New child adopted today. Lithgow No2 Mk IV. .22 Trainer.

[muffett.2008]

Just an early method of removing the floorplate and spring, later floorplates were cut away to allow them to slip past the front lips when the rear was depressed.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Just an early method of removing the floorplate and spring, later floorplates were cut away to allow them to slip past the front lips when the rear was depressed.

Knowlege base enhanced.
That is what it looked like to me. Now I know.
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Assembly was at the Orange Factory (MAO) rather than at Lithgow.

Can you explain this part further? Orange? MAO?
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[Homer]

Does the six pointed star on the butt or the DPT on the receiver of this rifle look a little unusual to anyone.

[Lancer61]

Nice 22 trainer, I pick one up at show here last year and paid around $400 but the stock had less dings and scrapes and the metal was cleaner, since it had also been thru an FTR like yours, but had not been used after that.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Does the six pointed star on the butt or the DPT on the receiver of this rifle look a little unusual to anyone.

Any thoughts on the meaning or signicance of the markings?
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[Homer]

Any thoughts on the meaning or signicance of the markings?
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This gun has been discussed on another forum probably before you bought it HOOKED. I think the butt looks very suspect.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

This gun has been discussed on another forum probably before you bought it HOOKED. I think the butt looks very suspect.

Which forum and suspect in what regard?

[Mk VII]

These early pattern magazine cases seem to have lingered on in Australia much longer than elsewhere, though they're not terribly scarce anywhere.

Orange was one of the towns smallarms component manufacture was dispersed to, once Japanese aircraft began raiding Northern Australia.

[Homer]

Which forum and suspect in what regard?

The stamping on the butt. The star has only six points and looks to have been humped.

Your rifle has an FTR stamp on the action. With that there should be a date stamped on the left side of the action under the safety. This practice of stamping FTR only commenced in 1950 and the date on the left side of the action should indicate when yours was done. It's not likely that the 48 date on the butt was when it was converted to .22 if the rifle was then FTR'd in the 50's and when they were converted, any previous stamps on the butt would have been removed so they were barely visible.

The other forum was gunboards.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

The stamping on the butt. The star has only six points and looks to have been humped.

Your rifle has an FTR stamp on the action. With that there should be a date stamped on the left side of the action under the safety. This practice of stamping FTR only commenced in 1950 and the date on the left side of the action should indicate when yours was done. It's not likely that the 48 date on the butt was when it was converted to .22 if the rifle was then FTR'd in the 50's and when they were converted, any previous stamps on the butt would have been removed so they were barely visible.

The other forum was gunboards.

Im a bit new to the Enfield. What would I conclude from these observations? Could this be a parts gun from the company in NY who marketed parts guns some time ago? Can you post a link to the gunboards discussion I would like to see if this is the same rifle.
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The other forum was gunboards.[/quote]