yes, they were mainly used as movement manifest codes (part of the chalk codes). All vehicles, boxed stores and large equipments carried the mark. 5 Airborne Brigade applied these marks even to...
It is (or was) a 5 Airborne Brigade unit. I can't remember who 5/7 was (pretty sure it was a Para bn), but my own unit was 5/14 at that time.
I don't think the rifles were "copied"; they were actual licensed production (or assembly).
IIRC the Nepalese were given drawings, tools, gauges and expert help (from Enfield and /or Ishapore) by...
There is a more prosaic reason for a battle sight being milled off on Parker's rifle (if the sight is original and not just someone's recent addition): it is perfectly possible to fit a target sight...
What would be the current import status for "gunsmith built" Enfield target rifles - i.e. a rifle identical to an L39A1 in all components, but built on a random No4 receiver with original markings?...
I expect that the yellow paint blobs are simply a method of assisting stock checks in a dimly-lit store. If you have to count 17 green boxes of a certain type stacked up with 31 of another type, and...
To be honest, given that almost no-one is going to wear out an L42 or L39 barrel these days, part-used spare barrels are worth little more than scrap value. There are an awful lot around. I've got...