Ya, some coincidences with the barrels.
The cavalry carbine was a lightened arm for the horse soldier. The lightweight barrel was slender but fully protected by stock, hand guard and nose cap....
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Ya, some coincidences with the barrels.
The cavalry carbine was a lightened arm for the horse soldier. The lightweight barrel was slender but fully protected by stock, hand guard and nose cap....
The long Lee had a barrel length of 30-1/4 inches, the cavalry carbine 20-3/4 inches.
The length of the Sht.LE being pretty close to half way between the two.
ROF Enfield markings;-
EFD was introduced circa 1897.
Superimposed E over F over D was introduced circa 1924.
If there is no factory inspector view mark or Govt acceptance marking, then the...
I don't have the special tool, I use a center punch. It works fine for me.
Moving metal at the sear stop needs to be only a few thou (gentle tap-tap) to noticeably move that sear tip .
Trigger work is something that should not be done trial and error. There will always be safety concerns.
Many of the rifles that I gathered up from hunt camps and cottages have been used as deer...
After a little clarification, I now understand your question.
You say that you tried the ball and socket trigger and sear, but you found it to be heavy? No, the sear isn't the part that needs to...
As far as I know, the designers at Enfield were very cognoscente of the advantage of retro compatibility. Whenever a change, slight or small was made to an assembly or component, its effect on...
I am missing something here? The question is has anybody tried fitting a No.1's trigger in a No.1 Mk.III rifle???
Yup, it fits!
I think that we might be are we referencing a MLM Mk.I trigger?...
Each factory inspector had their own unique crowned witness stamp for military contracts. A factory designator and an inspector number. No record of names against numbers exists that I know of. If...
Good pics. They tell me a lot. Now this is all off the top of my head without referring to notes or my library so I might be out a bit or have some near misses.
The front sight is mounted onto the...
Nice one!!! Oh boy!
Sherlock Holmes hat on!
The rear sight with the 300-400 yard markings has a base that is calibrated for the early Lewes sights. It would have been taken from an 1889/90 Mk.I...
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Welcome to the forum Toffee and thanks for your first post.
The block has what appears to be a Birmingham Definitive Proof marking. It could be a fake, but the mark looks good to me. As such, being a rifle made for the commercial market, it did not have to...
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Ya, i know. But these have been selling!
One has to be quick, only a few left!
But what are they???
Whatever they are, I don't think that they are even military, never mind being a rifle part
I am curious. I need to ask, cos I have no answer.
For a while there has been something listed that online auction site.
It is just something that I have never seen before.
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These...
I have questions for which I think that I already know the answers.
The No.4 rifle in 7.62. Along with the special barrel and recalibrated sights, it was fitted with a special extractor that had a...
On the bottom of the barrel there is odd series of slash marks / V l l that are like 1/4" tall.
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Armourer's assembly markings?
Are these markings repeated on any other components?
The bad news is that the 'Mk.III receiver' has totally bogus markings. All of those markings are faked.
It is a Khyber special sold as a souvenir to some GI Joe. The thing is actually a Mk.IV.
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No, not the same mag as the Mk.I. The Lee Metford carbine was based upon the Mk.II Metford receiver, introduced in 1894 with the wider double stack magazine.
Ya, one of the hardest parts to find for a MLM Mk.I is that little chain link. More of a spring clip, they are removable, so often they are missing.
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These seem to be generally issued. I...
Jolly good!
Can anybody direct me to a reference for identifying British Armourers' gauges by their designation?
Do the designations SM418 or SM417/27 mean anything to anyone?
Apex has what are perhaps Lee...
The only mags on the loose are ones taken from stripped rifles.
I made up a wooden dummy mag and painted it black for display. I gave it away to another collector and cant find any pics.
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