P14 Enfield markings Question

[nwptrains]

Hello,
My P14 rifle has a mark that looks like a daisy on the right side of the receiver and on the handle of the bolt. What is this mark?

Is it a Weedon Repair mark?

Thank Youi.




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[mannparks]

trains ,no the wedon mark is a six pointed star, and is usualy sits over a letter-denoteing the company that did the overhaul

the astrick[*] you have is the second MK1 version.--charles

p.s. do you still have the volly sights intact?--pics?

[nwptrains]

p.s. do you still have the volly sights intact?--pics?

Yes. Here's a picture. Remington rifle in an Eddystone stock.

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[Badger]

Although it's a wood marking on a SMLE, here's the Weedon marking convention by one of the W.R.S. (Weedon Repair Standard) sub-contractors.

A rifle having undergone W.R.S. repairs may be identified by a six (6) pointed star stamped into the wood, with a letter stamped underneath it indicating the specific sub-contractor who did the work. For example, the pics below show a different 1944 M47c (BSA Shirley) No.4 Mk1(T) in my wife's private collection. The butt itself on her rifle was changed during a visit to for W.R.S. work to W.W. Greener, as indicated by the six (6) pointed star and the letter V, which was their sub-contractor code letter.

(Click PIC to Enlarge)

Regards,
Doug

[nwptrains]

I thought that the astrick on the receiver ring was for the MK1* version?



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[mannparks]

ya ,nice to see the sights still intact,and a fatso stock

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hey badger im looking for a pic that i think i saw hear and it may have been one of yours ,it is a sniper in a bunker with a p14 and ,i think a lewis. ----------charles

[QCI SPRINGFIELD]

I think I know the marking that the OP is talking about, I have seen it on P-14's several times. It was not an asterisk, but looked almost like the Japanese Chrysanthemum, or maybe the symbol on Siamese Mausers. Sorry to revive such an old thread, but that marking has puzzled me for years.

[martins8589]

I now a an ERA P14 with the same Crysantemum stamp.
Is there anyone who really knows what it is or means??? I cannot find any information on the web about it.

[martins8589]

It could be the bolt modification stamp.

[ssj]

Those are normal mk1* marks, there should be one on the extractor as well.