The No5 Mk2 sights were a British item from 1944 onwards
Last edited by Alan de Enfield; 11-25-2024 at 01:52 PM.
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
Someone with better skills than Bubba built this rifle
I've seen some of these in other models too. I think usually the muzzle is badly eroded and rusted - decades of dust and moisture sitting in the closet can murder the first 4 inches from the muzzle end, and leave the rest relatively unharmed. I personally think counterboring is much uglier of a solution. I imagine others feel the same, and is why we see these nicely done examples from time to time.
The most interesting feature to me was the "thumb relief cut" in the receiver wall: clearly much larger than on a No.4 and not an easy thing to modify without access to a milling machine and the right cutter.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Without close inspection, it would be hard to tell if the alterations to the left sidewall were done with a dedicated milling cutter or by hand.
Yes, and the fact that none of the photos showed that detail was a strange oversight on the part of the auction, and the seller.
People with that degree of skill with files are rarer than milling machines though.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
They show up on my screen. Funny though often get an error when trying to play with the embedded player. Right click and 'open link in new tab' solves that issue.
item from 1944 onwards
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Originally Posted by Sapper740
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