'41 Fazakerley built with Enfield body

[Ridolpho]

Have had this for about a year and it's one of my favorites. Apparently one of 3000 No. 4 rifles assembled during '41 at ROF Fazakerley using " trials" parts from Enfield (note cutout slot). The barrel, also dated '41, and with serial matching the body, also has Enfield markings. In certain lighting the finish appears to be nitre bluing but hard to imagine it's original. The bore is very good or excellent (the fairly meaningless "Ridolpho bore index") but consistant with minimal use. The unnumbered forend was a disaster due to lateral warpage at the upper end so my other reason for posting this is to mention that I had some luck straightening it using torch-heated linseed oil. The bend was so bad I figured there was nothing to lose and it took a few applications but it has remained straight as an arrow for close to a year now through our wild humidity swings here in Alberta. I would definitely do this again to salvage a forend- works much better than trying to get enough heat into the wood with steam.

Ridolpho

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