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1940 Enfield No. 2 Mk. 1*
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01-27-2016 04:52 PM
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very nice looking side arm
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The Mk1* should be double action only and not have the hammer spur. Has it been converted back to SA/DA or just had the hammer changed?
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Have no idea; patina on hammer matches rest of the revolver.
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The letter D you mention is in fact a stytlised/interwoven EFD for Enfield of course. Picture 3, top of body, is that a FTR - MA - year mark? If so it it indicates that it was FTR'd at Lithgow in that year. I ask this because it is marked as a Mk1* but it has a hammer spur - which a Mk1* didn't have. In UK service (and I suspect Aust service,) we never(?*) retro-modified our kit to an earlier pattern so I'd say that this pistol has been in some other foreign Country where it has been done. There was a bit more to converting a Mk1* or 1** to a Mk1 than a simple hammer swop!
?* we did, but I can only think of one example of it being done
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It is also worthy of mention this revolver was not surplussed off by the Brits, as there are none of the requisite post release commercial proofs on the pistol. My suspicion is this revolver was shipped to one of England's European allies following WWII, where it was modified to its present appearance for purposes unknown. After all, a Mark I SA/DA pattern hammer has been added and the reeded Mark I grips have been modified to incorporate a brass marking disc. All distinctly non-standard but an interesting pistol nonetheless.
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It isn't necessary to commercial proof UK Military weapons on disposal to anyone because the UK Military have their own proof and are exempt from the proof regulations required by commercial undertakings. So the absence of that mark isn't necessarily an indicator.
Don't quite understand the point about the marking disc in the early low-top straight reeded grips. I have a similar set here!
Reverting it back to Mk1 spec is a bit strange!
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