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Chris:
I asked for another look and received the following...
"Gery, I think you are right, the torch cut goes right through the bottom of the letter, it very well could be an F, my eyes are not as good as they once were! The 1401 is correct though, hope that makes helps! John K"
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11-13-2010 10:08 AM
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You'd have to be pretty slick to catch old PB out with his serial number batches...............
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Thanks Wally, that would make more sence, that would make it a late December 1940 gun. If theres a collector on the forum with some spare cash, I reckon this is a nice one to buy, theres not to many of these Intermediate guns about, paticularly in the USA
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ATB, Chris.
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Its located not too far away from me. I may just splurge for an early channukah present.............
I also have 2 bits of a demilled receiver which is an early Enfield with the Kings Crown over 1939. The serial number is B 7396. What does this tell us about the gun. I only wish I could find the front bit so I could have it rebuilt as a semi-auto.
I'll put up some pictures shortly.........
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Hello:
Nice chunk of a 1939... I found a similar piece recently and it is in GA for the semi treatment... but its getting the front end of a 1940 Enfield model that had one of the horrid demils like the auction in question. Unfortunately, the serial portion is lost so I don't know it's real identity. Would a 1939 be in the B block? Or C to D? The 1940 that is donating the front end is a Y block gun. Chris, I can get you the serial number if you want it.
Now that I think about it the front end is probably a 1941... Y block being the case.
ATB
Gery
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Reason: Mental lapse
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If anyone HAS a front bit of an early Enfield lying about, perhaps they would be so kind as to send me a PM regarding purchasing it.
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Originally Posted by
csmarcher
Thanks for the number
I've yet to input some figures from Kev but I would expect B7396 to be about June 1939
ATB, Chris.
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Originally Posted by
WallyG.
Hello:
Nice chunk of a 1939... I found a similar piece recently and it is in GA for the semi treatment... but its getting the front end of a 1940 Enfield model that had one of the horrid demils like the auction in question. Unfortunately, the serial portion is lost so I don't know it's real identity. Would a 1939 be in the B block? Or C to D? The 1940 that is donating the front end is a Y block gun. Chris, I can get you the serial number if you want it.
Now that I think about it the front end is probably a 1941... Y block being the case.
ATB
Gery
Hi Gery, The serial number would be appreciated, A Y serial number would make it a 1943 gun.
A 1939 gun would have a serial between A7000 and C3500 ish if thats any help, unfortunatly I've not found any diffrences to help narrow the ranges down.
ATB, Chris.
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I've narrowed those down a bit more BP. Mine is a 1940 C-3441. I'll send them to you when I transfer the disc to this new computer..., when!
There were no changes from start of production to the first intermediates
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I've narrowed those down a bit more BP. Mine is a 1940 C-3441. I'll send them to you when I transfer the disc to this new computer..., when!
There were no changes from start of production to the first intermediates
Thanks Peter, that narrows the the 39 to 40 gap down to less than 200. I have noticed one diffrence in the 1938 guns, its a very small detail but the earlier 38 I've observed (Which isnt many for obvious reasons) guns have a larger A prefix than the numbers. This may be just a occasional oversight but I've observed about 6 guns with a serial no higher than A3695 where the A was slightly larger than the later guns and it may not be obvous untill its compared to a later serial number. This obviously dosn't help when the serial number has been removed!
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