My very first rifle, a 1918 Enfield!

[1918tony]

Back in 1989, I was a twenty year old kid basically. I was freshly stationed at Ft. Irwin, in California. I bought a 1918 Enfield from a little gun shop in Barstow, Riley’s Reloader. Since that was my first ever rifle, I tucked the receipt away, for some reason. Well, sadly I ended up getting rid of it in the late 90’s. My wife and I moved to Ft. Smith Arkansas in 1996. That same year, I traded it away. Little did I know, 24 years later, I’d rediscover in a pawn shop in Alma Arkansas. I went home and dug out that receipt to verify. It was virtually in the same condition it left me in. The bolt however, had been replaced. I bought it on the spot. It is now priceless to me. It even retained the little leather plug in the buttstock covering the buttstock screw head.

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some of these markings as well?

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Back in 1989, I was a twenty year old kid basically. I was freshly stationed at Ft. Irwin, in California. I bought a 1918 Enfield from a little gun shop in Barstow, Riley’s Reloader. Since that was my first ever rifle, I tucked the receipt away, for some reason. Well, sadly I ended up getting rid of it in the late 90’s. My wife and I moved to Ft. Smith Arkansas in 1996. That same year, I traded it away. Little did I know, 24 years later, I’d rediscover in a pawn shop in Alma Arkansas. I went home and dug out that receipt to verify. It was virtually in the same condition it left me in. The bolt however, had been replaced. I bought it on the spot. It is now priceless to me. It even retained the little leather plug in the buttstock covering the buttstock screw head.

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some of these markings as well?

I don’t know how to post pics. I don’t see any icons.

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[ssgross]

Priceless! Good find. must have been destiny. I bet it'll shoot great too, but only in your hands
Try the "go advanced" button below. You can add attachments there. If that doesn't work, there is usually a sticky thread with more detailed instructions on posting pictures.

[browningautorifle]

I don’t know how to post pics. I don’t see any icons.

Depends on what you're posting from. People never say...but here's the two threads for help.

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=56629

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=28922

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Great story. Glad she returned home to you.

[Surpmil]

So the bolt probably got mixed up with others. Did you ask the guys in the shop where it came from and if that might have happened? it's important.

Great story too.

[1918tony]

No sir< I did not ask. The guy I traded it to all those years ago was a collector, and a big shooter. I am just assuming that he may have changed it out, or another owner after him. If he ever got rid of it during that time. I asked the pawn shop owner if he could tell me the guys name, but he just smiled and said he could'nt.

[ssgross]

He may be willing to contact him for you, or relay your questions. It's worth the try to fill in your story.

[1918tony]

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[1918tony]

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[Singer B]

When you found her in that pawn shop, you just had to say "welcome back old friend." At least the replacement bolt is the correct one with the proper cocking piece for that rifle. She is a real beauty