Need Help to Identify Enfield No.4 Safety Type

[krinko]

I strongly advisenot destroying any wartime expedient parts for the Enfield Rifles. Like the safety lever seen on this thread, or the smooth-sided cocking piece, or the UK welded wire trigger guard, four groove barrels, six groove barrels, Mk 2 back sight---or any others.
These parts were supplied on wartime rifles and no matter their shortcomings, are a part of the history of the time---the few pieces that have survived.
I am resonably sure the MoD removed bunches of expedient parts during post-war FTRs and I'm a least partly convinced all the sub-standard parts were sent to Valhalla.

The hardest No4 to find in the USA is a wartime standard UK made rifle, like the lower rifle in this photo; with odd parts they're much harder.
By all means, change parts if you need to feel safe shooting the old girl but-----
Value what you manage to find.


-----krinko

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