Starting A New 'Collection'

[Alan de Enfield]

As a collector (and occasional shooter) I tend to look for the unusual, the rarer models and even the downright 'oddities', but due to the ever increasing costs of such Enfields, the UK laws that limit the numbers owned and the fact that I do not use them enough to 'justify' them, and the fact they are locked away in a safe where they cannot be viewed I have decided to look at collecting unusual (non-firearm) 'parts' and, decided on 'cocking-pieces'.

They are still very cheap (only GBP £2 to £3 - US$3 to US$5) on ebay

There appears to be a large variety of cocking pieces, and of particular interest are those without the 'gripping-grooves', which I understand were originally introduced as a war-time expedient but then removed (as the soldier could not grip them with cold or wet hands) when the rifle had its annual check or FTR.

Is there any knowledge or documentation about how many manufacturers produced these and more detail about where and when they were removed ?

If anyone has any they wish to sell and help my collection grow please contact me with details /costs.

Here are pics of my first three items (any thoughts on maufacturer welcome)
Top - 'Crows-foot' and letter B
Bottom - 'Crows Foot'



Marked 'FYMK' and is allegedly manufactured by Savage

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