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So as not to start a separate thread, does anyone here know what the markings would be on a military IMBEL for export, 1970s or earlier? Also, would anyone know how to find out when IMBEL delivered...

The sling on my rifle is actually an evolution of that concept designed so the sling can be in both shooting and carrying mode at the same time so you don't have to switch the swivel the rear of the...

Was able to borrow someone's camera to take a picture of my rifle:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2010/09/DSCN5293-1.jpg

Interesting. I wonder if perhaps they may have beenfaked as well, since I did see photos. Perhaps someone thinking it would up the value or something. I am quite willing to accept that something...

The only reason it poppped into my head that they might possibly, in my case, be what I think they might be (could just be a really interesting coincidence for all I know) is that I saw pictures of...

The ones on my rifle were crudely cut on the top of the wrist of the stock going across it with all of the marks parallel to each other although after looking at one more closely I think it is just a...

I've heard about the campaign in Malaya.

The way I found the rifle is that I wanted to check out a gun store by my college that I hadn't been to before (partly motivated by one of my friends...

Sounds more like something that has to do with your bore than your ammo, unless the ammo you are shooting is undersized. I have only shot a small amount of Kynoch ammo, but I never had keyholes and...

Well that answers my question. At some point someone issued my rifle carved multiple parallel notches in the top of the wrist of the butt stock with a knife.

Very interesting information, thank you. My stock has the problem you mention regarding the wood around the band. The wood forward of the band had been gouged out pretty bad allowing a lot of play....

Good to know. So besides a flat end of the screw are there any other distingusihing characteristics that one can see from decent pictures on the Internet? Would it be safe to assume that the POI...

Where these compatible with multiple Lee-Enfield types or are they specifically for one model (such as a No.1 or No.4)? I don't mean in terms of historical accuracy, but rather in terms of being...

Since I had to remove the lacquer from the areas I was going to fix, I just got rid of it all and put on an oil finish. I hadn't realized by LE came from Malaysia, although the thought poppoed into...

FMP is a Malaysian marking? That would be on the buttsocket, right? This is interesting, as my rifle has an FMP marking on the buttsocket. The stock also had a really heavy lacker, and some parts...

I'm just curious, what kinds of mods did you have to do to get the thing to work?

I just realized tbeck already posted a solution to the problem. Excellent.

Excellent advice! I found the records you described, but naturally, they are on microfilm and cost $85 a roll and there is also the fact that I have no way to view them. Looks like something I'll...

I was curious as to how feasible such a conversion would be on a Lee-Enfield and what would be required for such. If I can find a No.5 that needs most of its parts replaced but has a good receiver...

In the case of the 10th, some information is definitely known when it came to arm issues. In May of 1861 the entire regiment recieved the U.S. M1842 Percussion Musket. In late winter, early spring...

I've pretty much exhausted the library, academic database, and internet sources so far, but the one thing I haven't found is where to start exactly, especially seeing as how I am in California and...

I've been trying to find out what weapons were issued to Co. A of the 10th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 10th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Battalion during the American Civil...

From what I've read the first to put camouflage paint on their weapons was the Rhodesian tracking unit in the 1960s, although they started painting them in a sort of green color (solid) before the...

Given that there is a mix of surplus and commercial ammo, and you're getting the clips, $155 is not too bad. Sometimes you can find it for less, but more often than not I personally can't.

Here's some pictures of the Lee-Enfield in Rhodesian service. The first is of personnel in the British South Africa Police. The second is of Rhodesian soldiers running an assault course during...

The top one has a Rhodesian paint scheme while the bottom one does not (although the Rhodesian forces did use No. 5s). I'm curious as to whether or not any of these have RA serial numbers stamped or...