SMLE No.1MKV missing front band and backsight slider.

[Patrick Chadwick]

EFD had said they could provide me with a replacement slider for the Mk5 leaf (which I have). I waited for years without result ... so in order to be able to shoot it, I fitted a No. 4 backsight. Without, of course, making any irreversible alteration to the rifle! It might looks a bit odd to an Enfield expert, or even ghastly to a serious collector, but it works.

So if anyone out there has a MkV backsight, this could be an opportunity to complete it with the rest of the rifle.

Seriously, what kind of value does it have, considering that a MkV backsight is what J. Moore would call absolute unobtainium?

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