No 1 Mk VI Converted to No 4 Mk I Sporter

[Amatikulu]

Looking at the pictures, I do not believe that rifle was ever a No.1 mark VI. Instead, I think it was originally made as a No. 4 Mark 1 at the Fazakerley Factory in 1941 (Fairly obvious from the butt socket markings ). The receiver came from the No.1 Mark VI trial program but was probably never assembled to a rifle and ended up at Fazakerley as a spare part when Enfield sent all its No.4 parts there.

Still very restorable if you bring it to No.4 mark 1 specs.

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[limpetmine]

Your idea to bring it to 1941 specs is on the mark. No cut off, as Lance mentioned. Changing the barrel would be eaiser than grafting. I've been looking for a craftsman gunsmith to do a barrel restoration on my Trials rifle with zero luck. I need to look harder, I guess, because I want to graft mine, as the barrel is serialed to the rifle. A shame, though that a complete 1941 will be sacrificed, but that's what Bubba does every day. If you find a donor rifle, I need the charger bridge off of one, then two could be broght back to life!

[Beerhunter]

Looking at the pictures, I do not believe that rifle was ever a No.1 mark VI. Instead, I think it was originally made as a No. 4 Mark 1 at the Fazakerley Factory in 1941 (Fairly obvious from the butt socket markings ). The receiver came from the No.1 Mark VI trial program but was probably never assembled to a rifle and ended up at Fazakerley as a spare part when Enfield sent all its No.4 parts there.

I think that you have described the situation admirably, especially as the rifle has an A suffix that denotes a rifle with non-interchangeable parts. I imagine that it is quite a rare beast anyway because those rifles were "actively sought out and destroyed" Post War, according to a regular contributor here.