Hello! Need help identifying an old Enfield

I have not posted here for a long time. I'm back because someone just gave me a rusty old rifle that I think may be a sporterized Enfield, so here I am with some pictures. I hope someone can tell me what I have before I start to taking it apart and cleaning it.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC_3462L-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC_3458L-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC_3463L-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC_3461L-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC_3456L-1.jpg

Looks to be a British made, 1944 vintage No 4 Mk 1 rifle; although the safety lever is Canadian.

I'm guessing it might have been made at ROF Fazakerley.

You have a pile of scrap I'd throw in a bin....

Says it in the first picture, No4Mk1. Hammer is cocked.

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Originally Posted by ssj

You have a pile of scrap I'd throw in a bin....

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Fella that gave it to me says it fires -- he was brave enough to shoot it once.

The bolt works perfectly. I'm in the process of lubing it up and getting some of the rust off now.

Florida, eh?

"Shark-repellant" on a fishing-boat for a few years, perhaps?

'Gator "adjuster"?

Or really slack owner?

I've seen a few (mostly SMLEs) like that in North Queensland; sad, really.

I'd say it would be a miracle if the pipe is ok on that one. If it isn't, I wouldn't bother doing anything. Scrap it out.

It`s a 1944 No.4 Mk1* Long Branch, go forth and clean her up !......................

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Originally Posted by 303tom

It`s a 1944 No.4 Mk1* Long Branch, go forth and clean her up !......................

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Suggest have another good look at picture #2 ...

There is a bolt-head catch, and no cut-out in the boltway - therefore it is not a MK 1*.

Since North American production by 1944 was all Mk1*; the clues indicate a British rifle

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Originally Posted by Maxwell Smart

Suggest have another good look at picture #2

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A closer look at butt socket markings in pic #1 shows part of an ''M'' sticking out from under the rust next to the DOM and a ser. no. that starts with a 1. It's a Maltby. ............Or whats left of one at least.