My first No.1 MK III*

[searcher1970]

Just picked up my first No.1 MK III* today. I won it on Gunbroker. Heres a link to the rifle http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=146139281
Tore it down tonight,cleaned a ton of old cosmoline from under the wood. I cant wait to shoot it

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[RJW NZ]

Well done, nice rifle, its getting harder and harder to locate decent whole examples of these and your price was good too.
Just as an FYI , a little research will show you that you have a magazine from circa 1905, the one for your rifle is a slightly different shape with a more straight bottom edge. You'll get to discover that half the fun of enfields is putting them right, so to speak. A hundred years of history makes all sorts of little changes take place, so tweaking towards perfection becomes an inevitable and fun element of enfield owning.
I thought the butt plate was interesting. Little spotty holes like that come from slamming the butt vertically into a concrete parade ground. Its quite likely that once the war was over your rifle still saw plenty of use in peacetime.
Well done.

[searcher1970]

Thanks for the info on the mag. I'll have to see if I can pick up a proper one. I had been wondering why the butt plate looked like it had been peppered by a shotgun..lol

[gunner]

Well made !
Be good to the old girl, clean her, give her some BLO and shoot her!

Regards

Gunner

[JBS]

Congratulations on your catch. Have fun at the range.

[Badger]

Congratulations ..

Lovely old girl with character ...

Post some pics of her when you finished the clean up ...

Regards,
Badger