Enfield No.4 MkIII T Sniper Rifle

[Surpmil]

Genuine No4(T) IMO. Some nitwit thought it didn't have enough markings., so he added the wrong ones. Get a nice smooth little ballpean hammer and if your aim is good, pean those stampings until they're flush and filled. You'll need the ability to strike in exactly the right place and gently. If you look at the exact spot you want to hit, the brain usually does the rest.

[tlvaughn]

In case some of you were not following the auction, this rifle did end up selling for $935.00 shipped.

[Peter Laidler]

I now it's after the event but I asked the old eagle eyed In-Inspector about what he'd do with this hand stamped body. Because stamping a No4 body was a complete no-no. Big Robbies reply says that thousands upon thousands of badly stamped, etched or scratchy-pen or otherways marked bodies passed over his bench. He'd just add to the in-inspection work sheet '....linish clean markings and re-engrave according to EMER....' (or other common practice). It was common to do it on feintly marked Sterlings, Stens, Berridge signal pistols, No4's, L1A1's etc etc. So long as the same marks were being applied there wasn't a problem at all.

That seems to be the answer. And when you think about it, that's just what happened with No4's being re-engraved to L42 or L59 where you can still occasionally see the old markings or signs of the linishing wheel

[Ridolpho]

Peter: Linishing seems to be yet another word that didn't make it to these here parts. Does the term refer to use of a fabric polishing wheel with pastes containing different sizes of abrasives? That's what I use in polishing aluminum parts on my various bikes and I've noticed it will work on mild steel as well.

Ridolpho

[Peter Laidler]

I suppose it's just a word used where you take off just a gnats knacker of material, where neither the finish nor the depth is important. I suppose anything could be used. Just a small linishing wheel that you describe as opposed to a fxxxxxg great big belt sander, angle grinder or milling. You get my drift

[Roger Payne]

DPL,
TVM once again for explaining these precise armouring terms to us........

But just to clarify, is a gnat's knacker slightly more or less than a bees boXXXck?

[Brian Dick]

a gnats knacker is about the same as an RCH.

[lngstrt]

Any similar deals over on bridgebroker.com or naturalwondersbroker.com?

[jmoore]

In case some of you were not following the auction, this rifle did end up selling for $935.00 shipped.

So what's a bracket going for currently? It seems nice enough on this unfortunate rifle.