Quote Originally Posted by Bruce_in_Oz View Post
You also need a dinky slotting machine to cut the "window" for the extractor; and it isn't just a simple rectangular slot, either.
Bruce, I must confess, that little slot has had me perplexed as to how it was done. My first thought was perhaps a double broaching operation? I would have loved to see the entire step by step machining of these rifles. If made in the same way, I wonder what one would cost to build in today's monetary values?

As I have stated earlier, I am quite new to Enfield Riflesicon, but, the more I look at them and try to guess what the manufacturing process might have been, the more I marvel at them. There was a lot of work put into each one. I would think that very few, if any, were actually assembled and not fitted.