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Opinions 1944 Lithgow No 1 MK III*
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It looks honest and unmolested to me. A mismatch magazine is no big deal as long as it's fitted and functions correctly.
Ditch the tacky sling and get a proper P'37.
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Originally Posted by
Brian Dick
It looks honest and unmolested to me. A mismatch magazine is no big deal as long as it's fitted and functions correctly.
Ditch the tacky sling and get a proper P'37.
Ditto, a good honest Lithgow, looks nice.
P37 sling required.....
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What is mismatched about the magazine. They were not numbered by the factory.
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Originally Posted by
Bindi2
What is mismatched about the magazine. They were not numbered by the factory.
That is a good question and/or observation! I don't know what is proper for this particular maker and year.
But the magazine is numbered. And it does not match.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...wLafA2ll-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...msGa6e1l-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...PB24DaYl-1.jpg
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if it bothers you that much, ill take it off your hands. ill even pay the shipping so you don't feel left out.
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on the other hands, you COULD be someone who spent EXTRA to get a rare "post 1945 german production K98" made by Mitchells Mausers and an employee with a hammer and hand stamps..
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Originally Posted by
martin08
I think that is an Indian magazine. If it really worries you buy a Lithgow one and sell that one. The Military didn't get hung up about where the replacement parts came from its only some collectors that do. Your rifle is a mixture of parts from Orange , Bathurst , Lithgow and Slazenger it is a perfectly correct Orange assembled Lithgow except for the magazine.
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Originally Posted by
Bindi2
I think that is an Indian magazine. If it really worries you buy a Lithgow one and sell that one. The Military didn't get hung up about where the replacement parts came from its only some collectors that do. Your rifle is a mixture of parts from Orange , Bathurst , Lithgow and Slazenger it is a perfectly correct Orange assembled Lithgow except for the magazine.
I think there are some Nos unumbered Australian magazines for sale on gun board forums under the Lee Enfield specific trading thread. Probably could find them else where but figured I'd mention it.
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I've had the gun for several years, and the mag has not bothered me enough to swap it out. I mentioned only because it is numbered, and it does not match.
But I am enlightened to learn that there is a Lee Enfield Specific Trading thread. Almost embarrassed to admit that as a Gunboards member and moderator for over ten years, I scrolled right past that Sticky Thread hundreds of times and never opened it. Ha! I see the mags now. Not a crazy price, but enough.
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Only knew because I was thinking of buying one myself, as the magazine in my Lithgow is Enfield and doesn't at all match the wear of the rest of the gun, besides possibly the wood which is a bit of a mish-mash.
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nice lithgow the only thing you have to do is buy another ,one is never enough
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Pisco your right there mate I have 17 lithgows in total
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Originally Posted by
pisco
nice lithgow the only thing you have to do is buy another ,one is never enough
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Note the P on the barrel for paint.
Good rifle, nice one!
And that little number on the magazine shouldn’t worry you the slightest. Don’t waste your money.
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I think it's a nice clean honest example and would love to have it myself. The dings don't matter, it's been used. The numbered mag being different number doesn't matter either, it's a good serviceable mag. Yes, The sling should see a knife and get a P'37 for it...easy enough when asked on the WTB here. Lots of them around. How did you say the bore is? I like a shiny one myself...
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Originally Posted by
Homer
Note the P on the barrel for paint.
Good rifle, nice one!
And that little number on the magazine shouldn’t worry you the slightest. Don’t waste your money.
Yes. This has the booger-green paint over the barrel and lower part of the receiver. It is quality stuff, now 76 years old and no signs of flaking or fading.
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Originally Posted by
browningautorifle
I think it's a nice clean honest example and would love to have it myself. The dings don't matter, it's been used. The numbered mag being different number doesn't matter either, it's a good serviceable mag. Yes, The sling should see a knife and get a P'37 for it...easy enough when asked on the WTB here. Lots of them around. How did you say the bore is? I like a shiny one myself...
I might even have a sling, stuffed away in a box on a shelf. I should make an effort to look.
And the bore? We'll call it a heavy frost, but not a killer frost. Like a typical milsurp, it has some moderate shine, deep grooves with darkness, and the beginnings of the moonscape surface. It looks like it would shoot out to a bright shine in a session or two.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SY8IqLml-1.jpg
But I won't shoot it, even a little. It's a nice piece of history, and the forestock still looks decent from the outside. No need to split the draws up on this coachwood furniture.
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A bit of scrubbing will get it right...
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My MA '45 MkIII had smidges of green paint on the barrel maybe that was for tropics issue.
Still nice rifle, a drink of RLO and Min turps mix every now and then to keep the wood in fine fettle and it will last for another 76 years........
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roll some cast bullets in talcum powder and shoot them that will help polish the bore
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Originally Posted by
pisco
roll some cast bullets in talcum powder and shoot them that will help polish the bore
before or after you load them up?
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before you load them or if they hang out enough put it on from the case neck forward as long as you get it in the lube
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pisco
roll some cast bullets in talcum powder and shoot them that will help polish the bore
That's very interesting, always something new to learn....
I really wouldn't worry about light frosting, as long as the crown and throat are ok, it will probably shoot just fine.
Like most us us, I have seen what appears to be poor condition bores on Enfields, shoot very well.
Shooting and proper cleaning will reduce the frosting anyway.
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CINDERS
My MA '45 MkIII had smidges of green paint on the barrel maybe that was for tropics issue.
As far as I'm aware the 'painting instruction' covered both UK and 'commonwealth' countries and applied to all 'home and overseas' stations.
