...and a .22 Hornet from Lithgow

[RJW NZ]

This I've heard of, and even saw picture once. I thought the one I saw was in full wood, does anyone know if they were full wood or sporter in style when made? I like the look of this one. I've requested a year date and a pic of the wrist.

A = The wrist info is; crown GR BSA co 1916 SMLE.

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[Bindi2]

Have only ever seen ones just like that one.The scope mount i am most familar with is the Field which fits to the side of the action.7/8 inch early or 1 inch a little later.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Yep, had one, once. Seriously accurate, however, the magazine was a bit "variable" in performance; very picky with soft-points, mostly good with hollow-points.

I think the mag is a knock-off of a Savage design, can't be sure though. Anyone likely to have some to compare?

Some have checkering on the fore-end as well as the pistol grip.

Yet another one I regret selling. Oddly enough, I still have a couple of spare bolt heads in my parts boxes.

[Warren]

Yep, had one, once. Seriously accurate, however, the magazine was a bit "variable" in performance; very picky with soft-points, mostly good with hollow-points.

I think the mag is a knock-off of a Savage design, can't be sure though. Anyone likely to have some to compare?

Some have checkering on the fore-end as well as the pistol grip.

Yet another one I regret selling. Oddly enough, I still have a couple of spare bolt heads in my parts boxes.

The savage 340 .22 Hornet mag will interchange.

[Edward Horton]

Why is it the wealthy Enfield collectors have all the Enfield's and NO reference books, and the poor American collectors have reference books coming out their A$$ and have only a few Enfield's.

I hate you RJW NZ, I hope all your grand children are born naked.

[RJW NZ]

lol, you're right about that, Ed ... You have such a huge gun selection there that I'm always surprised that any enfields made it to the US at all, let alone some of the nifty ones like trials T's etc. Still, I miss gunshows that take a day to walk through.

[Son]

RJW. Here's a link to a long thread on the topic of these rifles over at gunboards. I know there are almost 100 posts in it, but there is almost every known fact about them, plus a couple of things we worked out from the discussion....


SMLE .22 Hornet

The Hornet serial number is on the barrel knox. There were a couple of grades to the woodwork, from cut down and grafted onto Lithgow SMLE butts and foreends, to the very tidy purpose built sporter set like on mine. I haven't seen anything to indicate they were released with full wood.
I have two types of magazine (which are very hard to come by) there is a third type or more correctly, modification, but all the details are at the link. One feeds well, the other has problems if loaded with five.... Magazines from a Savage 23D in .22 Hornet are very similar and will work.
Mine shoots thumbnail sized groups at 50m with open sights. Here's a couple of pics.

[RJW NZ]

You know, even if we weren't interested because its an enfield underneath, that is still a great looking, well balanced looking rifle. Nice pics, Ed, thanks.