Wrapped Enfield (Before and After)

[anthon94]

Shoots great!!

One of my son's favorite rifles.

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[madcratebuilder]

I carefully removed mine and stored the wrap pretty much intact. Don't know why, I'm not putting it back in their.

[anthon94]

I saved the wrap to not sure why either.

[enfield303t]

I think I am a little shocked you unwrapped it. I have been looking for one in the wrap but unsuccessful so far.

[jmoore]

I've one still in the wrap, but two(?) more that are free... Maybe three as one I know I vacuum bagged. (For use in case of the end of the world by flood??? It's none of my business what I do, sometimes!)

[ledge]

Where do you guys finds these rifles.

[anthon94]

Found it on Gun Broker.

[spinecracker]

A local gun shop has had a wrapped No.4 Mk.II on its shelf for the past 6 months, but no one is mad enough (yet) to pay the asking price of $1100 (plus tax) - yikes! That is just as bad as my local Cabelas trying to sell an unwrapped No.4 Mk.II with some dents in the forend and no bayonet for - you guessed it - $1100 (plus tax) - yowzer! I just missed out on a wrapped No.4 Mk.II on GB for a much more reasonable price lol.

[MJ1]

I't been so long ago the details are fuzzy but mine came from gunshows and WTB posts. I think it was $200 and $250 but there was a good supply back then.
'53 and '54

[Peter Laidler]

I work on the principle that there are 1 million UN-wrapped No4's but only, say, a few hundred still wrapped and once UN-wrapped, it can never be De-unwrapped...... if that makes sense

The irony is that until, say, 15 years ago, replacement No4's used to come from Ordnance Stockpiles mummified similar to this with that thick greasy cloth impregnated waxy stuff around the muzzle, butt plate and trigger mechanism/body and all enclosed within a heat sealed shrunk-on green plastic bag thing. Not new of course but still 'new' as in Fazakerley FTR from the 50's.

Some of these were used for the massive L59 conversion to DP programme. I think 17,000 were eventually DP'd for Cadet use