Info about this #4 MkI Sniper rifle.

[Alan de Enfield]

You might as well forget that pat of the story. The markings near the muzzle, etc. make that hugely unlikely...

JMoore is absolutely correct, those marks on the muzzle are UK civilian proof marks showing that it was sold 'out of service' into the UK Civilan gun trade, then sometime after it made its way the USA

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[catman]

JMoore is absolutely correct, those marks on the muzzle are UK civilian proof marks showing that it was sold 'out of service' into the UK Civilan gun trade, then sometime after it made its way the USA

Ahhh, ok, Thats good info. as I said before, that's what was told to me (I was about 12 yrs old at the time), and I don't know much about it, so I appreciate the info.
Thanks,
Chuck

---------- Post added at 10:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 AM ----------

Catman, to answer your question about serial numbering; it is true that as far as we know 1403 Trials rifles were converted to 4T's. However, Enfield made about 2,500 Trials rifles altogether, so only just over half of them were converted. Neither were they converted sequentially, so you could come across pretty much any serial number between 1 & 2500 when looking at a Trials T. One of mine is serialled in the 2000+ range.

Hope this helps.

ATB.

Yes, that does help, I'm learning more every day.
Thanks,
Chuck

---------- Post added at 10:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:35 AM ----------

It doesn't look as though the scope tin was matched to that rifle either as it probably carried scope 3001 originally

As is the Mk3 and bracket. Scope 20572 originally fitted to rifle G-30562. Let's see what I have on those numbers........

Nearest to lost 3001 is 3039 and a few close to 20572

Yes, you are correct, the scope is not the correct match. I would love to find the matching scope and tool.
Thanks,
Chuck