I know its a long shot, but does anyone out there have an Enfield marked rearsight or magazine of the correct pattern for a 1933 No4 Mk1 Trials rifle?
many thanks
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I know its a long shot, but does anyone out there have an Enfield marked rearsight or magazine of the correct pattern for a 1933 No4 Mk1 Trials rifle?
many thanks
Best of luck Neil!
While everyone is looking through their parts boxes, I could use a waisted front sight protector for a trials rifle.
Thanks, Roger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Payne
Its worth a try!
Oh I agree. Chances are slim, but if you don't ask they're non-existent. And your rifle is well worth the effort.;)
Thanks, very kind Roger
While I'm not officially allowed to have the rifle until March 24, i managed to convince the wife to let me have the stock.........
I don't know if you remember the stoçk was rather dry when you saw it at Birmingham, so before it was locked away the woodwork was removed.
Now sat in front of the TV watching the rugby gently caressing gentleman's relish (linseed oil) in to it
Its coming up a treat!
It's ok, you're speaking to a fellow sufferer from terminal Enfielditis.........I understand!
Guess I'm guilty since I'm rubbing out wood with linseed today too!
I thought I'd better lock up the garage workshop & sit in front of the TV with the wife as I'm clearing off to The Somme for a week tomorrow. Mind you we just sit there ignoring each other all evening.......
A few hours of silence seems like a good swap for a week on the Somme!
Sounds kinda rude, hope you're wearing "protection" from the chemicals :yikes: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Brian Dick
Oh she's not toooo bad, really!
A warm bath in the stuff for a half hour or so might be pretty good. I've got them to set aside the linseed oil that comes in at a local recycling center; I must have almost ten gallons from there now.
5thBatt, Nope, I only use straight raw linseed oil which is nontoxic. Never really understood adding turps and everything else under the sun to "cut" it. It works just fine for me "straight up".
I'm with you on that one, Brian
Raw linseed oil - small amount rubbed in with bare hands and left to dry properly (up to a week) before reapplying ( if necessary ) with a similar small amount
Perfect finish and ohhhhhhhhhh that smell...........
just dropping in , i need to know exactly how roger can sit silently with the wife for prolonged period ? mine always thinks up something for me to do , and it seldom has anything remotely associated with lindseed oil and stock wood
We've been married a LONG time (sure seems like that anyway!).
Actually, she's a good sport & is very tolerant of my disappearing off to the battlefields at regular intervals, so I can't complain (really).
ATB
Do you have a picture of how these parts look like and what makes them different from normal SMLE/No. 4 parts? Recently bought a bunch of Enfield parts (including three magazines, rear sights, etc.), but do not know to identify what you're looking for.
Waco16 I'd say your only chance of finding parts like that now would be eBay or somehow getting the opportunity to sort through the parts bins at the major wholesalers, most of which are in the USA of course that said, I did find a trials foresight protector in a friend's parts bins once and years later the trigger guard surfaced from the same source, so never say never. Those parts are already on rifles by the way. ;)
Hi PromoQuote:
Originally Posted by Promo
I have attached a couple of pictures of the rear sight. The trials sight (and some of the very early production sights) use a ball and spring rather than a flat faced plunger to give the 'detent' and as a result had a cut-out for the ball rather than a flat for the plunger (you can just make this out on the picture). They carry the stylised 'D' stamp for Enfield factory and Enfield Inspectors stamps on all parts.
The mag follows normal No4 configuration but carries Enfield maker and inspectors stamps
Fingers crossed!
Got my fingers crossed - just like trying to find scope 3273. I know it was still around in the mid '80'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Surpmil
........and if you want to be seriously picky Waco, I'd ask people to find you a 6 click rear sight - both 4 & 6 click sights exist!
I thought that might have been pushing it a little !Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Payne
With any luck the trip will be a little less "fraught" than it was a century ago.
I would go to the Somme as there is sure to be historical enfields to ogle over and maybe find one or two nice ones
not to side track the thread , i think its great that those that need the obscure and unattainable ask , it is how i found my mkV - i just sincerely asked , and made a great contact ,
its often that unasked for part or complete rifle that one wants to sell and another wants to buy that spends time in purgatory waiting to be redeemed ,
still waiting for someone to offer me a nice mkVI tho ? anyone ??????
and long as im askin - i still want a decent HAK too ????
The MkVI took awhile in fact a long while to find so will stay a while longer.:D
Neil, I've got a 1932 Enfield marked No4 magazine that looks like it's a conversion from a SMLE magazine. Would the trials rifle magazines have been converted from SMLE ones or newly made "proper" No4 ones? It's been refinished etc before I picked it up with a mixed lot of stuff at an auction a while ago. Pics below - Let me know if it's of interest/use to you for your Trials (T) or if not and it's just a bog standard converted SMLE mag, I'll hang on to it as a spare for my No4. Kev
I'm not sure if there are some that were converted but here is an original one that is in my 1931 Trials "T". Actually I believe it's made for the earlier Trials rifle but still proper for the later T. Ray
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Originally Posted by desperatedan
I have only ever seen two Enfield made back sights like the one described. One is on my '41 built No4, made from 1935 components. I went without food for a week to get it. The other I found during my customary rummage through a bits and pieces box at a show. Keeping a straight face when buying it was a real strain.
My collector friend was a gibbering wreck, kissing my booty, trying to buy it from me. He got it in the end, but he went without food for a month!!!!!
Jim,
Would that be a Faz 41, complete with cut-off slot?
ATB
Yes, Roger, you know the one...............