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Daan asks - Did you check to see if it is possibly No 5 rifle?
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Daan -
I tried to send this reply and got a message that a moderator would have to check it before it could published. After days of waiting I sent it again this morning and got the same message.The problem may have been the number of photos I included; so here it is without pictures, in hopes that it will get through -

The gun has a curious combination of "right" and "wrong" features for a No.5, so either it is a mix of No.5 and other-model parts, or it is the work of an unusually thorough faker.

I removed the handguard, and the barrel does not have lightening flutes at the breech, so that settles it as not an intact No.5 rifle; however there is the proper amount of space (7 3/4 inches) between the barrel-band and the receiver.

The sight is wrong, being stamped MKII and graduated to 1300 yards, but it has the right amount of daylight between it and the receiver. The lightening cuts at the rear of the receiver are there, but one of them is not milled perfectly straight and parallel to the wood. The inscription on the receiver appears right for a Fazakerley gun. The receiver has a transverse cut (as if for scope-mounting) over the rear of the chamber and a big paint sag near the charger bridge. The socket has only the ENGLAND export mark, a couple of small broad arrrows, and some small marks I don't recognize.

The trigger guard extension has the proper undulating shape for the No.5, but the bolt handle is solid, without the lightening hole in the knob. The front sight has M/47C stamped on the left side, and on the right, a broad arrow, a sideways C (or a headphones symbol, but no headphone jack is evident), and three tiny unreadable marks.The bayonet lug has an angled notch on the right side. No marks on the magazine except partially obliterated numbers and file marks. The stocks, barrel-band, and rubber-pad buttplate have no marks, and there are no withdrawn-from-service opposed arrows anywhere.

If I had to guess, I'd guess it's a genuine No.5 which had been sporterized at some point and later semi-restored, so the receiver, trigger guard and buttplate and possibly the wood are original; the barrel, bolt, and sights are replacements from some other model Enfield or modern repros.

Any other information, suggestions or speculations would be welcome.

-- David