can anybody tell me what this means

[Lance]

Your 1956 "Factory Thorough Repair" is very nice, added to the fact that it is a harder to find conversion of a 1942 Savage Mk I. All matching examples are around but do command a bit of a premium over those with a mis-matched mag. Conversions at Fazakerly ended in 1958. You could always sell it to me and not worry about describing what FTR is......

[Bruce_in_Oz]

And then it becomes more interesting when you consider Mr. Garand's baby, and the inspiration for its "cartridge handling system", the Pederson.

DOUBLE row, en-bloc "clip" that ejected rather musically out through the TOP of the action rather than fall through a dirt-gathering hole in the bottom.

The Garand: the original "Boogie-Wooge Bugle":- "eight to the bar".

[ActionYobbo]

I stand corrected.
The correct word is magazine according to a Lee Enfield parts catalog.
thankyou for all the input and I don't think I will ever sell it but my son might after I have gone to the great hunting ground.
I bought it years ago along with a 30/40 Krag which I sold about 20 yrs ago.
Threehundredthree.

by the way.. welcome to the forum.
mostly a good bunch of blokes here who are more than willing to answer your questions and help you gain enfield knowledge.

[Brian Dick]

Good point Paul. I'm leaning towards that is the conversion date but could be wrong. I've had a few through here over the years marked as it and Lance's. They were excellent shape and I couldn't find any remnants of previous ROF(F) conversion markings. Like you said "chicken or egg"!

[ssj]

Looks in very nice condition. How much did it cost?

[threehundredthree]

I think I got a good deal when I bought it along with a ruger 10/22 and a Ruger mini 14 .223.
I have the receipt somewhere. I don't even know what it is worth-some are way high and some are reasonable.
I don't even think if I was offered a good price that I would sell it.
I always liked the lee enfield, a lot of history.
threehundredthree

[SpikeDD]

That is a beautiful rifle and I would be most interested in it if you decide to sell !!

I have a distant cousin to your rifle. They may have even been in the same room together at some point
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[threehundredthree]

OK I will keep you in mind.
??Jersey is tough on guns.

[Seaspriter]

Nice guns. Fazakerley must have had a penchant for some of the late model Savage-Stevens Enfields.

Cadet Enfield with the Mysterious Red "X"

Ironically, I own one of the family -- a brother Savage produced March 1944 and FTR'd in 1956. Matching Receiver & Mag, but during the FTR it got another Savage bolt.

What makes this one particularly interesting (to me) is that it retains the label from the days when it was a training rifle for the Combined Cadet Force. I'll bet there are a few stories about training cadets associated with this gun. And on the other side of the butt is the import label from Interarms (c 1989 -- something that was undoubtedly on all their guns, but most were peeled off by the first owner).

Also, the muzzle has a "Mysterious Red X." Does anyone know what this means or how it got there?






Thanks for any additional info you can add.

[Brian Dick]

If memory serves, the red paint denotes that the bolt hasn't been proofed. I had an L42 here that had a red splotch of paint on the barrel and sure enough, the bolt was an in service replacement, numbered to match but didn't sport the 19T proof mark. Maybe Captain Laidler can elaborate at some point.