Looking for some help/direction with a No 4 Mk 1 T

[Seaforth72]

The old adage is "Buy the rifle, not the story". The Enfield factory story is unlikely I think. In that case one would expect a matching set. The numbering of the rifle serial number on the scope bracket ("U34168" ? in this case) began on British rifles circa 1950 (ref. Peter Laidler's AN ARMOURER's PERSPECTIVE p.83), years after the factories had released the items to army stores.

Is there an ENGLAND stamp on the body anywhere? If it is stamped ENGLAND then it likely went through the surplus system enroute to the USA. Such a marking would not likely be found on a rifle still at the factory as it relates to the requirements of the U.S. McKinley Tariff Act to mark the country of origin for import to the USA. The lack of the ENGLAND stamp would not be proof that it remained in the UK, as it could have been imported directly to Canada.

Is there an "S" stamp on the right side of the (metal) body on the small flat area just below the bolt head? I would expect to see it there as it was made at a time when the markings had been standardized.

The rifle is lovely and as mentioned by others and the scope with its bracket is mismatched to the rifle. Great for display, but as Peter Laidler points out elsewhere on Milsurps, the scope is not collimated to the barrel with mismatched No. 4 T sets. This is a very common problem in North America due to some major surplus dealers who did not realize or care that these were meant to be matched. I agree that the set looks original but is mismatched. The bayonet and scope tool have been added at some point as I believe snipers did not carry bayonets and one does not encounter the bayonet in the chest usually. The tool is for the earlier scopes and would not have been used with the No. 32 Mk. III (aka No. 32 Mk. 3). Also this scope case No. 8 Mk. II does not have provision for holding this tool (note its label states this) whereas the earlier No. 8 Mk. II steel cases have a clip for the tool.