Help needed identifying manufacturer of lee enfield 1918

[Beerhunter]

Thanks for the info rather reassuring , just didn't deal like throwing money at a piece of history that is of no importance to me . Cheers ]

Frankly that is not realistic. Other than on rare occasions, no one can know where a British Army rifle like yours has been. Over its career, your rifle may have been, for example, in the hands of: an Army Service Corps driver in France during the Great War, an Infantryman in Palestine between the wars, or a Royal Artillery Gunner at Tobruk during the Second World War. On the other hand it may have been in the armoury of a school Cadet Corps for most if not all of of its life. We certainly had identical rifles in our armoury at school.

[Gingercat]

Frankly that is not realistic. On the other hand it may have been in the armoury of a school Cadet Corps for most if not all of of its life. We certainly had identical rifles in our armoury at school.

Oh, spoil sport! We all like to think our rifles were used in anger by TE Lawrence, or examined by Winston Churchill at the very least.

[RobD]

I recall being told that a year's dated production started the year before the date - explaining, for example, how long Lee Enfields are seen dated 1902 bearing Queen Victoria's crown (yet she died 22 January 1901), having been made in the production year 1901-1902. Is this actually true or false? If true, does anyone know when the 1918-dated production at Enfield would have started?

[Surpmil]

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I must say the fit between the forend and the trigger guard and forward face of the butt socket looks much better than most SMLE's

[stevebc]

im wondering if its worth the trouble of putting it back to original as its been sporterized unfortunately ,

When you say sporterized, do that mean the barrel has been shortened, or just that the forend wood has been shortened? More pictures would be welcomed, as usual.