Canadian Enfields

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1) "...(Longbranch only made the latter.) ..." thats not quite right , they started off making no4 mkI rifles but quickly changed to the expedient mkI* as did savage in the US ,

2) the SMLE was the original designation of the no1 rifles pre-20s , the no4 rifle is an evolution of these but significantly changed to earn its own designation , closest thing you will find is a no1 mkV

3) IMHO the american made rifles are every bit as fine as the british made , and i own both , i will allow that the bolt release has proven a weak point over the years , but we are taking many years , the matching numbers is important as the commonwealth did not consider these bits interchangeable , they were mated for life

4) its worth doing research before "investing" in the future , know what you are looking at before you buy ,

the two in the middle are longbranch , the outside ones are FAZ in this photo .....





these are SMLEs .......