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The history would seem to include having the three holes for the rear pad filled in with weld. Presumably the front holes as well, but that's not clear from the photo. Whoever did it could have at least found a MkI cocking piece for the poor old thing.
The linished butt socket usually indicates some time in India's sunny clime, so perhaps it was stripped of the pads out there and some enterprising soul in the UK
thought to "improve" things by filling in the holes and hot-tank bluing it.
We all see the modified non-original backsight, magazine etc. Would have been better off with a coat of Suncorite IMHO.
Last edited by Surpmil; 01-13-2014 at 11:14 AM.
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Its amazing how many rare rifles (particularly No4Ts) that they seem to get hold of that have never existed before they got them
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Mismatched wood, numbered to a different rifle.
Different finish on different metal parts.
Interestingly, the last two Trials No4s I've come across "in the wild" were both built up as 7.62mm target rifles. I get the feeling that, long ago, in the 1970s, some UK gunsmith deliberately selected Trials receivers, maybe because of the overall quality of finish and dimension - i.e. in the same way Whittaker used 4(T)s because of perceived qualities. I wonder if this rifle has been rebuilt from such a receiver?
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Originally Posted by
Gil9713
Yes, that's the one.
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Originally Posted by
Thunderbox
Mismatched wood, numbered to a different rifle.
Different finish on different metal parts.
Interestingly, the last two Trials No4s I've come across "in the wild" were both built up as 7.62mm target rifles.
I get the feeling that, long ago, in the 1970s, some UK gunsmith deliberately selected Trials receivers, maybe because of the overall quality of finish and dimension - i.e. in the same way Whittaker used 4(T)s because of perceived qualities. I wonder if this rifle has been rebuilt from such a receiver?
I believe it. I had one that got that treatment at Fultons in the 60s or 70s, it was a not a (T) conversion either.
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