Ever see one of these ???

[conec]

If you ran a proofing round through it, I'm betting it would be a Pakistani hand grenade...

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[Ridolpho]

Guys: That reciever looks pretty normal right down to details like the rivets on the charger guide. I've read about sporters made by chopping off the butt-socket allowing for a full stock. I'll bet it's a real action body. If someone in the Khyber pass can make something like that with files and chunks of railroad it's amazing.

Ridolpho

[jmoore]

If someone in the Khyber pass can make something like that with files and chunks of railroad it's amazing.

Then be amazed!

That's no Enfield action. Qustom action body. (I don't think it's a "Kustom". Wrong folk.)

[Paul S.]

... I'll bet it's a real action body. ...

Ridolpho

Mate, have you ever seen an action body with the slot at the top of the receiver ring that one has?

[Ridolpho]

I've held up a few of my Lee Enfields by the screen to compare and I see what you're all saying but- still some amazing similarities to the genuine #1 Mk3 action (minor details that would be difficult to replicate with primitive machinery). Obviously the receiever ring is not right and a strange barrel is grafted on but it's kind of a neat piece and I was merely trying to encourage the owner to dig deeper for an origin. Also, just because it was a Khyber pass special doesn't mean it would automatically blow up like an early Springfield 1903!

[bigduke6]

Also, just because it was a Khyber pass special doesn't mean it would automatically blow up like an early Springfield 1903!

Give me the Low Number M1903 any day of the week.

[HILLBILLY-06]

Guys: That reciever looks pretty normal right down to details like the rivets on the charger guide. I've read about sporters made by chopping off the butt-socket allowing for a full stock. I'll bet it's a real action body. If someone in the Khyber pass can make something like that with files and chunks of railroad it's amazing.

Ridolpho

AND just think, lots of guys been shooting welded receiver M1 Garands for years, and never even knew it until someone started bringing it out in the open. And to this guy... "If you ran a proofing round through it, I'm betting it would be a Pakistani hand grenade... " you may be right, but some folks are still shooting welded receivers and getting away with it. That don't actually mean its "junk" It's likely all someone had to work with at the time. Gunsmithing by nature, if done by proffesionals, no matter what country there in, does often work for the purpose in which it was intended to work.
I wouldn't bash the poor guy that has it now so bad, he didn't ever say he just purchased a $6K tactical rifle now did he? What he did say looked to me was:
Is it an Enfield that has been ground off and commercially sporterized? Or is it a Kybar Pass special made with a forge, hammers, and files ?? No other markings but for the 2 shown.
I'm inclined to give him a little more slack than he just got some some of you. And No, I aint from Pakistan either. I never even been there. I think what he has is a great example of modern enginuity from back in a day in time, when you worked with what you got. Sometimes, that may not be much, but it's all you got, so you make due with it while you can. Heck, people still do it.