.22 Cal SMLE, surprise me!

[Peter Laidler]

The NSN make-up is quite strict and the nationality designator, such as 99 or 13 or 21 or 12 etc indicates Country of origin. This would indicate that the origin of the Canadian barrel and box is Canada.

However, errors have occurred, especially with nations that possessed 7.62 and .303 Brens....., who would put their own originator country by the part.

The L12 sub cal kit boxes were VERY hard to acquire and never available as a spare part. As I mentioned earlier,in the UK, the only way one would be available was when the barrel bulged into and stayed in the rifle.

Good thread and loads of useful info is coming out here. Maybe it should be put into the FAL forum.

Talking of which, there is a .22" Imbel FAL, based on the FN but manufactured as a .22" rifle. Do any of the internal parts or magazines interchange with the L12 sub-calibre kit?

[Sunray]

"...the best fun you can have with your clothes on..." Never been Armoured Recce have you?

[harry mac]

"...the best fun you can have with your clothes on..." Never been Armoured Recce have you?

I have. What mob were/are you? I was 13th/18th / Light Dragoon.

[Sunray]

"...No. 8 and Brit No. 7..." Neither are an SMLE. Only a Nno. 1 Mk whatever is an SMLE. A No. 8 is a purpose built post war .22 target rifle on a No. 4 Rifle action. A No. 7 looks like a No. 4, but in .22 LR. (Tack drivers that command serious money these days.) There were .22 LR No. 1's though.
Which one did you see?
"...replacement .22 magazines for the No. 7..." Only there for show and to catch spent cases. The No. 7 is a single shot. The follower acted as a feed ramp, but the mags don't hold anything.
"...What mob were/are you?..." Affiliated with the Governor General's Horse Guards in Canada. 30ish years ago. Commanded the Cadet Corps. One of 'em went on to Command the Regm't.

[A square 10]

and then there were these : converted by bonehill for the society of minature rifle clubs .....




but alas mine got converted here again to a 12ga trap gun , which i use regularly

[Peter Laidler]

Woweeeeeee. What a beautiful pece of wood. What is it? Is it an oak type, cut from a thin bough, down the grain? It's lovely

[my72jeep]

Longbranch here in Ont. made them for the Canadian Goverment called the #7 I have 5 of them in my unit gun lock up.

[Longshaor]

I have a Lithgow No. 2 Mk IV converted in 1950 from a No 1 Mk III built in 1940. I was told by the gent I bought it from that the barrel was solid, i.e. not a kit liner. From this thread it sounds like he was wrong about that, is there any way to tell?

[Trilux]

You would have to be mad to buy it, but Guncity has a L12A1 barrel, breech assembly and one magazine for NZ$1500.

I bought that kit but I didnt pay anywhere near their asking price. Was less than half.
Damn good fun to shoot and it works flawlessley, it eats any ammo I stuff into the mag, I use it for bunnies regularly with the SUIT sight.

Ive just bought an SMLE Sht.22 MkVI so we'll see how that stacks up shortly.

[enfield303t]

I have a No4 converted to .22 and last week took possession of a No 8 that came via New Zeland, I paid too much but I wanted one and know they are going to get more expensive with time, like all good Enfields. The 8 had a fair amount of "dings" but nothing serious and was in overall good + condition. Like the 4 conversion it shoots very well and yes cheap to shoot. A friend of mine shot the 8 last week before I got it and said it was a real "tack driver". The friend I bought it from didn't make a nickle on the deal but knew how much I wanted a 8 so found one for me. You know when you start collecting Enfields you do meet some great people, I know I have.