Battle Damaged Enfields?

[jmoore]

Here's A nosecap, maybe it's the one of which I was thinking, but I seem to remember something else. Anyway, you guess what created the mess.








So!

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[Alan de Enfield]

Anyway, you guess what created the mess.

Was he poking a crocodile and it bit down ?

[breakeyp]

I bought this from a fellow who bought it from a French farmer on the Mons battlefield. It is too far gone to restore.

[Badger]

I bought this from a fellow who bought it from a French farmer on the Mons battlefield. It is too far gone to restore.

Wow ...

I wonder if it was buried with that barrel bent like that, or whether it was run over some time following the war by a tractor or something ...

Thanks for the pics ...

Regards,
Badger

[Jollygreenslugg]

Anyway, you guess what created the mess.

Is this more recent than we'd think? Afghanistan perhaps?

Cheers,
Matt

[jmoore]

Is this more recent than we'd think? Afghanistan perhaps?

Cheers,
Matt

I've had it for over twenty years, and it looked about the same then, I reckon. Unfortunately, all I know is that it came w/ a bunch of spares and barreled actions, many Indian, but not all. The buttstock pictured earlier on this thread was in the same lot, but I've no idea if they go together!