42' Maltby No4 Mk1 before and after -

[bulldog_mack13]

Thanks to Brian from BDL on the parts I was missing.

Story starts with me finding a sporterized Enfield off the internet for 200. Rear buttstock was cut and recoil pad added many years ago. Front sight guard, all the sling parts , and a few other things were gone also. Then a good clean and simple restoration.I wish I was better at pictures , im blown away how nice it turned out.

Heres some pictures. , Jay

P.S. Red pictures are from the day I got the rifle.

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[Rumpelhardt]

Very nice. Wish I had known about BDL when I was working on my rifle.

[xa-coupe]

looks really nice, well done.

[bulldog_mack13]

I still havent put the rifle away , I keep picking it up. I never had an Enfield as nice. When you go to shows all you see is import marked old rifles for 300+ $ , Jay

[me2]

My 42 Maltby is H12XXX. Not really that far apart.

[bulldog_mack13]

Thats pretty cool. Id love to have rifles that were really close in serial number.

[bigduke6]

These two are not far from each other both 1924 SMLE No1 MkV, the oldest one recently arrived,

[Bruce_in_Oz]

These two are not far from each other both 1924 SMLE No1 MkV, the oldest one recently arrived,

That top one is interesting:

Is that a Martini Enfield barrel with a South African mark screwed into that receiver?

[bigduke6]

That top one is interesting:

Is that a Martini Enfield barrel with a South African mark screwed into that receiver?

That one was a sporterized one, as you say it had a Martini Enfield barrel on, see link below for the ongoing restro.

SMLE No1 MkV Restoration (Part's 1 thru 5)