My little assortment of Enfield smallbore trainers ranges from a .22 SHORT RIFLE MK II converted from an 1897, L.E. I made by B.S.A. & M. Co., to a B.S.A. NO. 8, but I think my favorite, historically speaking, is a .22 PATT. 14 NO. 1.
This rifle started out as a 1900 Enfield L.E. I*, converted to a Sht L.E. COND. II in 1905, then later converted again by A. G. Parker in Birmingham to a .22 RF PATT. 14 No. 1, then given to
Australia
with a bunch of old trainers in the early fifties where it was re-parked, fitted with new Coachwood furniture and property-stamped in 1955, but never used again, so 112 years later it looks like a freshly made Lithgow. Four different configurations and two governments later, it looks like the bean counters really got their money's worth out of this old trooper!
Those guys could teach our present administration a bit about economics, couldn't they?
Originally Posted by Terry Hawker
My little assortment of Enfield smallbore trainers ranges from a .22 SHORT RIFLE MK II converted from an 1897, L.E. I made by B.S.A. & M. Co., to a B.S.A. NO. 8, but I think my favorite, historically speaking, is a .22 PATT. 14 NO. 1.
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