Help needed identifying manufacturer of lee enfield 1918

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Originally Posted by canadian1918

Thanks for the info rather reassuring , just didn't deal like throwing money at a piece of history that is of no importance to me . Cheers ]

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Frankly that is not realistic. Other than on rare occasions, no one can know where a British Army rifle like yours has been. Over its career, your rifle may have been, for example, in the hands of: an Army Service Corps driver in France during the Great War, an Infantryman in Palestine between the wars, or a Royal Artillery Gunner at Tobruk during the Second World War. On the other hand it may have been in the armoury of a school Cadet Corps for most if not all of of its life. We certainly had identical rifles in our armoury at school.

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Originally Posted by Beerhunter

Frankly that is not realistic. On the other hand it may have been in the armoury of a school Cadet Corps for most if not all of of its life. We certainly had identical rifles in our armoury at school.

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Oh, spoil sport! We all like to think our rifles were used in anger by TE Lawrence, or examined by Winston Churchill at the very least.;)

I recall being told that a year's dated production started the year before the date - explaining, for example, how long Lee Enfields are seen dated 1902 bearing Queen Victoria's crown (yet she died 22 January 1901), having been made in the production year 1901-1902. Is this actually true or false? If true, does anyone know when the 1918-dated production at Enfield would have started?

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Originally Posted by canadian1918

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I must say the fit between the forend and the trigger guard and forward face of the butt socket looks much better than most SMLE's

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Originally Posted by canadian1918

im wondering if its worth the trouble of putting it back to original as its been sporterized unfortunately ,

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When you say sporterized, do that mean the barrel has been shortened, or just that the forend wood has been shortened? More pictures would be welcomed, as usual.