Lee-Enfield Mk1 No.4 rifle picture thread

[jmoore]

I created a new thread to deal w/ Kent's questions.

Link here:

Kent's questions- from the picture thread - Military Surplus Collectors Forums



More pictures to follow, I hope!

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[Peter Laidler]

Come and be my guest for the day madcratebuster and have lunch with us too

[Enfield trader]

another




one more

[MJ1]

I'm sure you didn't mean to ask that question pilgrim. It's a can of worms for you now. Read a bit, search scope mounting and see what you find.



I of course know nothing and will not comment further.

...MJ...

[Peter Laidler]

If you want to make yourself up a good, honest, reliable No4T replica 303, just read the srries of articles I wrote a few weeks ago.

Surely you can't have missed it

[madcratebuilder]

Enfield trader, what is that crest in the third photo? Never seen it before.


three0three, if you just want to scope your No4, a no drill mount like an S&K well do well. It's more involved to build a TR clone, at least to correct way. You could just slap pads on it and hope your scope has enough adjustment to get to paper.

[three0three]

I'm sure you didn't mean to ask that question pilgrim. It's a can of worms for you now. Read a bit, search scope mounting and see what you find.



I of course know nothing and will not comment further.

...MJ...

If you want to make yourself up a good, honest, reliable No4T replica 303, just read the srries of articles I wrote a few weeks ago.

Surely you can't have missed it

Enfield trader, what is that crest in the third photo? Never seen it before.


three0three, if you just want to scope your No4, a no drill mount like an S&K well do well. It's more involved to build a TR clone, at least to correct way. You could just slap pads on it and hope your scope has enough adjustment to get to paper.

I did some reading and now I am in between, thanks LOL

[jmoore]

A "new" one!




Note the "funky" "T"! It really is not square to itself, nor are the arms quite the same length...

















For some odd reason no pics of the whole thing! (Not the first time that's happened...) No scope or bracket- of course!

It does shoot acceptably well, even w/ an experienced bore and a hand guard that restricts all barrel movement up front- mostly due to the monster thick front handguard band crushing the two together over time. T'ain't a pretty rifle, but that's fine w/ me.

[Surpmil]

A "new" one!

For some odd reason no pics of the whole thing! (Not the first time that's happened...) No scope or bracket- of course!

It does shoot acceptably well, even w/ an experienced bore and a hand guard that restricts all barrel movement up front- mostly due to the monster thick front handguard band crushing the two together over time. T'ain't a pretty rifle, but that's fine w/ me.

Interesting rifle JM. Correct MkI forend, and probably the original, as I had one also in Beech, a stripped "T" in the 118-- range. Same markings as yours, only the "T" stamp had not been added. I think the stamp on yours would be a later addition by an armourer. Scope number on mine was 1423, what do you make yours out to be? Mine had a Savage made MkI cocking piece that was original or close to it, from the wear and finish. Butt was the same early 'single shoulder' design too.

Interesting how the front screw pads have been staked, then undone, then tightened again so that the screw slots line up with the original stake marks. I assume if an armourer had done that he would have re-staked them wherever they tighted up to, or on the opposite side of the slots if they lined up as they are now. As Peter has told us before, the staking was a post-war UK modification, so that tells you something about the service history of your rifle.

[bearhunter]

The crest is Siamese.

Another T without a prefix letter or letters. I have recently had some problems transferring an ex Indian T with that same situation. In Canada, the CFC doesn't seem to think such a thing is possible. The transfer was allowd though. There are pics of the Indian T in a more recent thread.