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[Sentryduty]

I will pay ten grand for a No1 Mk1 rifle

Interestingly enough I have one, well mostly anyway.

I have a 1904 No1 Mk1* however, it was FTR in 1953, coated in Suncorite and was re-barreled with a BSA marked piece, and it's been sportered long before I had it. However it is a very fine shooting rifle and is the smoothest LE I own. The serial is a 5 digit in the 65 or 66,000 range from memory.

[mike1967]

I have a 1904 No1 Mk1*

That is Sons point, there is no rifle marked No1 MkI. Its ShtLe1.

[RCS]

My ConD 11* may have Attachment 74225Attachment 74226Attachment 74227Attachment 74228Attachment 74229Attachment 74230 been a Mark 1 action body left over and I had talked to the late Skip Stratton about this and it was listed in his book on page 31. The front sight is for the barleycorn foresight and the rear sight is also for the Mark Vl cartridge, barrel is without the HV or SC stamp

[Sentryduty]

That is Sons point, there is no rifle marked No1 MkI. Its ShtLe1.

Right, missed that little bit of specifics.

[Roy]

Attachment 74281

I wish one of those would fall into my hands, My NZ 1904 Sht LE 1 build will have to get a SMLE barrel. Ive heard of a few Sht LE I barrels being found in OZ, is there a date on the barrel?


Since we're on topic, i'm in search of a butt and a sporterised rear section of forend. The nosecap came in after this photo was taken.

[Ridolpho]

That is Sons point, there is no rifle marked No1 MkI. Its ShtLe1.

But most "NO. 1 Mk III or III*"s also are not marked "No. 1". As I understand it, post '26 that simply became their official designation. So what would you officially call my 1915 SMLE MkI**IP if in service past '26 (which it probably was)? No. 1 MkI**IP?

Ridolpho

[Son]

But most "NO. 1 Mk III or III*"s also are not marked "No. 1". As I understand it, post '26 that simply became their official designation. So what would you officially call my 1915 SMLE MkI**IP if in service past '26 (which it probably was)? No. 1 MkI**IP?

Ridolpho

Love that term "official designation"
From the LoC entry A1635, May 1926..... The first column shows the new designation, the second column shows the previous designation, the third is remarks and previous LoC references.

Top few became obsolete...
Next few were "Omitted from vocabulary" (hence no new designation in the first column) but retained in store etc....
Then a couple were "Omitted from vocabulary", and retained for specific on conversions
Last is the new designations and what equipment they applied to.....

Attachment 74360

As this is the British List of Changes, it would not apply to your IP rifle... the purpose of which was to upgrade a Mk1 or Mk1* to MkIII specifications at Ishapore anyway. If it were in British service in 1926 I wonder which category it would have came into? As it wasn't made a MkIII, it probably would have been omitted from vocabulary too....

[henry r]

am i reading that document correctly? were there p14 .22 trainers or are they referring to lee enfield no2 .22 trainers (of the 1914 pattern)?


edit: on rereading it looks like they are talking about lee enfield .22's. I was getting excited there.