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02-09-2021 02:21 PM
# ADS
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Never seen,
Never heard of,
Someones 'good idea'
A badly looked after, ridden hard and put away wet, covered with rattle-can and a screw and bits from the 'come in handy one day jar' that lives under the work-bench.
Could it be one of the RTI rifles cleaned up ?
(Never say never with an LE)
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Originally Posted by
capt14k
While, I agree with the 'never say never' mantra, that receiver looks like a 5 year old has scrawled that with a nail.......and I would venture that those markings are 99.5% likely to be a bubba job.
Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.
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That was my thinking as well. Feel bad for the guy. His first Enfield and he bought it at auction. I can just imagine what he paid
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Looking at the wood to metal fit, wonder what the inside looks like?
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There may be a quite decent No4 Mk2 under the Tremclad brush-job and hashed up wood. The scratchings may be Bubba's attempt to redo what he had painted over, or perhaps a POF
rifle pretending to be a Fazackerly?
Looking at little more closely I see a "5" under the paint, so very likely a Fazackerly.
A "37" is visible just behind the 5/5 scratching too.
Last edited by Surpmil; 02-12-2021 at 02:00 AM.
Reason: Typo
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Originally Posted by
Surpmil
There may be a quite decent No4 Mk2 under the Tremclad brush-job and hashed up wood. The scratchings may be Bubba's attempt to redo what he had painted over, or perhaps a
POF rifle pretending to be a Fazackerly?
Looking at little more closely I see a "5" under the paint, so very likely a Fazackerly.
A "37" visible just behind the 5/5 scratching too.
My guess, it would possibly be a No4 Mk1/3
Savage rifle FTR'd by Fazakerley in 195x (1952-53)
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Begs the question where did he get the number from?
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Agree with post #6. It's not a Savage as it has an angled receiver side wall ledge, yet it also has the milled flat typical of BSA, Savage, & Faz production. I'm almost certain it is indeed a Faz rifle, & the serial is quite possibly correct. The Mk3/5 may be fantasy, or what the owner thought he could see under the thick brushed on paint when he scratched it back in. The scratches look very superficial & are clearly done by hand, & would certainly polish out, if they did not all but disappear when the paint comes off. I don't necessarily buy that it's a wreck (it might be but it might not), although it needs some TLC.
Last edited by Roger Payne; 02-10-2021 at 07:00 AM.
Reason: typo
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I don't think it is a 5 but should read as "S". Compare it with the 5 written below. S could for example mean "Star". So No. 4 Mk.3*
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