Irish Contract Enfield No 4 MkII

My Irish is really an Irish

Did the UF55's come in mummy wrap? I have 2, one is brand new unfired, and the other one was sporterized a little, holes drilled for a scope (not by me).

thanks john , that was what i was fishing for , ive missplaced my cheat sheet and im not near my LES

my point being that just because someone claims an "irish" contract doesnt mean its so , and even if it were , what makes it more valuable than another contract , unless its still in the wrap

Well I have an Irish SMLE. FF on the knoxform (Fianna Fail), and a SMLE with R.I.C. on the stock disc plus two R.I.C, carbines. (one a Metford conversion and the other an Enfield conversion.

OOPs! forgot, also a "GENUWINE SHAMROCK ENFIELD" With the certificate from Ye Olde Hunter in Alexandria Virginia stating it was purchased from the Irish Government. Printed in green Ink with lots of shamrocks and one of the wee folk on it:D

Here is a pic

the PF on top and the UF underneath

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Originally Posted by John Sukey

Well I have an Irish SMLE. FF on the knoxform (Fianna Fail), and a SMLE with R.I.C. on the stock disc plus two R.I.C, carbines. (one a Metford conversion and the other an Enfield conversion.

OOPs! forgot, also a "GENUWINE SHAMROCK ENFIELD" With the certificate from Ye Olde Hunter in Alexandria Virginia stating it was purchased from the Irish Government. Printed in green Ink with lots of shamrocks and one of the wee folk on it:D

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I've also got an Irish SMLE (it was rebarreled around the 1950's, so no FF, but the re-numbered s/n is typical), an Irish MkI***, an RIC carbine, and a No4 Mk2 that falls in the Irish Contract range, and was most certainly issued by somebody.

Didn't pay any sort of premium for any of them...the Irish connection is a bit of marketing window dressing. Things Irish tend to be popular over here.

And I'd agree that the crazy in the case of the OP's Gunbroker link, would be anybody paying that sort of price.

I would imagine a lot of those Irish No4's weere used in the movie "The Blue Max" They used the Irish army for both sides and the only thing they changed was the HELMETS!:rofl:

Were they divided by being Catholic and Protestant?:madsmile:

Hey Hagarin SC....., what's that flag in your name box..., the one with the union jack in the middle

It's an upside down (distress signal) real South African flag..:help: