MOUNT WINCHESTER A5 ON ENFIELD MK3

[junker88]

Hi all,

I find this enfield N 1 MK3 1918* in begium, but i don t no if this is a good sniper or not
There is à screw in the wood like ISHAPORE enfield but no GRI marking.

Serial number is : Y 7766

But i have read
Letter prefixes obseved on Enfield SMLE's:
1913: ABCE
1914: HIJMOPR
1915: ACDFGKLMNRUVZ
1916:ABCEGHIJKOPQRSTUVZ
1917:ABCDGHIJLNOPRSTWXYZ
1918:ABCEFGIJKLMNOQRSTVXZ



Can you help me ??

Thank s

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[Roger Payne]

It has been assembled, & whilst i am not certain from the photo's, the mounts may well be some that I have had made. I've had several small batches of Whitehead bases made, although the dovetail blocks are not mine. 1918 is a bit late for a sniper variant such as this - the contracts were effected in 1915/16 & the couple of original rifles I've ever come across were dated similarly.

Hope this helps.

[junker88]

thank s for you re help,

So i don t speak a good english, but if i understand, this lee enfield is a assembled post ww1 with ishapore wood, and copy of winchester mount ??
I can do more photo s if you need.

Thank s for you re help

[Roger Payne]

D'accord. Vous m'avez bien compris M Junker88!

Amicalement,

Roger.

[mr.e moose]

Just a question on this one. Would the front sight protector be fixed to the barrel to maintain zero?

[Surpmil]

Just a question on this one. Would the front sight protector be fixed to the barrel to maintain zero?

The short answer is "no". How was such a design ever seriously proposed, let alone approved for service? Hard to understand. Whitehead Bros. built some fine torpedoes I'm sure, but telescope mountings plainly were not their forte.

All the WWI era Winchester A5 scopes I have seen in photos or the flesh, had plain locking screws on the rings, so those 3/8" rails or bases are not correct. How could they be with locking slots facing the rifle in such a way that the locking screws would be totally inaccessible?

Nice to see a Canadian marked SMLE, but Ishapore screws were not a Canadian practice either.

And what's the funny square slot in the handguard for?

[junker88]

thank s all for you re help.:thup

Serial number of this gun Y 7766 is a Enfield product or not ?

[Roger Payne]

Les marquages sous la culasse sont correct - il est certain que le fusil a été fabriqué à Enfield en 1918.

[Surpmil]

Probablement, ce fusil a ete porter par un soldat Canadien en 1918/19. C'est possible quelqu'un a estampe le "C Broad Arrow" apres les guerres, mais c'est tres improbable. C'est aussi possible que ce fusil a ete perdu en 1940 par un soldat du 1re Div. Canadien, mais je pense que ce c'est aussi improbable: cet division a retourne a G.B. avec le pluspart de leurs equipages! Le SMLE a ete aussi porter a Dieppe en 1942. C'est presque toute qu'on peut dire...or something like that.

[Brian Dick]

Jeez guys, I'm going to have to get out my RosettaStone Francais.