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No 1 Mk VI Converted to No 4 Mk I Sporter
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Brian, you might want to check out (efdrifles.com) they reproduce rare Enfield Rifle parts and have some original parts sometimes to.
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I would restore her definitely.
I would not install a cut off as she most likely did not come with one out of Fazakerly. As for the barrel, my suggestion is to find a talented gunsmith that could graft the end of another barrel onto this one with the joint under the sight block. It would not be easy/cheap but that is what I would try.
Nice find!
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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 Instead, I think it was originally made as a No. 4 Mark 1 at the Fazakerley Factory in 1941 (Fairly obvious from the butt socket markings ).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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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!
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Are you sure there is a completed cutoff slot. I have one of these Fazackerly rifles with a No1 Mk VI body and the same butt socket marking except for the
serial number. The cutoff slot was not machined through to the magazine well.
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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 Instead, I think it was originally made as a No. 4 Mark 1 at the Fazakerley Factory in 1941 (Fairly obvious from the butt socket markings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.
Last edited by Beerhunter; 03-30-2010 at 10:39 AM.
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If you don't mind sacrificing the rifling in the grafted on portion, it ought not be too hard adding the missing portion. (The last 2 or 3" will be smooth bore.)
Otherwise, yah, that would be tough. About easier to cut a chunk of barrel from nearer the breech end, clocking the rifling, attaching, and then turning down and milling the various lugs. Even then I'm not convinced it would really be a good idea.
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Why not check with the pattern room or the Warminster Collection in the UK to see if they have any No4s with the same markings and if so, you have a correct known example in the right configuartion to base your restoration on.
I would definitley restore it
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