My Lithgow No1 MkIII*

[MontaukTrl]

I believe I uploaded the photos correctly, so if I did what you are looking at are a few photos of my 1921 Lithgow No1 MkIII*. I purchased this rifle in a gun shop in Birmingham, Alabama while attending college, in 1989. I think I paid $90.00 for it. As far as I can tell it is all matching, except for the nose-cap, which has no number at all anywhere on it. I remember picking this one because of the green paint stripe on the buttstock, which I now know to be a Cadet Rifle mark.

MontaukTrl

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[limpetmine]

Nice rifle...

[bradtx]

MontaukTrl, Your rifle may've also served in one of the AU military districts, akin to our National Guard units, during WWII. If you would, please look somewhere around the the knox for a stamping like 1MD or something similar.

The reason I ask is the 4/44 stamp on the butt stock. It seems many of the MD rifles were returned to stores in '44 for rearsenal, if needed.

Brad

[MontaukTrl]

MontaukTrl, Your rifle may've also served in one of the AU military districts, akin to our National Guard units, during WWII. If you would, please look somewhere around the the knox for a stamping like 1MD or something similar.

The reason I ask is the 4/44 stamp on the butt stock. It seems many of the MD rifles were returned to stores in '44 for rearsenal, if needed.

Brad

Checked tonight, nothing of the kind stamped on the knox.

[No4Mk1(T)]

You just don't see many interwar Enfields of any make around.
I'd like to add one to my Australian collection one day. As it is now I only have a '42 No1MkIII and an L1A1.

[daveboy]

Very sweet rifle MontaukTurl. I too have an all-matching 1921 Lithgow and I live just down the road from you. Small world!

Roll Tide!
daveboy

[louthepou]

pretty, pretty! Nice to see intact markings on wood... Thanks for the pics