sporterised DP Lithgow

[Rumpelhardt]

I bought a sporterized Lithgow that turned out to be DPed. When I showed up at the guys house to look at it he met me in his front yard with rifle and a box of ammo in hand. He then took me out back of his house where he had a makeshift 100 yd. range set up and proceed to put ten rounds down range into what turned out to be a very respectable 2.5 inch group then proudly asked if I wanted to try. I took the rifle at which time I noticed a very prominent DP in the top right side of the action. When I told him what that meant he was skeptical to say the least so we got on his computer where I showed him that what I said was true.
You would have thought that I just told him his dog had died. He said that he had been shooting it a lot over the last ten years and had no idea.I told him that until I started studying up on Enfields I did not know about it ether.
I finally bought the rifle for much less than he originally wanted of course mostly because I felt bad and he needed money. It has lots of markings and a very nice barrel. Interestingly enough it's the same year as my Long Branch.

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