What’s your Lee Enfield Holy Grail?

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I think I purchased your "settle for" grail a few days ago to keep my first Enfield company.

Mighty fine looking No. 5 you bought. May I ask what year it was manufactured? I hope to "find" mine by this summer; want it to be a '44 or '45 to fit with my WW II collecting habbit.

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Mighty fine looking No. 5 you bought. May I ask what year it was manufactured? I hope to "find" mine by this summer; want it to be a '44 or '45 to fit with my WW II collecting habbit.

September 1946. I am glad I knew what the flash hider was when I spotted it slung on the guys sholder at the local gun show. Rolled the dice and did pretty well it seems. Just hope I did not use up my good luck reserve for 2012.

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I am glad I knew what the flash hider was when I spotted it slung on the guys sholder at the local gun show.

I know exactly what you mean. I was at a friends house just after Christmas and saw a flash supressor peeking out from one of his gun racks; it was a 1946 or 1947
No. 5. Sad thing is this was his "everyday rack, he had his "good" guns in a safe. Offered to buy it, but he said no. I keep making offers; some day he'll crack!

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I know exactly what you mean. I was at a friends house just after Christmas and saw a flash supressor peeking out from one of his gun racks; it was a 1946 or 1947
No. 5. Sad thing is this was his "everyday rack, he had his "good" guns in a safe. Offered to buy it, but he said no. I keep making offers; some day he'll crack!

Keep your name in the hat.
A coworker got me hooked by selling me a Mosin Nagant that he had laying around. Got on line and found it was Finnish and so much information was avaliable I was hooked. It makes me a bit sick remembering all the shotgun news adds with milsurps at bargin prices just a few years ago. Oh well. Two years in ,collection to date.
Finnish 1891
Finnish 91/30
SMLE No 1 MkIII*
Enfield No 5 Mk 1
Mosin Nagant Model 44
Arisaka Model 38


Lack M1 Garand ,03 Springfield, Carcano,FN FAL, CETME,
etc...................

[USMC6094]

I started my collection with a Lithgow No1 MkIII* all matching made in 1943 when I was 12. It was and still is my first true bolt gun love.
As for my holy grail, it was just a simple No4 MkII and I got lucky enough to get two of them about three years ago. One is an Irish Constabulary rifle that was full of grease when I got her. The other is a slightly lower numbered Fazackerly No4 MkII that was issued and still wears a faint unit stencil on the butt and has a replacement walnut forward handguard. To top it all off they were in the collection of a man thats known my whole family and was one of my inspirations to become US Marine when I was a kid, which I also did.
I also picked up my first No5 over the weekend, I'd never been interested in them until lately and now I kick myself for having gotten one sooner.
I guess I could be happy with good conditon Savage No4 MkI..............

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I started my collection with a Lithgow No1 MkIII* all matching made in 1943 when I was 12. It was and still is my first true bolt gun love.
As for my holy grail, it was just a simple No4 MkII and I got lucky enough to get two of them about three years ago. One is an Irish Constabulary rifle that was full of grease when I got her. The other is a slightly lower numbered Fazackerly No4 MkII that was issued and still wears a faint unit stencil on the butt and has a replacement walnut forward handguard. To top it all off they were in the collection of a man thats known my whole family and was one of my inspirations to become US Marine when I was a kid, which I also did.
I also picked up my first No5 over the weekend, I'd never been interested in them until lately and now I kick myself for having gotten one sooner.
I guess I could be happy with good conditon Savage No4 MkI..............

Love my 5. A member here was kind enough to donate the correct rear site mine was missing. I notice your aircraft avitar and uour mention of USMC. Are you an USMC aviator by chance? If so we may have a bit in common.

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No I was a flght control mechanic on the Hornet and Hercules just about my whole time in. I was at the MALS/IMA level. I cant even tell you how much I miss turning a wrench and deploying on a carrier.