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06-02-2021 07:23 AM
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Could I ask other owners of No 7 Mk I's [that's the British type, as being discussed here]: is your butt-plate brass, or a grey metal mazak/Zamak plate?
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by
RobD
Could I ask other owners of No 7 Mk I's [that's the
British type, as being discussed here]: is your butt-plate brass, or a grey metal
mazak/Zamak plate?
Thanks!
Mine is definitely Brass
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The two that I own have steel buttplates.
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Originally Posted by
fjruple
The two that I own have steel buttplates.
I wonder if those were the 'parts purchases' Gunsmith assembled in the US.
As far as I know BSA (or other UK manufacturers) never had access to, or, used steel.
Wasn't steel used by the Canadians at Long Branch ?
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Originally Posted by
fjruple
The two that I own have steel buttplates.
In light of Warren's post, were / are your No7 Mk1 the BSA ones with the 5-shot .22rf magazine, or the single shot Canadian CNo7 Mk1 single loading ?
RIFLE CNo.7 Mk I
The first Enfield built from the ground up as a .22 trainer and not as a conversion or retro-fitting of an earlier rifle - albeit built on a No.4 body and intended to mirror the Rifle No.4 as closely as possible. About 20,000 made at Longbranch, Ontario 1944 - 1950's. Unknown number of wooden transit chests also produced.
RIFLE No.7 Mk I
Although a No.7 Mk I, the British version is very different from it's Canadian counterpart (above). This rifle was a conversion of an existing No.4 and is interesting in that a BSA five-round commercial .22 magazine was welded into a SMLE Mk III* magazine to produce the only Enfield .22 repeater. These rifles were a special contract and produced exclusively for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1948. Total production 2,500.
The magazine looks like this on a No7 Mk1
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I've had a few UK pattern No7's go through my hands over the years, & as far as I recall, all, or certainly all that looked to be unmessedabout with, bore gunmetal (brass) butt plates. I was always under the impression that steel butt plates on No4's & (& presumably their derivatives) was a specifically Canadian thing........though I haven't made a particular study of butt plates.
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Originally Posted by
Alan de Enfield
I wonder who (or what) "Wagner Trier" is ?
Certainly not a standard BSA No7 marking.
Maybe an owner or importer, as the only reference I can find to "Wagner Trier" is that it is a German Chamber of Commerce.
The No.7 has been to Germany before going to the USA.The marking is from the importer:
Waffen Wagner, Metzelstraße 1, 54290 Trier
Tel. +49 651 42754
As German gun dealers are required by law to keep a logbook of all transactions involving licensed weapons, and - as far as I know - without any expiry date, it might be possible - if you contact them and can demonstrate that you are the bona-fide owner - to discover when the rifle was imported by them/exported to the USA.
Worth an E-mail enquiry, surely?
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I believe the OP said he is importing the No.7 , so it isn’t in the US yet.
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