A few questions to help a newbie

[sumway]

Thanks for the replies everyone...helps to make me a little bit more confident that I haven't bought something that someone has cobbled together in their garage

The Italian connection seems to be right as the RFD said that the vast majority of their Enfield Rifles were from Italy.

@ Lee-Enfield
Sadly, the bolt is a mis-match....they didn't have any left with matching bolts...they said they had all gone a couple of years ago from the original batch of 300 rifles that they ordered in. Whether there were any left in Italy still be be distributed...they weren't sure.

As for the barrel...I haven't disassembled the gun so I'm not too sure how old it is...and I'm not really sure if I should take it apart as the RFD said that it had already been proofed anyway (Plus I'd hate to scratch up the stock)

@Seaspiriter
Thanks for your advice with the stock...this seems quite a process and I think the wood finish is in good shape (even with my newbie eyes). I think I will just put up with the stickyness...I suppose it won't do the wood any harm anyway.

I think I will just clean the bore out with boiling water and Hoppes...do you lads think this would be OK ?

One other thing...I picked up a bolt-dissembling tool whilst I was at the RFD...I think I have a rough idea of how to take it apart....but once it is apart, what would you guys recommend to get rid of some of the grease ?

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[Lee Enfield]

...snip...@ Lee-Enfield
Sadly, the bolt is a mis-match....they didn't have any left with matching bolts...they said they had all gone a couple of years ago from the original batch of 300 rifles that they ordered in. Whether there were any left in Italy still be be distributed...they weren't sure.

As for the barrel...I haven't disassembled the gun so I'm not too sure how old it is...and I'm not really sure if I should take it apart as the RFD said that it had already been proofed anyway (Plus I'd hate to scratch up the stock)

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remove the center swivel band screw, expand the band keeping the band in the groove and lift the rear handguard from the front section. the barrel should be marked on the re-inforce, similar to the example in my posting above.

[sumway]

remove the center swivel band screw, expand the band keeping the band in the groove and lift the rear handguard from the front section. the barrel should be marked on the re-inforce, similar to the example in my posting above.

I might try this tonight.

When you say front....do you mean the end closest to the muzzle ?

Am I OK to remove just the rear hand guard by itself ? i.e...there is no need to remove the front hand guard and front sight protectors too ?

Sorry for the questions...just want to make sure I do it correctly and don't break the wood