SMLE mounted troop rifle

[Thunderbox]

It has been here before Jim, when I had it a few years back, but I returned it ( was another dealer back then), as it was sale or return.......

Didn't it get pulled to bits in the forums back then? Indian nosecap, bits from several rifles, non-factory workmanship, copy of local sling bar mod, odd looking stamps, etc.

IIRC it was another example of a rare or imagined rifle that had been .. er ... recreated by an individual for his own collection. Specimens from that collection are now turning up with all sorts of "provenance" attached.



IIRC the nosecap is Indian. I have several of them in one of my spares boxes (unfortunately currently in storage). They appear factory made, not converted or refinished. The metal behind the missing bayonet boss is solid. Not much known about them, but possibly originally intended for prison muskets or similar.