1965 7.62 LeeEnfield, should I buy it?

[Ridolpho]

BahamaLure: Yes, that's black paint. On my 2A1, which appears quite original and lightly used, there are already big ugly flakes breaking away to expose bare metal. The "bridge" is the charger bridge which accepts stripper clips for quick loading. Yours pretty much resembles the original ones which first appeared on the No. I mkIII. I'll try to upload a couple of side shots of my 2A1 later today so you can see what a non-sporterized one looks like.

Ridolpho

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[Ridolpho]

As promised here's a few shots of my 2A1. Pretty much original although now that I look at it closely again I suspect it's fresh from some kind of re-fit. The forend, while numbered to this action/ barrel has a previous number marked on it and has two matching patches either side of the receiver ring. The wood is of an unknown variety to me- waxy and probably soft. You can see the black paint and how it's flaking off in places. Not bad looking from a distance but up close the forend is quite crudely shaped and could never be mistaken for an older one. I bought it because I'm trying to get as wide a time range of Lee Enfields as possible. My time-span now runs from 1896 to this 1965 (second newsest is a 1960 Pakistani No.4 Mk2 which is of dramatically higher quality).

Ridolpho