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CR stands for "Carbines and Rifles".

The problem with instructional models in UK is their purpose - to instruct. The Police do not accept the need for anyone to be instructed in the mechanisms of firearms.

The cut-off should be folded steel plate. I have the drawing of it along with the screw which is not the SMLE one. The thread is BA.

Been thinning out my collection for some time. Problem is that She Who Must Be Obeyed sees a new kitchen on the horizon.

Agreed, he was intending to go to NZ. He made a very nice pouch for my mini-leatherman.

I believe the thread is 26-1/3TPI. This is the Parker-Hale thread used on cleaning rods.

I do have a bayonet similar to the ones shown. Some idiot has bent it slightly and I'm figuring out the best way to straighten it.

I did once rebuild some SMLEs that had been gold plated for...

I think I'm still around, I'll check.

I surmise that once they are gone, there won't be any more as the proprietor of EFD has just died.

I picked one up from a pile of junk at the War and Peace show. I was approached by some wannabe SS trooper who said it was no good as it had been messed about with. He did not have a clue about the...

Roger,

One scenario is that a shedload of No4 backsights were shipped to Enfiled to have the battle sight milled off for the No4T programme. Otherwise it was salvaged and kept for trials work at...

The provenance comes from finding it amongst the junk I inherited when I took over a job in Enfield.

I have a Savage sight with the battle sight milled off. I have it on good authority it was used for trials.

I have one staring down at me as I write. Never seen another one.

I have a No7, which works perfectly at present, but you never know.

The CR number is, in effect he drawing number for the item in question.

A, GA, SA stands for: Assembly, General Assembly and Sub-Assembly.

Generally, drawing numbers were not allocated to items...

I have one that is tiny bit worn from use but still fully functionable.

I am pondering on selling it to part fund a new Beretta shotgun.

Note that SMLE and No4 are different.

Yes, Roger, you know the one...............

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...

The Royal Small Arms Factory was at Enfield and built alongside the River Lea (or Lee, both are correct). The river originally supplied the power to the water mills which supplied much of the motive...

They were reputed to be ace at making holes in tins of condensed milk.

Peter, it's, "Where there's a will, there's a relative".

That thread is used on:

Screw guard trigger back No1
Screw spring sight back No1
Screw spring sight back No3
Screw (retaining) striker No1

The form is 60deg.

It is as near as possible to...

The introduction of the Mark III* rifle in 1915, did away with the need for the "fuller" rear portion of the fore-end as the volley sights were no longer deployed. So, presumably, no more Mark III...