Let's see some Enfield related accessories! :cool:
Oilers, pull throughs, slings & action covers for the No. 1 Mk III & No. 4 Mk I.
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Let's see some Enfield related accessories! :cool:
Oilers, pull throughs, slings & action covers for the No. 1 Mk III & No. 4 Mk I.
May not be an accessory but still i find it interesting, even if it is not very "rare" or "collectable."
You forgot wire cutters/breakers, bayonets, night sights, grenade launchers, aim correctors ect.....;)
It would require a little help from a friend but I might be able to post some pics. I have a few items I have picked up over the last twenty years, what are you interested in seeing?
mdrim13, never saw a box like that. Neat.
Sht LE, forgot to be more specific. Was looking to see things like oil bottles, slings, bayonets, bandoliers and action covers, etc. that the regular soldiers would have used in WWI-WWII.
mdrim13 posted something I hadn't thought of, why not include boxes/crates too?
You want boxes?
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...IMG_0811-1.jpg
Ok, maybe a tad too big....
Bottle, oil, Mk IV by J.J. Bent Company, Birmingham.Quote:
Originally Posted by P-07ShortLee
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...7/akiutc-1.jpg
Have had it in waiting, to go with a 1909 Enfield No.1 Mk. III that just arrived tonight.:dancingbanana:
More ammo........
Attachment 24331Attachment 24330A couple of rodded grenades.
Its not mine, but it is a rare accessorie for the 20 round SMLE magazine I beleive
Attachment 24350Attachment 24348Attachment 24351Attachment 24349
This begs the question, why is loose ammo boxed in units of 32 ?Attachment 24360
BrensQuote:
Originally Posted by TerryS
A few accessories:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00024-1.jpg
Assorted oiler markings.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00018-1.jpg
Bore viewers, gages, tools.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00017-1.jpg
Early grenade launcher.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00016-1.jpg
Wire cutter.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00014-1.jpg
Wire cutter mounted on rifle.
Enjoy.
How good do the wire cutters work? Has anyone tried them?
The wire cutters work well....I ran one through my father in law's barb wire fence years ago and it did sterling service. I was not about the try the wire breakers due to the cattle in the fields....
From the MKL .... ;)
With videos showing how they operate ....
1917 No.1 MkII Wire Cutter for ShtLE Rifle
Regards,
Doug
Where to start, nice stuff everyone!:bow:
ShtLE, some very nice rare stuff there, I like the variety of oil bottles too!:cool:
Bindi, I didn't know that, or if I did forgot!:lol:
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Spinecracker, nice box! Does it have a date on it?
I may start a box/crate topic.
Berkley, Lance, Steve & Simon, Nice stuff there!
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Doug/Badger, the Knowlege Library is a very interesting place with many good articles in it.
Just to let you know it's appreciated!:thup:
The wire cutters didn't work so well when you were advancing at the front of hundreds following up behind you................ especially when you were being shot at by machine gns. And being up front didn't help none either!
Spinecracker, you might be interested to know (on the other hand, you might already know.........) that your box was re-packed at 655 Base Ammunition Depot in October 1981. This wasn't a British Base Ammo Depot as we had code marks on ours instead of numbers - like BRA for Bracht or KT for Kineton or LTN for Longtown etc etc. I'd say it was an ex Indian Army box but made in the UK none the less
Talking of wire cutters, has anyone out there fot a set of ROSS rifle wirecutters? What aboiut a P-14 cup discharger?
Well here is a picture of one of my P 1907 bayonets.Attachment 24487
Three dischargers and a launcher.
Attachment 24511
Here is a picture of the Ross wire cutters. I don't know of another set around so correct me if wrong. Interesting that the Ross is pull activated while the British are push. The Ross wire cutters had a leather gaiter on the forend to pick up the wire rather than picking the wire up on the bayonet. I'll do a few photo's of the breakers later, along with a Patt. 14 launching rifle with the wraps and reinforcements.
Attachment 24512
Do you know what the spring balances and the Gauge, plug, bore in your line-up are for ShtLE?
We have a set of Ross wire cutters Warren but they don't look quite like that. I'll compare the two next week
The spring balance with the punch and driver is a Lewis Machine Gun combination tool made by Salter, the other is a Trigger Pull Spring Gauge for the MLE/SMLE (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) also made by Salter. The Gauge, plug, bore is Canadian made and marked for the Rifle No.4, it also has a C broad arrow electro-penciled on it. I tried my wire cutters once. Found they worked great on tight strung barbed wire, and were hopeless when confronted with a loose tangle of concertina wire or loosely draped barbed wire. They also add considerable weight to the very front of the rifle (especialy with the bayonet fixed) and wrecks the handling.
A few more accessories:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC000641-1.jpg
Trigger Pull Gauge.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC000631-1.jpg
Parker sight tool, No.4 bolt head fixture, Aim Corrector.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00062-1.jpg
Sight Adjusters, clockwise from top left, SMLE (repro), SMLE, P.14, No.4
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00065-1.jpg
Not exactly an Enfield accessorie, but still neat.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00072-1.jpg
Parade/Drill spike bayonet. Anyone have any info on this one?
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00070-1.jpg
Hookies. Top to bottom Lithgow 1' 1915, Wilkinson 1' 1909, Sanderson 11' 1909
Fletch, TerryLee & Warren, Interesting posts! Thanks for adding them!:thup:
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ShtLE, Very Nice!
The bayonets are very nice!:bow:
Your going to hate me about the bayonets..... I paid $200 for the Sanderson and $175 for the Lithgow a few months ago. Picked them up from a a bayonet collector friend that got them from an estate sale. The Wilkinson I found at an antique shop 16 years ago and paid $50 for. and I got the dates backwards, the Wilkinson is 11' 09 and the Sanderson is 1'09.
ShtLE, I think the left hand spring balance is set up for the Vickers. One end of the string in the crook of the finger and the other under the crank to test the weight of the fuzee spring and after, to test the friction weight of the packing. You could use it to test barrel lift I suppose but we always used the trigger tester as shown elsewhere more recently in this thread. The plug bore gauge looks to me like the .380" Enfield GAUGE, testing, straightness of bore. I don't remember a rifle gauge that shape
The spike bayonet with the ball tip was used for ceremonial parades so the flags and colours would not get shredded when flapping in the breeze around the mounted (affixed) bayonets Originally many just used a black painted golf ball with a hole drilled in them on the tip of the bayonet but then they actually came up with the bayonet. No scabbard however :-)##
Appreciate the info on the spring balance Peter, thanks. As for the gauge, I had not seen one exactly like it either. The markings on it read in five lines: M.T.W. .303 DIA. RIFLE No.4 BARREL D 267 Then it has an electro-penciled #11N over a C broad arrow. I got it from Numrich, but that would have been around 18 years ago. Anyone have any info on it?
I don't recognise the handled .303 gauge unless it's a variation of our worn leed gauge (Gauge No2 something or other as I recall.....). All ours are usually marked with an SM prefix. Are they still SM prefixed in Oz Son?
Incidentally, talking of gauges, the Armourers gauge SM75, GAUGE, plug .306" No2 for the Vickers machine gun was declared obsolete last year. It missed the cull during the Bren and L4 gauge cull because it didn't feature on the gauge list for the Bren family. But this gauge was used to test the leed of Bren LMG barrels still in Cadet service.
It's obsolescent meant that the very last vestige of the old Vickers MMG had finally gone from British Service, 40+ years after the gun was declared obsolete. So if you've got a gauge SM 75, that was used to calibrate Vickers OverHead Fire (OHF) barrels, there's a bit of history for you
Not sure what its for, however its broad arrow marked & has the same thread for the Parker Hale cleaning jags & brushes. I use it to clean the chambers on my Martini Enfield`s
Attachment 24549Attachment 24548
more for bayonet practice so you dont stab the instructor if thats what you ment by drillQuote:
Originally Posted by Sht_LE
Fergs
Could someone some pics of stock bolt removal tool/s. I currently use a modified flat screwdriver with a square shank. However in France I found a large bit which will fit in a brace which I think will persuade even the most stubborn stock bolts out. Just got to get it home to the bolts.
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Could someone post some pics of stock bolt removal tools. Currently I use a reground screwdriver with a square shank.
Cheers
The stock bolt removal tool that I use for stubborn stock bolts is a Mk.I third model Ford Tire Iron;) Not correct, but it does the job. I too would be interested in some pics of an original one. I sometimes see them on Evil Bay, but they always go for much more than I am willing to spend.
ROY asked for a picture of the real brace and bit for removing the stock bolt ....
BRACES, bit, Armourers BIT, brace, stockbolt shown together.
No stockbolt EVER defeated this combination. The large bit was also used to unscrew the NUT, buffer on the Bren gun butt slide as well as the pistol grip screw
Thanks Peter. Does the blade have little or no taper? unlike a conventional screwdriver, so it will be less likely to ride out of the slot. My bit with a little modification and a carpenters brace should do the trick.
The blade does have a slight taper but believe me, just a slight lean into the end of the brace and that screwdriver bit ain't goin' nowhere except turning that bolt!
We also had a little hooked brass thinggy that we'd use to pull out the WAD, stock bolt
Cutters and breakers
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/62956/cutters.jpg
A rare bird...a cord wrapped launching rifle and cup.Attachment 24725
Great posts everyone!
How about a Sight Training Aid for the No.4 or No.8 rifle.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...chingAid-1.jpg
3 variations of Aiming Disks
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ingDisks-1.jpg
Warren is that a WW1 cupQuote:
Originally Posted by Warren
TonyE is probably the expert on these, but I think I have (from Top left to bottom right):-
1) Mk III
2) Mk IV
3) Mk VI
4) 1942 dated Canadian drill rounds
5) 1950s Mk 10
6) 1980s Italian drill rounds for UK cadets
Great thread! For me, collecting the accessories and books is more than half the fun.:D
Hi,
Here's some tools for 303's, the ones not directly related to 303's are marked and dated to the correct era.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130087-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130088-1.jpg
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https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130089-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130090-1.jpg
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https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130091-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130092-1.jpg
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https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130093-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...P7130095-1.jpg
Heyyyyyy I've got SLR's that need those carrying handles back!Quote:
Originally Posted by smle1973
I bet you do!!
Todays armourers in NZ use the fore grip off the Steyr for file handles.
SMLE `73 ... Amazing! How did you get them all??
Gingercat - Yes, you are spot on with your ID of the drill rounds. I collect all British military SAA but am particularly fond of the .303 inch drill rounds and have over one hundred different.
Here are a few as an example:
First picture, l. to r.
1st pattern Mark I (Boxer case)
2nd pattern Mark I (Berdan case)
Mark II
Mark III
Late (1927) Mark III for Royal Navy
Second picture, all WWI, l. to r,
Mark IV
Mark V
Experimental Mark VI
1st pattern Mark VI
Third picture
Various D Mark VI, VIN and VI*
Fourth picture
Australian Local Pattern Drill, diecast with steel base.
There are plenty more different types to show should anyone be sad enough to be interested!
Regards
TonyE
I'm surprised nobody has submitted one of these yet:confused:
Lithy very jealous. Tried several times to buy one on EBay. Just when I think I am paying way too much, someone outbids me. Such is life. Paul