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No 4 MK1 Enfield 1931 trials rifle sniper
Gunbroker auction for a No 4 MK1 Enfield 1931 trials rifle sniper ...
No 4 MK1 Enfield 1931 trials rifle sniper C&R NR : Curios & Relics at GunBroker.com
Relisted due to non paying bidder. This rifle was acquired by us, from an estate of an older gentleman. The family member who sold us the gun, advised that he had possibly had this rifle since the 1960's. It, along with his other rifles, had been stored with butts resting on a concrete basement floor. The result is that the upper butt plate screw is heavily rusted, as is the butt sling swivel where it picked up moisture from the leather sling. Fortunately, the rest of the metal was coated in old
cosmoline
and the condition of the the metal can be seen in the pictures. Other than cleaning the bore so we could advise you of its' condition, we did nothing to clean up this rifle in any way. The leather sling is dry and dirty but would be quite nice if restored with some Pecards. You will note in the pictures, all of the cosmoline, dirt, lint etc. We wanted the high bidder to be able to make these cleaning decisions for themselves. We also wanted to show you how the rifle looked “as found”, so you would know that this is not a rifle that's been bouncing around from one collection to another. We are not experts on Enfield sniper rifles and can't offer any statement of correctness or originality. We have taken a large number of pictures so you can come to your own conclusions. The numbers on the receiver match the bolt and the forearm wood. The magazine is not numbered. The number on the scope and mounts do not match these numbers. The number on wrist of the buttstock does not match any numbers on the rifle or scope. The bore is bright and shiny with an area of minor freckling near the muzzle. The muzzle has a nice crown and passes the bullet test. For those of you with access to
Ian Skennerton's book, THE LEE-ENFIELD STORY, we recommend reading chapter 6, regarding the history of the trials rifles, and in particular the section that describes how and why, many of these were converted into snipers, prior to the invasion of North Africa.
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Regards,
Doug
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11-11-2012 12:29 PM
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Can anyone decipher the original barred out telescope number?
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Can anyone decipher the original barred out telescope number?
Peter, the best I could do was to zoom up the one pic, but it's still difficult to read...
Attachment 38068
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Maybe someone can contact the seller and ask him to check it closely, to see if he can provide the number that's "barred" out?
Regards,
Doug
Last edited by Badger; 11-11-2012 at 03:23 PM.
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Looks like 124? so far. Anyone do better than that? I have a gap in that series, going from 1235 to 1265.............. Plenty in and very close to the 2504 including its brother!
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1244 ?
The 4th figure appears to have the same pointed top as the 3rd figure. Only a 4 has a pointy top with two lines converging.
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Plenty in and very close to the 2504
If you look at the 3rd photo, the number appears to be 3504.
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On reflection, I think it IS 3504 Patrick! I'll cross refence both numbers as possible hits together with 1244. Thanks for that
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I'm curious what it ends up going for as I have one just like it with all the early features like the screw in the cocking knob etc. Mine is 1931 dated, Serial number, A1374. I just cleaned up the area by the old stamped scope number a little and can read the numbers a little better and it appears the scope number was #6041, Ray
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Last edited by rayg; 11-12-2012 at 03:36 PM.
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This is a link to a thread about this rifle the first time it was "sold". Brought just over $5,000 the first time.
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Brian B
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Attachment 38131I would agree 1244 is the original.
It's time we had a thread about trials No4 MkI(T) rifles with a spreadsheet of rifle serial numbers and scope serial numbers.
Belay that, looking at this photo the last digit looks like it could only be an 8 or a 9
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Looks like the last digit is a 0 to me.
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