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Enfield rescue, need some help!
I saved "an Enfield" from the local pawnshop. I think it's an Enfield Mk III SMLE, but I'm not versed in these rifles at all. I'm providing some photographs. I can tell that the firearm was manufactured by B.S.A. and that it appears to be a Mk III, based on the markings on the receiver piece that separates the front furniture from the rear. Up on the receiver and on the barrel are the serial numbers "I90415", and the receiver is stamped "England" under that SN.
Other than that you'll notice that someone appears to have painted it khaki green at some distant time in the past, and more recently someone decided it needed to be in a plastic stock...because...well...reasons I guess.
My goal is to identify it, and possibly it's age and provenance. I am also going to try to collect all the parts necessary to put a correct military stock back onto it. I'd appreciate any help anyone can provide!
thanks for the feedback so far
Thanks to everyone so far who has chimed in on my Enfield. I don't intend to sell it...I have a bad habit of keeping things that no one else wants. According to the pawn-shop owner, this Enfield has sat on his wall for almost 2 years! I got it for $175, and I'm going to have to budget the pieces(retired Navy, NOT rich!) but it'll be back the way it's supposed to be eventually!
I refinished this old Winchester 94 after I found it for $125 in another local pawnshop. I local gunsmith did the metalwork, and I did the stock
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