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Many thanks!

Finally firgured out the trick. See the three photos below. Paul

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Thank you for your thoughts. The Lithgow Barrel has a definitive bulge in the area of the chamber and cannot be screwed in more than 75% of the way into the receiver. The receiver, however, is...

Several years ago I acquired a "project" to restore. It consisted of a pristine buttstock marked Litgow (kangaroo in the shield) and dated 1913, a receiver marked Lithgow 1913 and serial numbered...

Hello,

British handguns are not my specialty, but I have had an Enfield revolver in 38/200 dated 1934 and marked to the RAF for years which I enjoy shooting. Recently I was offered a chance to...

I recently acquired two trapdoors from an estate sale. One is a model 1884 with the rod bayonet in great condition. It has an 1893 cartouche, the Buffington rear sight, and was a shooter. The serial...

Just spoofing....Enfields, particularly the older ones can sometimes be read like a book, but every once and a while, some mark or symbol will appear on one of them that defies translation..not even...

Hello all,

I am also new to this forum. I have been an Enfield collector since 1965 (please see the "holy grail thread"). I also have several K98s, a couple of
Gew 98s, 1940 Tokarev rifle,...

Well, One of my holy grails turned out to be the first Enfield I ever owned. In 1965 while a cadet at military school, I bought my first minty bolt action centerfire rifle and bayonet from a fellow...

I like them, too. I have one of these made in 1934 witht the correct wood grips and stamped R.A.F. It is a great shooter with the 170 grain copper clad military rounds and dead on with some 200 grain...

Hello,

I am new to this forum as of 1/13/10, but have been a collector of military surplus and Enfields since 1992. I have a number of interesting rifles to include some 17 SMLEs including...